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Top: Pinnacle Meritage red wine; Above: Classics Blush |
US. Childress Vineyards, the award-winning winery of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, has appointed ALFA Brands Inc to handle its duty free distribution across North America.
ALFA Brands will be the exclusive agent for Childress Vineyards and will launch the brand to the trade at the Frontier Duty Free Association convention in January 2008 in Montreal.
Among the Childress Vineyards wines targeted for duty free distribution are the winery’s proprietary house blends called Classics, which include a Blush, White and Red table wine, as well as the Childress Vineyards Barrel Select Chardonnay and Pinnacle Meritage red table wine, which is a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
“We at ALFA Brands are very pleased to have been chosen by Childress Vineyards as their duty free travel retail agent for North America,” said ALFA Brands Inc President Franco Gabriele. “This up-and-coming winery is establishing itself as a dominant member of the industry with its vast portfolio of premier wines and the obvious name recognition of its owner, Mr Richard Childress, a prominent NASCAR personality.”
“Whatever Mr Childress decides to get involved in, he is a winner and we are elated to be associated with his winery. We are “˜revved up’ and super-charged by his energy and commitment to excel in all his numerous enterprises and we will be just as committed and dedicated to make the Childress wines winners in our industry,” he added.
Childress Vineyards
Childress Vineyards is one of the most dynamic wineries in the growing wine industry of North Carolina, which ranks tenth in wine production in the US. Childress Vineyards winery is located at the gateway to the Yadkin Valley American Viticulture Area in Lexington, North Carolina. The 35,000sq ft Italian Renaissance-styled winery opened in October 2004 and a 10,000sq ft warehouse was added a year later.
Childress Vineyards has 100 acres of vineyards and 12 varieties of European vitis vinifera cultivars at three vineyard sites. The winery includes more than 30 wines, designed to appeal to both the introductory palate and the seasoned connoisseur, all made by winemaker Mark Friszolowski. Childress Vineyards wines have won more than 50 gold medals, including double gold and best of show honours for wines produced in every category.
Childress Vineyards wines are distributed in restaurants and stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Florida and Tennessee.
For details, contact Amy Hildreth, ALFA Brands, tel: +1 336 775 2995, e-mail ahildreth@alfabrandsdfs.com
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