Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer’s) introduced that it’s going to host its second WineForward occasion in partnership with Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) on Wednesday, February 4, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. The session will happen on the Major Stage at Entry LIVE hosted at Caesars Discussion board in Las Vegas.
After a profitable inaugural debut in 2025, this three-hour symposium, now open to all Entry LIVE attendees, will discover the place the wine class stands at the moment, and the place it’s headed subsequent. WineForward brings collectively influential leaders, analysts and model builders from throughout the beverage alcohol ecosystem to discover evolving client habits, cultural relevance, innovation and the social practices which have lengthy made wine a connector on the desk and past, in line with the distributor.
“Wine has at all times been about connection and shared experiences,” mentioned Mark Chaplin, president of business gross sales, Southern Glazer’s, in a information launch. “As client expectations evolve, that is the second to assume in a different way about how we have interaction the following technology – by assembly them the place they’re, telling extra compelling tales and reinforcing wine’s place in accountable social events.”
This system will function candid conversations and views from business leaders, together with:
- John Sutton, CEO, The Wine Group
- Rick Tigner, President and CEO, Jackson Household Wines
- Justin Fenchel, Co-Founder and Chief Government Officer, BeatBox Drinks
- Cristie Norman, Lead Sommelier, Delilah
- Nik Modi, Managing Director and International Co-Head of Client & Retail Analysis, RBC Capital Markets
- Wayne Chaplin, President and CEO, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Mark Chaplin, President, Industrial Gross sales, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Cindy Leonard, Government Vice President and Common Supervisor, Wonderful Wine, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Zach Poelma, Senior Vice President, Industrial Intelligence & Technique, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
The session will mix data-driven insights with real-world model and hospitality views in a panel dialogue centered on development, relevance and reconnecting customers with wine in genuine and culturally resonant methods, in line with the distributor.
“We sit up for constructing on the success of WineForward, welcoming our Southern Glazer’s companions and associates throughout the business to go ‘Past the Glass’ and develop actionable options that form the way forward for our business,” mentioned Francis Creighton, president and CEO of WSWA, within the launch. “I sit up for the dynamic alternate of concepts that I’m certain that we are going to have.”
To register for Entry LIVE click on right here.
