Empire Merchants
Ari Kilgore, CSW, boasts extensive experience in the wine industry, serving as Field Sales Manager and previously in various roles such as Luxury Account Development Specialist and Sales Consultant at Empire Merchants since April 2021. Prior experience includes positions at BevStrat, LLC, and Martignetti Companies as a Sales Representative, as well as a background in sales development at Turbonomic. Notable entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding CommunALERT™, a location-based app for reporting suspicious activity. Ari holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Fairfield University and has earned multiple certifications from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, including Level 3 in Wine and Level 2 in Spirits.
Empire Merchants
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Empire Merchants is the premier wine and spirits distributor in the metropolitan New York area with roots going back to the end of Prohibition. With more than 1,500 dedicated employees and state-of-the-art facilities, Empire Merchants has become synonymous with both service and quality and has earned the loyalty of more than 10,000 area restaurants, bars, hotels, nightclubs and retail outlets.