Purple Brands
Dave Bennett CSW WSET 2 is a seasoned wine sales professional with extensive experience in the industry. Currently serving as Regional Sales Director at Purple Brands since April 2023, Dave has held senior roles at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, where responsibilities included Sales Director and Senior St Manager for Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Prior to that, at Pernod Ricard, Dave worked as North Central Region Manager and National Account Manager, among other positions. Dave’s earlier experience includes various managerial roles at Wirtz Beverage Illinois. Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Purple Brands
Purple Brands is dedicated to creating extraordinary wine and distilled spirit experiences that surprise and delight. Founded by Derek Benham in 2001, the company produces branded wines as well as custom and private label wines for major U.S. and International retailers and restaurateurs. Purple Brands is based in Petaluma, California, the southern gateway to Sonoma County. The Company operates satellite wineries in the Russian River Valley and in American Canyon, located in Napa County. In 2014, Benham broke ground on a distillery in the small, west Sonoma County town of Graton, where Benham's Gin and Redwood Empire Whiskey are produced. In addition to these new spirit brands, Purple Brands wine portfolio includes Avalon Winery, Four Vines, Scattered Peaks and Raeburn Winery, one of America’s fastest growing wine brands. Sustainability is a key facet of Purple’s operating principles. Over the past decade the Company has made great strides in water and energy conservation and both the Graton and American Canyon wineries are certified sustainable by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.