Vineyard Brands
Paul Hodges has extensive experience in sales and business development within the wine and food sectors. Since December 2001, Paul has served as the Southern California Chain Sales Manager and Area Sales Manager at Vineyard Brands, where responsibilities include managing sales, brand narrative, product education, training, and distribution in a rapidly growing wine market. This role has been instrumental in the growth of the Southern California territory, impacting chains, retail, and on-premise sales for the past two decades. Prior to this, Paul held the position of Director of Business Development at Mad Will's Food Company from September 1997 to April 2001, focusing on business action plans, lease negotiations, and the development of restaurant and wine shop concepts. Paul holds a Master of Science in International Business and a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Economics from Saint Mary's College of California.
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Vineyard Brands
Vineyard Brands represents over 25 growers of estate-bottled wines in Burgundy, Chablis, the Rhone, Loire Valley, Alsace and Southern France as well as some of the best wines available from Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Germany and Italy. All wines are tasted by the management staff before a decision on representation is made. The result of this stringent selection is best illustrated in the following quote from The Wine Advocate: "In a world increasingly dominated by vast sums of capital and multinational firms, it is difficult for small wine importer to survive unless that company has considerable expertise and an unwavering commitment to quality rather than quantity ... "Imported by Vineyard Brands" is as close to a guarantee of quality as the consumer can expect."