Four generations of family experience shape Sovereign Brands, a family-owned, family-run company that has created wine and spirits brands since 1999. Working with family-owned producers around the world, it develops new beverage brands from the ground up and supports their distribution across more than 100 countries.
Royal Wine CorpRoyal Wine Corp. is a wine and spirits company whose stated mission includes manufacturing, importing, and distributing specialty beverages from around the world. Founded in 1940s, it was acquired by Eugene Herzog in 1958 and is now described as a leader in the kosher wine and beverage industry; the Herzog family’s winemaking roots extend eight generations to 19th-century Czechoslovakia. Its portfolio includes wines produced at its wineries as well as beverages sourced internationally.MARLBORO, NY
Sazerac Company, IncSazerac Company, Inc. is a family-owned global spirits producer with a history spanning nearly 400 years and fourth-generation family ownership. It makes spirits at distilleries across the United States and internationally, and its heritage connects French Cognac production with New Orleans and the Sazerac cocktail. The company says it has more than 5,000 team members worldwide.HALETHORP, MD
Privatus WinePrivatus Wine grew from Eddy Fisher’s 1998 Brighton Beach liquor store into a family-owned California wine company. The Fisher family’s Ukrainian roots and long-running focus on labels that last still shape the business, which makes wines for its own brands as well as custom clients.
BanfiFamily-owned since 1919, Banfi makes and markets wine and spirits, with its identity rooted in Castello Banfi’s 7,100-acre estate in Montalcino and its role in the renaissance of Brunello di Montalcino. Led by third-generation proprietor and CEO Cristina Mariani, the company combines vineyard research with hospitality and sustainability across a portfolio spanning Italy, the United States, Chile and Ireland. Castello Banfi holds Equalitas certification and was the first winery to receive ISO 14001 and SA8000 recognition for environmental, ethical and social responsibility.OLD BROOKVILLE, NY