With Spring of 2023 right around the corner, The Drake Luxury group will be starting its 4th year in business. We would like to thank all of you that have supported the Drake Family in helping us accomplish a goal of representing some unique wines, spirits, and ready to drink brands in the national arena. With the many new suppliers, distributors, and customers that I have met these last 4 years, it will be our continued pleasure in working with you. It’s the people and places that we visit all year long that make it so special. We are fortunate that we get to do what we enjoy.
The next generation has arrived in helping to grow for our future. Zack Drake has joined the DLG firm and will be showcasing his expertise in the alcohol beverage lifestyle with new ideas, exciting new handcrafted products, and marketing concepts that will help our restaurants and retailer partners to grow with their customer base.
We hope you like our new DLG magazine, and we would enjoy hearing from you.
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The Drake Luxury Group (DLG) concentrates on selected wines and spirit companies to represent to the National Account On Premise and OFF Premise channels.
With the national landscape continuously evolving, there is an opportunity to bring DLG’s many years of experience to selected clients in helping their brands be represented and marketed on a more personal and individual bases.
Our experience and expertise includes distributor and national supplier sales and management, national account development, and national and regional off premise sales. As the firm grows, emphasis will be put on private label development, bulk wine and independent retail growth.
With more than 43 years of experience in the distribution and supplier channel, I have developed the expertise on both sides of the wine and spirit business. Working in the Washington DC and the Virginia market for the Forman Family (RNDC presently) for 20 years, my management and sales skills were focused in the on premise and independent retail sales.
Being with the Boisset Family at its inception in the late 90’s, my management responsibilities includes being Vice President of Sales, national accounts on premise, bulk sales, private label, colabeled, internet channel, and independent retail
Director of National AccountsWith more than 10 years of experience in both supplier and distributor channels, Zack has developed the expertise on account development and go to market strategies.
Working in the beverage business for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic brands has led him to partnerships with large national accounts as well as smaller regional chains. From launching brands to maintaining run rates, he understands what it takes for a brand to succeed in the market.
Mark
Zack Drake
Chardonnay
*NAP-National Average Price
*Vintage upon Request
*Pricing varies from State to state, especially in controlled states
Certified organic, the Alejandro Bulgheroni Estate is at the base of Howell Mountain and the Vaca Mountain range. Since 1965, Bulgheroni has developed many projects guided by the principles of environmental preservation, investment in people and job development, the blending innovation and tradition, and the creation of healthy, highquality products.
Blue Ventures Wine Marketing, LLC focuses on family owned and operated Bordeaux Estate wineries competing in the premium and ultra-premium market segment.
Despacio is all about taking the time to do things right. With a production process based on a 400-year-old tradition and perfected over 6 generations by master mezcaleros, Despacio offers customers the opportunity to taste time itself. With each sip, Despacio drinkers experience the layered results of a slow, laborious process years in the making: perfectly ripe agave hearts grown to maturity, slow roasted in an earthen oven, and crushed by horsedrawn tahona
Cristom Vineyards is in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA, an independent volcanic island chain in the center of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The soils are dynamic and varied and the winds can be fierce defining our region and hillside and help to craft wines with a foundation of bright acid structure.
The five estate vineyards – Eileen, Jessie, Louise, Marjorie and Paul Gerrie Vineyard – are all named for family members of the founding Gerrie family. Each site is farmed with the attention to maximize the potential of the vintage and express the natural variances in soil, elevation and exposition in the glass.
The town of Amatitan is where Ricava Tequila is produced. Our distillery, NOM 1598 is one of the oldest in Jalisco and we only produce three brands, two of which are National Brands sold only in Mexico and Ricava is the only brand our distillery exports.
Our distillery has its own water source, the only one in Amatitan, which aids to our growing process. The fruit trees and agave are never thirsty. We have ample agave which also adds to our ability to produce enough Ricava Tequila to supply our growing demand.
From a labor of love to the first Los Angeles distillery, Greenbar has been on the cutting edge of distilling spirits and liqueurs in California since 2004. Using all natural ingredients and fine-tuned techniques, Greenbar has been paving the way for distillers in Los Angeles. With a new line of 1:1 cocktail mixers and NonAlcoholics being released; we can not wait to see what Greenbar has in store for us next!
Ricava
We taste, create, blend, produce, select and offer for sale, a diversified portfolio of wines and spirits from around the world.
All our wines are produced using techniques designed to reveal the unique flavors in each varietal. We pride ourselves on creating wines of the highest quality & expression, with consistent flavor vintage over vintage.
Our portfolio highlights the very best of California wines as well as a select few highly sought after imported wines.
Al Scheid set his roots in Monterey County in 1972, embracing his role as a pioneer of winegrowing in the region. Al’s outlook has always been that life is an adventure and this attitude served him well as he embarked on the journey of a lifetime.
He has always said that if he had planned to build a family wine business, it never would have happened. Instead, he moved forward through his innate entrepreneurial spirit, relationship building, sheer hard work, a healthy dose of courage and as he’s the first to admit, more than a bit of luck.
Expand your world through great Wine, Sake, and Spirits. For over 20 years, we have consistently delivered incredible wine, sake, and spirits from inspiring families from Argentina, Chile, and Japan. These authentic beverages, and the cultures and people who produce them, will enrich and broaden your view of the world.
The Three Sticks philosophy is to produce wines of world class quality from exceptional vineyards in Sonoma County, including our estate properties Durell and Gap's Crown Vineyards. We are passionate about what we do and we hope you like the wines as much as we enjoy making them!
Worldwide Libations, LLC was founded to service wine and spirit producers. With nationally known brands like The Bitter Truth, Tiki Lovers Rums, Maraska, Villa La Pagliaia, Tenuta San Giorgio, and other fine wines and spirits
Located on the Adriatic coast in Zadar, Croatia, Maraska is a producer of traditional Spirits and Liqueurs from the area. Maraska gets its name from the consolidation of Croatian liqueur producers in 1946 and holds the original recipes for the famous liqueurs and spirits it produces to this day including its Maraschino liqueur produced from the marasca cherry.
This year, we celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the coronation of king Louis XV, monarch of the Age of Enlightenment, who reigned over France from 1715 to 1774. It was a time of prosperity in which France enjoyed great influence around the world and he King, openminded and far-sighted, would play a major role in securing Champagne’s destiny. With a decree dated May 25,1728, he authorized wines from this region, and this region alone, to be sold and transported by the bottle rather than the barrel. This marked the birth of champagne because it is in the bottle that the carbon dioxide is produced, thus giving wines from Champagne their unique bubbles. This decree, designed specifically to boost development and fine tune in bottle second fermentation, was also the first to guarantee the origin and quality of wine from Champagne. Ever since, champagne has enjoyed consistent success; once it began being exported, it became a luxury product consumed by nobles and at courts across Europe.
DLG Glassware
$129.99 SRP per 6 pack of Champagne Design Stemware
Enjoying a glass of Renwood Zinfandel at Del Frisco’s in Cherry Creek, CO
The Drake Luxury Group attending WSWA in Orlando, FL
The Drake Luxury Group attending The Big Smoke in Las Vegas, NV
Mark had the honor of being invited to be a Judge at the San Francisco Wine Chronicle tasting event. Great wines and great people. Keep a look out for those Drake reviews!
In the secret design room with Cameron Mitchell. There are exciting new restaurants on the horizon!
