SMWE Chief on A to Z Acquisition and the Growth Potential of OR Wine

Dear Client:   A little more than a year ago, Altria sold Ste. Michelle Wine Estates to private equity firm Sycamore Partners Management for $1.2 billion [see WSD 07-09-2021]. Then earlier this month SMWE made its first acquisition since being acquired itself, scooping up Oregon-based A to Z Wineworks [see WSD 09-07-2022].  Your editor got SMWE chief David Dearie on the horn to discuss the acquisition of A to Z, the potential of the Oregon wine industry and other goings