Truth Squad on Constellation’s Curious California Conundrum: To Become a Branch

Dear Client:After we broke the story last week (see BBD 09-05-2018) that Constellation Brands Beer Division is requesting that three southern California A-B distributors, Triangle Distributing and Ace Beverage, as well as MillerCoors/STZ distributor Beauchamp Distributing, sell their Constellation business, we naturally got an avalanche of viewpoints from beer folks around the country. SIDEBAR 1: We can report that it's apparently not just southern California distributors who have been approached, as sources tell BBD that northern California distributors have been