Warsteiner Has Win in Florida

The battles between suppliers and distributors continue apace, this time with German importer Warsteiner Importers Agency pitted against big wine and spirits house Republic National Distributing in Florida, which came to a head last week. Here's the backstory:Earlier this year, Warsteiner discovered that its distributor in 22 counties in Florida, Republic, was selling product to an Albertson's facility in its territory, which was then transhipping product to Albertson's outlets in Orlando and W. Palm Beach, which were outside of Republic's