Southern/Odom Purchase McClaskey’s Wine & Spirits

Several readers have alerted us that McClaskey’s Wine and Spirits, the third largest wine distributor in Oregon, was swallowed by the new Odom/Southern partnership. We hear that Odom/Southern will be paying full market value plus assets to the McClaskey family, although financial details were not disclosed.Most McClaskey brands (Delicato, Precept, and DS&S) should be making the transfer, including Diageo (which comes from Mt. Hood Beverage Co.) and Gallo Brands (which also comes from the old Mt. Hood Beverage company), according