TWG and Marchetti Involved in Termination Suit

Dear Client: The Wine Group and Michigan-based wine and beer distributor Marchetti Distributing are engaged in litigation involving allegations of taking shelf space and forced termination. Marchetti has been distributing TWG's wine brands in Mackinaw, Chippewa and Luce Counties (the "three county area") since 2002. In a lawsuit filed May 12 in a Michigan district court, plaintiff TWG claims Marchetti notified them in February that they wanted to transfer the distribution rights of some of TWG's brands in the "three