Woods Wholesale Wine

Woods Wholesale Wine

Woods Wholesale Wine has been family owned and operated since 1957. We offer over 1,500 wines, ranging from everyday table wines to fine collectibles. We also offer a variety of imported and micro-brewed beers, an extensive liquor selection, as well as rare liquors and premium cigars.

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3.5 59 reviews

I went in specifically for a Bordeaux and it was in stock. I shared a picture and the cashier took me straight to it. I chilled it then popped the cork. It was delicious! It’s important to know.

Ordered on line. Gave delivery instructions and dates. Did not ship. Asked to hold and once again gave specific dates for signed delivery. Same address. Didn’t ship . Asking to cancel order and.

I live only a block away and I’ve been in a few times. Every time I stop in I feel like the staff is bothered that I am there. They like they like to price gouge on every decent bottle as you.

Even though I live in Metro Detroit I have never been to this store in person but instead buy wine from this business on line when I see a good sale price on a wine I have been tracking. As my.

Great selection and very helpful and knowledgeable staff. They’ve never steered me wrong when I’ve needed advice in picking a wine.

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Major alcohol distributor to leave California

On Sept. 2, the Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) will complete its departure from the largest liquor market in the United States: California. The withdrawal of one of California’s largest alcohol distributors is bound to affect consumers negatively. The initial impact is already being felt by liquor retailers, liquor producers, bars and restaurants.

“At least half of our book came from RNDC,” said Alex Tarantino, the general manager and liquor buyer for the Buckeye Roadhouse in Mill Valley. “And now it’s gone, and there’s no information as to where it’s gone. There’s no list; it’s just gone.”

“Now I have to try and locate the rep for the brand and then figure out who now distributes the brand, because the rep for the brand isn’t the same as the distributor,” Tarantino said. “And I have to do that for over 300 products.”

According to VinePair, California ranks No. 1 in overall liquor consumption in the United States, to the tune of 94 million gallons annually, almost equaling both of the next two states on that list combined: Texas and Florida. California also comes in at a distant No. 20 in per capita consumption — all of which makes RNDC’s decision all that more puzzling.

“We launched in California 10 years ago,” said Alanna Hanson, one of the owners of Hanson of Sonoma, which has a tasting room in Sausalito.

One of those newer brands facing exactly that challenge is Marin’s Free Spirits Co., a nonalcoholic spirits producer that’s just getting started. They began to experience problems with RNDC right away.

“When we introduced two new products last year, it took them (RNDC) nearly eight months to confirm them, and then a month later they capitulate, and the whole thing was done,” said Free Spirits Brand Ambassador Steve Turner. “We then switched to Western States Beverage because it was particularly important for us to get a distributor that already worked through BevMo!, Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons, all of the big supermarket chains, because that’s where most of our business goes.”

Distribution is the key for alcohol. Young’s Market Co. originally pioneered the idea of territorial exclusivity, meaning that only one distributor is allowed per product in every market — a situation that still permeates the market today. There’s no shopping around. And ironically, it’s exactly that system that’s causing most of the problems with RNDC’s departure.

“Some of these really big companies, which are swooping up these big brands, aren’t used to the on-premise restaurant dynamic,” Tarantino said. “They’re used to selling to Costco and Safeway and Whole Foods, these massive grocery conglomerates, and they don’t really know how to deal with restaurants.”

Brands want to feel taken care of by their distributor, because that’s their only real outlet for sales, especially smaller brands that don’t have any market share yet. In a sales book with thousands of other higher-profile brands, a small company can get lost.

“This is going to push more suppliers to Breakthru and into Southern Glazer’s, which many people felt their books were too big anyway,” said Marin’s Dan Leese, former chief executive officer of Hotaling Co. (He retired in July.) “And I think it creates a problem for RNDC potentially nationally, because they had some big suppliers, and they just left them high and dry in the biggest market in the country. That might create some issues with those suppliers potentially looking to make changes elsewhere.”

In the meanwhile, it’s the Wild West here in California right now, at least in terms of alcohol products. So, if you can’t find your favorite wine or liquor in the next couple of weeks, rest assured it’s not just you. And it might just take a couple of months for everything to get sorted out. And many think that you can thank RNDC for that.

“They abandoned us,” Tarantino said. “They just left us here to pick up all the pieces.”

And in the largest liquor market in the country, that’s sure to be a lot of pieces.

Jeff Burkhart is the author of “Twenty Years Behind Bars: The Spirited Adventures of a Real Bartender, Vol. I and II,” the host of the Barfly Podcast on iTunes (as seen in the NY Times) and an award-winning bartender at a local restaurant. Follow him at jeffburkhart.net and contact him at [email protected]