Joe Gallo, president and chief executive officer of the E. & J. Gallo Winery (center), joins Wirtz Beverage Group President Rocky Wirtz and Wirtz Beverage Illinois Senior Vice President Julian Burzynski at the site of the company’s new Cicero, Ill., facility.
With annual sales of more than $1.9 billion, Wirtz Beverage Group is making strides toward its vision of becoming the leading premium total beverage alcohol wholesaler in the United States by Dec. 31, 2012. Beverage Industry’s Wholesaler of the Year is now in its third and fourth generations of leadership and has gone through a rebranding process in order to unify its divisions in Illinois, Wisconsin, Nevada, Minnesota and Iowa.