St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery promote Susie Owen to Vice President, National Sales Manager

St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery and Skalli Family Wines America announced three changes in their sales and marketing staff.

Susie Owen has been promoted to Vice President, National Sales Manager. She has full responsibility for national distributor sales and is an integral part of the management team. Ms. Owens joined St. Supéry in August 2010 as National Sales Manager. Prior to joining the winery, she managed the Allied Domecq Wines sales team in the West and later was one of the central contributors to the reinvention of Sebastiani Vineyards. Ron Johnson stated, “Susie is the epitome of professionalism in the field of sales management. I have been honored to work alongside her for the past twenty years.” Ron will remain a resource to Susie as she undertakes this new role.

St. Supéry also has hired two new people to augment their sales and marketing efforts:

Susan Allen has been hired as Director of Sales, Northwest Region with responsibility for Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Ms. Allen has built a solid sales reputation, particularly in the Pacific Northwest area. Her background includes positions of increasing responsibility with such noted wineries as Chateau Ste. Michelle, Parducci and Sebastiani.

Sharon Goldman has been hired as Director of Marketing and Public Relations. In this new position, she will be responsible for the development and implementation of strategic marketing plans, brand communications and media relationships. Ms. Goldman has marketed a wide variety of wine brands, ranging from Chateau St. Jean to Beringer White Zinfandel. In addition, she has served on the boards of Women for WineSense and the San Francisco Professional Food Society.

“These two people bring a wealth of experience to Skalli Family Wines America,” stated Emma Swain, CEO. “The recent growth of St. Supéry and the Skalli portfolio from France has made their additions both necessary and possible. Their involvement underscores our commitment to be among the best of the wine industry. ”

St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery is a family–owned estate winery in Napa Valley, California, with more than 500 acres of sustainably farmed, Napa Green certified vineyards. The estate grows all of the grapes for St. Supéry’s wine portfolio, and for their highly regarded Napa Valley Estate Sauvignon Blanc and Napa Valley Dollarhide and Rutherford Vineyard designated Cabernet Sauvignon. The Skalli family, owners of St. Supéry, owns three wineries in the South of France: Fortant de France, Skalli Grand Vin du Rhone in Châteauneuf du Pape, and the Terra Vecchia estate on the island of Corsica. St. Supéry imports Skalli Family French wines for distribution in the