By Chris Furnari of Brewbound.com
A new Silicon Valley-based alcohol distribution company is hoping to disrupt the three-tier system by offering small-batch beer, wine and spirits producers a more cost-effective route to market and contracts void of strict franchise provisions.
Liberation Distribution, which is based in in San Jose, California and was founded by Cheryl Durzy, a 20-year wine industry veteran, officially launched earlier this month when it made its first sale to a Willow Glen sports bar called Over Under.
Calling itself a “web-based distribution platform,” Liberation Distribution helps alcohol beverage makers secure placements at on- and off-premise retail locations, promises to accept lower margins, and guarantees that it will not enforce franchise laws that would ordinarily lock producers into nearly unbreakable lifetime contracts.
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