Wednesday, July 05, 2006

REPUBLIC SPREADS ITS WINGS INTO KENTUCKY

Republic Beverage announced today they have completed a 50% acquisition in Kentucky’s Commonwealth Wine and Spirits.

"Kentucky is another important step toward realizing our vision of being a national distributor of premium branded wines and spirits," Tom Cole, Republic’s COO.

The new company will be called “Republic Beverage of Kentucky,” and will retain Vertner Smith, CEO for Commonwealth, Bob Ware, president and COO, and the entire management team.