CPSA Hosts Annual Golf Tournament

The Connecticut Package Stores Association (CPSA) hosted its 2023 golf tournament at the Whitney Farms Golf Club in Monroe on June 14. More than 150 association members and trade guests gathered for a morning shotgun start to play 18 holes, which also featured a luncheon, raffle prizes and tournament awards. Event sponsors included Allan S. Goodman; Anheuser-Busch; Bacardi USA; Beam Suntory; Brescome Barton; Brown-Forman; Campari; Connecticut Distributors, Inc.; Constellation Brands; Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits; Diageo; Diageo Beer Division/Guinness; Eder Bros., Inc.; E. & J. Gallo Winery; Hartford Distributors Inc.; Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.; Molson Coors; Northeast Beverage Corp. of CT & Levine Distributing Co.; Palm Bay; Pernod Ricard USA; Proximo Spirits; Slocum & Sons; Tito’s Handmade Vodka; and William Grant & Sons, among others. The CPSA team works on behalf of package store owners on industry issues within each legislative session and offers industry meetings, conferences and events throughout the year.

: The Connecticut Package Stores Association (CPSA) hosted its 2023 golf tournament at the Whitney Farms Golf Club in Monroe on June 14.

: All of CPSA: Sean Hughes, Account Director; Jean Cronin, Executive Director; Alyssa Pereira, Volunteer; Mary Davis, Volunteer; Deepak Pattani, Board Member; Curt Hopkins, Board Member; Guest; and Mallory Daley, Director of Programs and Services.

: All of CT Beverage Mart: Jim Valentine, First Vice President, CPSA Board; Brian Downes; Stephen Downes, President, CPSA Board; and Ted Downes.

: Mark Wezenski, Travelers Insurance; Sean Collins, Altria; Sean Hughes, Account Director, CPSA; Spencer Rubin, Eversource; and Dallas Dodge, Roy & Leroy.

: Team Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.: David Rosenberg, Jerry Rosenberg, Paul Angelico and Jim Nesci.

: Team Slocum & Sons: Scott Randall, Alex Meier-Tompkins, Brand Ambassador Heather Kekac; Kevin Hickey and Peter Curry.

: Team Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI): Bob Atwood, Steve Slota, Mark Ryan and Walter Myslewski.

: Team Brown-Forman/Allan S. Goodman: Jon Capodi, Brown-Forman; Brian Schreier, Allan S. Goodman; Tom Kachmark, Brown-Forman; and David Heller, Allan S. Goodman.

: Team Allan S. Goodman: Akie Smythe, Brown-Forman; Eric Gray, Allan S. Goodman; Karl Koenig, Allan S. Goodman; and Morgan Marshall, Allan S. Goodman.

: Brescome Barton’s Shane Downs and Chris Colter.

: Vanessa Neves, Taub Family Selections; Mark Hein, Worldwide Wine & Spirits; Taylor Deegan, Worldwide Wine & Spirits; and Philip Orazietti, Palm Bay International.

: Team Beam Suntory A: Joe Mascola, Dave Augustine, Gene Avino and Mike DePasqua.

: Team Constellation Brands: Byron Kidd, Anthony Grillo, Anthony Prograno and Will Longo.

: Team E. & J. Gallo Winery/CDI: Brian Federman, CDI; Kevin Mahon, CDI; Bryon Thayer, CDI; and Spencer Stack, E. & J. Gallo Winery.

: Team Winebow: Rob Field, Steve Brodeur and Jack Osei.

: Team Campari America: Tony Trienis, Farmingdale Liquors; Gary Dritschler, Campari America; Michael Bradley, Crazy Bruce’s Liquors; and Steve Fanelli, Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.

: George Pasterok, GG’s Wood Fired Pizza; Ray Cruciani, Proximo Spirits; Paul DeFrancisco; and Ray Collins, Proximo Spirits.

: Rick Sobieraj, Opici Family Distributing; Matt Hartsook, Casa Azul Tequila; Chris Parkin, Opici Family Distributing; and Larry Cass, GlenRo Spirit Shoppe.

: Team Tito’s Handmade Vodka: Tom Hankey, Kyle Phillips, Mike Parzych and Matthew Malloy.

: Team Diageo Beer: Brenden Miller, Nolan Aurelia, Phil Hiatredes and JP Wong.

: Team Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage Division: Tyler LaChioma, Corey Shoop, Jack Bishop and Jake Lounsbury.

: Team Diageo: Richard Scalzo, Ryan McDonald and Trevor Kendall. (Missing from photo: Mark Rappel.)

: Team Anheuser-Busch A: Katie Clunnan, Anheuser-Busch; Tom Davis, Anheuser-Busch; Gary Hewitt, Dichello Distributors; and Joe Belacourt, Dichello Distributors.