“Women in Wine” Series Features Winemakers from California Vintners Including Apothic, Bogle, Bread & Butter, Butternut, Constellation Brands/Robert Mondavi, Chandon, Coppola, Cupcake, Freemark Abbey, Joel Gott, Kendall Jackson, La Crema, Louis Martini, Matanzas Creek, Mumm Napa, Oak Ridge, Sterling, and Wente
MODESTO, Calif. – April 13, 2023 – Select Save Mart and Lucky stores in the greater-Bay Area and Central Valley are inviting shoppers to meet a roster of California’s trailblazing women winemakers who are making special appearances at in-store tastings during a newly created “Women in Wine” series beginning April 14 through April 23. The series offers shoppers a unique opportunity to meet influential women winemakers who are leading innovation in the wine industry and taste a selection of prizewinning local wines available at their neighborhood Save Mart and Lucky grocery store.
“We are very proud of our longstanding relationships with these California vintners and pleased to feature these award-winning brands which are accessible and readily available to our shoppers every day, said Jeff Feist, Director of Alcohol, Wine and Beer for The Save Mart Companies. “This is an exciting opportunity for our shoppers to visit “wine country” inside our stores and enjoy a fun and educational tasting room experience while meeting creative and innovative women winemakers at their local Save Mart and Lucky grocery store.”
Winemakers from Apothic, Bogle, Bread & Butter, Butternut, Chandon, Constellation Brands/Robert Mondavi, Coppola, Cupcake, Freemark Abbey, Joel Gott, Kendall Jackson, La Crema, Louis Martini, Matanzas Creek Mumm Napa, Oak Ridge, Sterling, and Wente are among the vintners featured at select Save Mart and Lucky stores locations in the Greater Bay Area and Central Valley including Lodi, Modesto, Pleasanton, Oakland, Pacific Grove, Petaluma, San Ramon, Danville and stores in Napa and Sonoma. Tastings are scheduled from April 14 to 23. For more information visit www.SaveMart.com and www.LuckySupermarkets.com.
About Save Mart
With deep roots in the Central Valley, Save Mart is Valley Proud and benefits from longstanding friendships with local ranchers, farmers and producers who help ensure stores are stocked with fresh, competitively priced products every day. Today, Save Mart operates 80 stores across California and Northern Nevada and is part of The Save Mart Companies, a Kingswood Capital Management, LP portfolio company. Committed to sourcing a wide variety of fresh local products and dedicated to the communities it serves, the company operates approximately 200 traditional and price impact stores under the banners of Save Mart, Lucky, FoodMaxx. In addition to its retail operation, the Company also operates SMART Refrigerated Transport and is a partner in Super Store Industries (“SSI”), which owns and operates a distribution center in Lathrop, and the Sunnyside Farms dairy processing plant in Turlock. Proud to be California’s largest regional, full-service grocery chain throughout the region, the Company and its 14,000 team members take extra care to help provide customers with the freshest foods for their families at affordable prices. For more information on the company, please visit www.SaveMart.com.
About Lucky
Lucky stores reflect the spirit, identity and flavors found in the neighborhoods and communities they serve. Lucky is dedicated to sourcing the freshest produce, meat and seafood along with local products, and varied and eclectic flavors. With 64 stores from Carmel to Ukiah and around the San Francisco Bay Area, Lucky is a proud regional grocery store and part of The Save Mart Companies, a Kingswood Capital Management, LP portfolio company. The Save Mart Companies operates 200 stores under the banners of Save Mart, Lucky and the price-impact FoodMaxx. In addition to its retail operation, the company also operates Smart Refrigerated Transport and is a partner in Super Store Industries (SSI), which owns and operates a distribution center in Lathrop and the Sunnyside Farms dairy processing plant in Turlock. For more information on Lucky stores, please visit: www.LuckySupermarkets.com.