WTN Services ™ Appoints Matt Wood Vice President, Retail and Consumer Operations
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Reported in Forbes Businesswire
WTN Services(TM) announces the appointment of Matt Wood as Vice President in charge of all retail and consumer operations for their Ambrosia consumer-direct luxury wine services.
Wood will work within the Ambrosia organization to maintain and enhance the brand, facilitate market strategies, develop direct trade initiatives, monitor day-to-day operations and explore and manage new opportunities within the consumer-direct services.
Matt was previously Vice-President, Retail Operations, for Icon Estates and was responsible for all consumer direct sales at Icon Estates, which includes eight tasting rooms, twelve websites, and eight wine clubs.
“I’m delighted to be working with the group here at Ambrosia and WTN, our plans for direct-to-trade and marketplace initiatives are both exciting and timely. We look forward to strengthening our partners’ presence in the marketplace, enabling them to bring their products to market more efficiently and profitably than before,” says Wood.
WTN Services(TM) is a recognized “best in class leader” for providing direct-to-consumer solutions to the wine industry. WTN Services(TM) provides winery clients with timely and reliable solutions through proactive account management, leading-edge technology, key strategic partnerships and a bi-coastal warehousing network to enhance delivery.
Ambrosia and WTN Services(TM) operate under the umbrella of The WineTasting Network(TM) a division of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. as the resource to provide direct retail access of exceptional California wines to passionate wine lovers throughout the United States. Those one-on-one relationships with wine enthusiasts across the country have provided impetus for creating unique collections, gifts, and clubs with highly sought-after world-class wines.
WTN Services(TM) Vice-President and General Manager Chris Edwards stated, “Bringing Matt Wood into the fold brings a whole new level of wine industry experience to our organization that will ensure quality management of our existing program and the prospect of exploring and pursuing additional opportunities within the industry.”
For more information on WTN Services(TM), please visit the website at www.wtnservices.com
For more information on Ambrosia, please visit www.ambrosiawine.com