a West Coast distributor contact?

[swiftvin]

Does anyone know of a distributor on the west coast (California region) that may be interested in a JV to distribute Australian draught beer?

cheers,

[guachoo]

Brew Distributing (www.brewdistributing.com) in San Diego is a small distributor that is helping the new Mexican microbrews enter the US market. They are also starting to work with local San Diego microbrews. They are small but could be a good starting point for a small microbrew trying to enter the difficult San Diego market.

[PMR]

If you're looking to cover all of California, you'll need to establish contact with several distributors to cover the territories. I can't think of any beer distributors that cover the whole state.

I'd suggest finding a distributor that covers much of Southern California (San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura) such as Harbor Distributing and get another in the Bay Area / Sacramento.

[Logan]

Wine Warehouse covers the whole state representing around 50 suppliers, so you get all state coverage if they accept you but you'll be a small fry in their portfolio and they don't take the whole line of any supplier.