QHA Review August 2017

NEWS
NEW GENERAL
MANAGER JOINS
ACCOLADE WINES
Accolade Wines has appointed a new general
manager with a wealth of experience in the
wine industry.
Chris Flaherty has over 30 years’ experience in all
alcohol beverage categories. He was formerly Chief
Executive Officer of ASM Liquor, prior to which he
was Managing Director Australia and New Zealand at
Treasury Wine Estates, and earlier he held a number of
positions at Diageo.
His appointment as Accolade Wines General Manager,
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, will be effective
from 28 August 2017.
Based in Sydney, Chris Flaherty will report to Accolade
Wine’s Executive Chairman, Jim Anderson.
“We are very pleased to have Chris join the senior
executive team and his leadership experience coupled
with a deep knowledge of the market will be a great
benefit to Accolade,” Jim said.
“IT IS A GREAT HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE
LEADING THE ANZP TEAM AT ACCOLADE WINES
WITH ITS PORTFOLIO OF WONDERFUL BRANDS,
STEEPED IN AN AMAZING WINE HERITAGE”
Damian Steele, Matt Scott, James Brindley
and Bernie Hogan.
GREAT TO BE A
QUEENSLANDER
And so it was, another State of Origin series
and another Queensland triumph. Eleven series
wins from the last twelve years is pretty special
so it was fitting to celebrate the win with a
couple of special edition XXXX QUEENSLANDER
cans with Queensland legend, Matt Scott, who
unfortunately missed this year’s series due to
injury, and Lion Nathan’s Managing Director of
Beer, Wine and Spirits Australia, James Brindley.
Joining them for a few very enjoyable coldies was
QHA Chief Executive, Bernie Hogan and QHA
Industry Engagement Manager, Damian Steele.
Some might say is this “Important news?”, it is
if you are a Queenslander and why not take one
more opportunity to rub it into our cockroach
mates from down south, who seemingly can’t
play rugby league anymore.
INTERSTATE BEER EXPORT
As Aussies, pushing the boundaries of
ridiculousness is something of a birthright. So
when a bloke recently checked in a tinny of Emu
Export as his only luggage on a QANTAS flight
from Melbourne to Perth, baggage handlers were
only too happy to oblige and the interstate ale
duly arrived on the WA carousel. Speaking to the
Daily Mail, the beer-loving jet-setter “Dean” said he
wasn’t sure his luggage would make it. “My mate
works at the airport and we hatched the plan as
a laugh — I half didn’t expect it to come out the
other end.”
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