ABOUT
Trellis was founded in 2005 by Mark Crisler in order to introduce artisan and family-owned wine, spirits, and other drinks to national account restaurants and hotel chains.
While traversing the country representing Southern Wine & Spirits (now SGWS) and later Robert Mondavi Winery, Mark began to realize how homogeneous many of the wine lists at national accounts were, with only a small number of primarily larger wine companies represented. He was also aware that consumers were becoming more wine savvy, and wanted new “discovery” wines.
With 25 years of industry experience, Mark formed Trellis Wine & Spirits (originally "Trellis Wine Group") to bring more honesty and diversity to the wine and cocktail lists of national restaurants, hotels, bars, and venues.
In the years since, Trellis has made its name promoting the best of the best, and as a well-respected tier one beverage partner with successful placements nationwide and beyond. As the demand for ultra-premium beverages continues to skyrocket, Trellis is uniquely positioned to help connect artisan producers from wine, spirits, and more with decision makers in the national accounts channel.
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At Trellis, we represent artisan wineries, distilleries, and zero proof producers as salespeople to national & key on premise accounts. We fill a hybrid role as consultants in order to help our producer partners succeed with our customers.
Trellis was the first company to focus exclusively on this sales channel and we remain the only such group to succeed in Wine, Spirits, and Non-Alcoholic with active national placements in each category.
Our business is all about relationships. With our experience and expertise, we connect real family producers to the most powerful and dynamic on premise customers in North America and beyond.
In our twenty years in business, we have helped build some of America's favorite brands and helped keep independent & family producers alive & thriving while building a sterling reputation in the industry for our professionalism and dedication.
Are you an independent or family-owned artisan producer looking for a national accounts manager? Are you struggling to navigate this channel alongside other independent on premise or national off premise responsibilities? Are you challenged for ROI in this competitive space? We welcome conversations from our friends in the field.
- Mark Crisler