Sales Staff
 

Steve Hamilton – National Sales Manager

Steve Hamilton brings more than 20 years of experience to Dry Creek Vineyard’s sales team. Prior to joining Dry Creek, Steve had spent his entire career with Paterno Wines International. During his tenure, Steve proved himself to be a valuable asset to their organization. For the last seven years of Steve’s career, he was responsible for increasing case sales in the Western Division and building the portfolio of Paterno wines on the West Coast.

Steve joined Dry Creek Vineyard in 2004 as Western Division Manager and was quickly promoted to National Sales Manager in 2005. In promoting Steve, winery President Don Wallace says, “Steve has a proven track record of sales success. His experience, knowledge and leadership are exactly what our family needs to be successful in a challenging marketplace.”

A resident of Southern California, when Steve is not traveling for Dry Creek, he can be found spending time with his wife, Laurie, enjoying the comforts of his new home.  You can email Steve at:  steveh@drycreekvineyard.com.

Randall Pettit – Regional Sales Manager - South Central

Randall Pettit is one of a kind. His dynamic, engaging personality is infectious. This coupled with his passion for Dry Creek Vineyard wines, makes Randall one of Dry Creek’s most valuable employees.
 

Randall’s experience in the wine industry comes primarily from his days as a restaurant owner. Prior to joining the wine industry, Randall was a successful Texas restaurant owner. During this time, Randall developed a keen sense for great wines and made virtually all the purchase decisions for his list. It was also during this time that Randall developed a love for Dry Creek Vineyard wines. Over the years, his relationship with the family grew, with Randall making several trips to the winery for wine and food related weekends. When Randall finally decided to hang up his restaurant hat, he took the leap into wine industry sales.

When Dry Creek Vineyard decided to move away from Winery Associates, the sales position became available at Dry Creek Vineyard covering the South. It was Randall who came calling and it was a perfect fit. In his role with Dry Creek Vineyard, Randall is responsible for managing a large part of the south from Arizona to Louisiana.

In his free time, Randall enjoys travel, food and wine and spending time with his beautiful bride, Brandi. Randall resides in Houston, Texas but also enjoys his weekend retreat near Galveston Bay.  Randall can be reached via email at:  randallp@drycreekvineyard.com.

Kirk Tomiser – Regional Sales Manager - West

Kirk Tomiser brings more than 13 years of wine industry experience encompassing supplier, distributor and retail positions. His ability to develop key relationships and effectively communicate makes Kirk an integral part of the Dry Creek Vineyard sales team.

As a former National Training Manager for Grape Links, Inc., dba Barefoot Cellars, Kirk developed a regional sales manager training program that included sales techniques, product knowledge and general selling skills. In addition to his sales experience, Kirk also brings valuable expertise in brand building, management and strategic planning. In his position with Dry Creek Vineyard, Kirk manages eight states including California, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Together with his wife Vicki, Kirk resides in Novato, California.

You can email Kirk at:  kirkt@drycreekvineyard.com.

Matt McCormack – Regional Sales Manager - Midwest

Matt McCormack is the newest addition to the Dry Creek Vineyard sales team. Prior to joining Dry Creek, Matt was the North Central Regional Manager for Renwood Winery. During his three and one half year tenure with Renwood, Matt achieved double digit growth for the region and successfully expanded his territory from 8 states to 12. Prior to Renwood, Matt was Great Lakes Region Manager for four years with Freixenet USA.

For more than 20 years, Matt has been involved in high level sales positions. Early in his career, Matt was involved in the advertising sales world, successfully managing advertising for both the Chicago Sun Times and Daily Southtown newspapers. His energetic personality and management skills quickly made Matt the papers’ top billing sales representative. Throughout his career, Matt has displayed a proven ability to effectively communicate, manage and nurture relationships with whomever he comes into contact.

A resident of Chicago, Matt is the proud father of three boys and two girls!  When he is not running back and forth from ballet and baseball games, Matt can be found spending time with his brother and enjoying his wonderful (and very large) extended family.  You can email Matt at:  MattM@drycreekvineyard.com.

Alex Mejido – Broker

Alex currently resides in South Florida where he enjoys the tropical weather and spending time with his wife and two children.  He says, "It doesn’t get much better then this." 

Alex Mejido handles the states of Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.  Email Alex at:  alexmejido@blendwineandspirits.com.

Mike Eaker  - Broker

Mike brings 21 years of experience to our team. While in college Mike worked as a beverage manager and wine steward. After college he accepted a job with a wine distributing company and worked in on-premise and off-premise sales as On-premise Sales Manager and Key Accounts Manager. He then worked for Dry Creek as part of Winery Associates for 8 years representing Dry Creek for six of those years.

In 2006, Mike formed his own company, Winery Associates Southeast and is thrilled to be working again with Dry Creek Vineyard. When not traveling throughout the Mid Atlantic, Mike resides in Raleigh, NC with his lovely wife Jill and three rambunctious sons, Sean, James and Jake. 

Mike handles the states of Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.  You can email Mike at:   meaker@wineryassociates.com.

 Antonio Silvia – Director of Export

You can email Antonio at:  as@wineteam.net.