Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. announced two promotions that further its efforts to advance its leadership team, develop talent from within and build greater bench strength. Zach Long, previously Senior Vice President of Winemaking and Production, will now serve as Chief Operations Officer and Jenna Duran, formerly Senior Director of Marketing, has been appointed Vice President of Marketing. With over two decades in the winemaking industry, Zach Longjoined VWE through the 2021 Kunde acquisition, where he served as Director of Winemaking for 11 years.

Before joining Kunde, Zach held the role of Winemaker at Girard Winery. In addition to his wealth of industry insight acquired through working closely with Vintage affiliated wineries, growers and vendors, Mr. Long holds degrees in viticulture and enology from the University of California Davis (UC Davis) and a certification in viticulture from the University of Purpan in Toulouse, France. In his expanded role as Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Long assumes additional responsibility for all 14 estate wineries and two major wine productionfacilities in Hopland, California (Rays Station) and Cincinnati, Ohio (Meier's Wine Cellars).

Zach has full operational oversight for supply chain and production activities with a focus on quality, sustainability and enhancing synergies within VWE's productionfootprint and serves on the Executive Leadership team. An MBA graduate of Sonoma State Wine Business Institute with more than a decade of experience in the wine industry, Jenna Duran joined VWE's marketing team with the Viansa acquisition in 2013, where she led marketing initiatives for all DTC channels including eCommerce, tasting rooms, direct mail, promotional products, and telephonic sales. In 2017, Ms. Duran transitioned to the wholesale business, assuming new responsibilities on the Exclusive Brands team.

Her collaboration with senior management included driving innovation and newproduct development for major national accounts, including the fast-growing Photograph Wines. Her responsibilities expanded to include brand marketing as Director of Lifestyle & Exclusive brands in 2019 and Central Coast brands in 2020. Ms. Duran also led marketing initiatives to launch Bar Dog wine nationally, supporting the growth of the brand to over 100,000 cases.

Bar Dog is now Vintage's fastest-growing brand, earning it an Impact Hot Prospect Award in 2021.