WE ARE SELECT BRANDS
Select Brands Inc. was established in 1997 as a brokerage firm for fine wines and spirits. Due to a great partnership, Select Brands has become one of Louisiana’s finest representatives for the industry. The partners, Dwayne Shockley, Bernie Ralston, Bryan Mayley and Keith de la Gardelle, have a combined tenure of over 140 years of experience with wines and beverages.
DWAYNE
Dwayne worked for the RNDC organization, as well as owned a restaurant, wine bar, and liquor store. He was also employed by Canandaigua Wine Company for over five years. Being a native of Louisiana, Dwayne’s relationship with the distributors and retailers has grown and given him the opportunity to establish countless contacts and friendships within the market place.
BERNIE
Bernie joined Select Brands with 22 years of experience. Her position as Area Sales Manager with the RNDC organization in Lafayette, Louisiana, allowed her to establish close working relationships with the wholesalers, top to bottom. Her on and off premise experience has become invaluable to the Select Brands organization.
BRYAN
Bryan Mayley joined the Select Brands team in 2019 with 13 years of off and on premise experience in wine and spirits. He worked for 7 years with RNDC in sales and management, 1 1/2 years with Bronco Wine Company as Louisiana State Manager and 4 years with Delicato Family Vineyards covering Louisiana and Mississippi as Area Sales Manager. In addition to the wine and spirits industry, he also owned and operated his own grocery store in New Orleans. Bryan is using his experience to grow Select Brands on and off premise with hotels, restaurants, fine wine shops, chains and independents.
KEITH
Keith de la Gardelle joined Select Brands with 27 years of experience in the Wine and Spirits Industry, spending the last 3 years at RNDC, where he was the Director of Sales of the Pelican Portfolio. Prior to that, Keith spent over 18 years with Trinchero Family Estates, as a Senior Regional Sales Leader. Before his time with Trinchero, Keith spent 6 years between Bologna Brothers and Glazer’s, as both a District Sales Leader and Sales Rep. Keith resides in Destrehan, La, with his wife Amy and their three children, Kaleb, Aidan and Lauren.
Select Brands Inc. is currently doing business with the following distributors: International Wine & Spirits, Mystic Vines, Paul Bologna Fine Wines, RNDC, Select Wines, Southern Beverage, Uncorked Importers & Distributors of Fine Wine and Wines Unlimited.
These Louisiana Natives are Select Brands Inc. and we build brands!
