Lee Brian Schrager

CATEGORY: Entrepreneurs
Company: Southern Wine & Spirits
INDUSTRY: Liquor & Wine Distribution
What Makes him Haute : An executive of Florida-based distribution company, Southern Wine & Spirits, Schrager is responsible for the company’s marketing. Schrager took things to the next level when he created the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which brings the most celebrated names from the world’s finest culinary institutions and revered wineries to the sands of Miami Beach for one weekend each February to benefit FIU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Schrager launched a similar festival in New York which benefits food banks in the city.

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