About Us

Welcome
to the LIQUOR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION of AUSTRALIA

In 1897 a group of wholesale wine and spirit houses came together to form an association. Over the years it changed both its name and its charter to where it is today.

LEADING PROVIDER OF INFORMATION and SERVICES to the Liquor Industry.

The Association is non-profit and governed by a Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors are:

• MR RALPH DUNNING - SAMUEL SMITH & SON (President)
  
• MR RUSSELL BARRATT - CONSTELLATION WINES AUSTRALIA (Vice President)
  
• MR ANDREW BOWER - BROWN FORMAN AUSTRALIA (Vice President)
  
• MR JOHN LIVINGSTONE - JDL CONSULTING (Treasurer)
  
• MR MYLES ANCESCHI - INDEPENDENT DISTILLERS AUSTRALIA
  
• MR DAVID ANDREWS - ISLAND2ISLAND BEVERAGE COMPANY
  
• MR DENIS BROWN - DIAGEO AUSTRALIA
  
• MR ENZO CASATI - CAMPARI AUSTRALIA
  
• MR GLENN COOPER, AM - COOPERS BREWERY
  
• MR NICHOLAS DETMOLD - BEAM GLOBAL SPIRITS - AUSTRALIA
  
• MR DOUG EVANS - INDEPENDENT LIQUOR GROUP
  
• MR NEIL GRANT - FOSTERS AUSTRALIA
  
• MR DAVID HALLIDAY - COCA COLA AMATIL
  
• MR GREG HUSBAND - PERNOD RICARD
  
• MR ANDREW McCLAREN - MOET-HENNESSY AUSTRALIA
  
• MR MARTIN O'MARA - NILWA
  
• MR BOB POWELL - CASELLA WINES
  
• MR JOHN SCOTT - HOTEL LIQUOR WHOLESALERS
  
• MR KARL SEILER - FINE WINE PARTNERS
  
• MR MITCHELL TAYLOR - TAYLORS WINE
  
• MR ADAM TREWIN - SUNTORY AUSTRALIA
  
• MR GEORGE WAHBY - MCWILLIAMS WINES
  
• MR PETER YEOMAN - DE BORTOLI WINES
  

Members include:

• ALUMINIUM CAN GROUP
  
• BACARDI-LION P/L
  
• BEAM GLOBAL AUSTRALIA
  
• BROWN BROTHERS
  
• BROWN-FORMAN AUSTRALIA
  
• CAMPARI AUSTRALIA P/L
  
• CASELLA WINES
  
• CEPO SYSTEMS P/L
  
• CLUTCH P/L
  
• COCA COLA AMATIL
  
• CONSTELLATION WINES AUSTRALIA
  
• COOPERS BREWERY
  
• DE BORTOLI WINES
  
• DIAGEO AUSTRALIA
  
• DIVERSIFIED EXHIBITIONS AUSTRALIA
  
• FINE WINE PARTNERS
  
• FOSTERS AUSTRALIA BEVERAGES LTD
  
• HOTEL LIQUOR WHOLESALERS
  
• INDEPENDENT DISTILLERS AUSTRALIA
  
• INDEPENDENT LIQUOR GROUP
  
• ISLAND2ISLAND BEVERAGE COMPANY P/L
  
• JDL CONSULTING
  
• JIM BEAM BRANDS AUSTRALIA
  
• LIQUID IDEAS
  
• LMG MARKETING P/L
  
• MAQUARIE BANK
  
• McWILLIAM'S WINES
  
• MOET-HENNESSY AUSTRALIA P/L
  
• MONDO SEARCH
  
• NILWA
  
• ORANAVALE (trading as LIQUOR INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS OF AUSTRALIA)
  
• PERNOD RICARD
  
• PETER LEHMANN WINES
  
• PHIL HOFFMAN TRAVEL
  
• PREMIUM BEVERAGES
  
• RED BULL AUSTRALIA
  
• SAMUEL SMITH & SON (THE YALUMBA WINE CO.)
  
• SIMSED
  
• SPECIALISED MERCHANDISE & DESIGN P/L
  
• SUNTORY AUSTRALIA
  
• SWIGG P/L
  
• SYNOVATE AZTEC P/L
  
• TAYLORS WINES
  
• THE INTERMEDIA GROUP
  
• THE NIELSEN COMPANY
  
• THE SALES FACTORY
  
• THORCHMEDIA P/L
  
• TYRRELL'S VINEYARDS
  
• WILLIAM GRANT & SONS
  

Non member companies purchasing some of our services:

• AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE
  
• BAYFIELD HOTELS
  
• BROWN BROTHERS MILAWA
  
• CHEVIOT BRIDGE
  
• CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
  
• INDEPENDENT DISTILLERS AUSTRALIA
  
• LION NATHAN
  

Our services include:

• Detailed Weekly Reports on licensing changes in all STATES.
  
• National Credit Managers Forum.
  
• We research the Liquor Administration Board records and know of transfers well in advance.
  
• Detailed statistical information on Australian and Imported beers, wines, spirits and liqueurs.
  
• With every liquor licence in Australia on our computer, telephone enquiries can be made on licensing matters.
  
• Information Circulars on all issues affecting the Industry.
  
• A Quarterly Breakfast Briefing By the Movers & Shakers of the Liquor Industry.
  
• Monthly Report on Spirits & Liqueurs Sales in Aust ex Warehouse.
  
• Monthly Report on Wine Sales & Wine Pricing in Australia ex Warehouse.
  
• A database on every liquor licence in Australia that can produce detailed lists, labels or be electronically transferred to member's computers. (Free for members)
  
• A National Brand Price Monitor Service.
  
• An Annual Liquor Trade Survey.
  
• An Annual Remuneration Survey.
  
• Banner Member Website.
  
• A Parallel Export Monitoring Service on Whisky.
  
• A meeting place for special interest groups.
  
• Publications (Thomson's Liquor Guide, Online Liquor Guide, Drinks Trade)
  

LMAA web site

The website has been introduced as an information resource for member companies. It's free, it's user friendly and any employee of a member company can access not only industry sales data but their own company's sales data interfaced against total industry sales data by visiting the website.

Recap

• CREDIT MANAGEMENT IN ALL STATES
  
• STATISTICS
  
• SALARY SURVEY
  
• LIQUOR TRADE SURVEY
  
• INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
  
• SALES AND MARKETING DATA
  
• LIQUOR LICENCE DATABASE FOR AUSTRALIA
  
• PUBLICATIONS (Drinks Guide, Online Drinks Guide, Drinks Trade)
  
• ANNUAL STATISTICS YEAR BOOK ON CD