With over 130 employees and a 50-year history, Dandurand is a family-run wine importation and spirits business with a presence in every Canadian province.
With over 130 employees and 50 years of experience, Dandurand is the largest family-run wine and spirit importation business in Canada.
Dandurand represents 35 exclusive wine & spirits producers—leaders in their category—for a total volume approximating 4 million cases. It’s this vast and varied imported wine portfolio that makes Dandurand the undisputed choice of Canadian-wine-industry decision-makers.
With offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, Dandurand maintains relationships with Canada’s various alcohol monopolies as well as the market’s main influencers. What’s more, Dandurand provides its partners with an experienced sales team in all ten provinces.
In 50 years, the small Montreal start-up has become a national company—growing from its very first clients (including Georges Duboeuf) to 35 of the most prestigious clients in the world of wine & spirits.
Philippe Dandurand is always ready to go out into the field to gain a better understanding of his clients’ and suppliers’ expectations, change attitudes and advance the market—not only to meet today’s needs but to anticipate tomorrow’s.
With 5 shareholders, Philippe Dandurand directs a small Montreal agency specialized in importing wines.
With the help of wine producers, he buys the company and becomes its president and sole shareholder.
Philippe Dandurand Wines acquires an Ontario agency that affords him the opportunity to expand his activities into Ontario and the Maritime Provinces
The company goes national, with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver
Philippe Dandurand plans his business succession: his daughter, Caroline Dandurand, becomes the company’s shareholder.
With the positions of both vice-president of sales and vice-president of marketing under his belt, Hugues Gauthier becomes the new company president. That same year, Philippe Dandurand Wines reaches the 2-million-case mark.
The company acquires a corporate structure with the creation of a board of directors chaired by Philippe Dandurand.
Philippe Dandurand Wines hits the 100-employee mark.
Philippe Dandurand Wines reaches 3.5 million imported cases, and offers its clients the first private transactional site for purchasing imported wines in Canada.
Philippe Dandurand Wines marks 50 years in business by becoming “Dandurand.
Right from the beginning, Philippe Dandurand forged close relationships with other family businesses to build an authentic and quality business of his own.
Today, what sets Dandurand apart is its team’s expertise, drive, enthusiasm and business sense.
Dandurand’s vision is to be recognized by its suppliers, clients, and the industry as the best agency in Canada—one that’s focused on excellence.
The company’s mission is to be a reliable business partner, providing true added value to its clients and suppliers. To this end, Dandurand offers complete strategic development, from planning and marketing all the way through to sales and execution.
Build a strong and powerful portfolio of brands
Developing leading brands within a limited portfolio
Think global - Act local
The best in all markets
Build Brands
Optimize value over time
Over-invest on Trade
Create demand and build brand awareness
Optimize Execution
Market segmentation approach
Customer Focus
Service oriented, building relationships
For several years, Philippe Dandurand has been a member of the Lise Watier Foundation board, an organization whose mission it is to help women develop their full social and economic potential and escape volatile situations. He also actively supports the Fondation Papillon pour les enfants handicapés du Québec et la Fondation Père Sablon, an organization that supports young people from all walks of life, helping them achieve their goals through sports and the outdoors.
Solidarity is also apparent in the Dandurand team with initiatives like #DandurandGivesBack – a program that gives employees time to volunteer within their communities for causes that are close to their hearts
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