Headquartered in Salem, Blue Ridge Beverage distributes a wide variety of beers, fine wines and soft drinks to more than 3,500 customers throughout a 36-county region. The Company maintains four warehouse facilities located in Salem, Waynesboro, Lynchburg and South Boston, VA.
Blue Ridge Beverage Company is proud to represent many of the finest beer, wine and soft drink suppliers from the United States and around the world. The Company’s largest single supplier is Miller Brewing Company, brewer of Miller Lite, Miller High Life, Icehouse, Genuine Draft and Milwaukee’s Best, among other brands. Other major beer brands include Heineken, Corona, Samuel Adams, Rolling Rock, Foster’s, Molson and Guinness.
The Company distributes hundreds of wine brands, including popular labels Almaden, Paul Masson, Sebastiani, Sutter Home, Franzia, Robert Mondavi and Glen Ellen. It is especially proud of its fine wines and international portfolios and its strong support for the emerging Virginia wine industry. Soft drinks, waters and juices are playing an increasing role in the Company, with well-known brands 7-Up, Canada Dry, RC Cola, A&W, Sunkist, Snapple, Mistic, Arizona, Evian, Quibell and Elliotts, among others. See our complete listings of beers, wines and soft drinks on other pages of our web site.
Blue Ridge Beverage Company’s origins date back to the post-Prohibition era, when it was founded in 1938 as a small wholesaler of beer and soft drinks. In 1953, the Company became a dist