ABOUT
Maven Wine Marketing was founded in 2010. The concept was created by a need for remote representation for a prominent California brand looking to secure and manage their business in Canada.
The business has since grown and developed several initiatives including remote wine dinners and representation of brands locally.
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Latest, MWM is a liquor agency with the AGLC, and launching a made for market brand.
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OWNER
Rania Burns
founder & owner
Rania Burns
Educated in Canada and Bordeaux, Rania has a host of Sales and Marketing experience in the wine business from large size wineries to estate wineries. Her experience overseas informs sales strategies that transcend the borders of Canada with trade sales techniques and pricing acumen. She also has experience managing several brands in the complex Canadian wine industry.
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Rania has lived and worked in 4 prominent wine areas: Bordeaux, Sonoma, Napa and the Okanagan. She has also travelled and sold wine extensively throughout Canada, Asia and Europe. Most recently, Rania has been studying winemaking and working in the cellar with a winemaking team. She is launching her own brand, Prairie Souls, in Alberta in 2024
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Career highlights:
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Marketing Director, Quails' Gate Winery, 2012-2015
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Associate Export Manager (Asia, Europe and Canada), Francis Ford Coppola Presents winery and Rubicon Estate 2008-2010
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Business Development Manager, Red & White International PTE, Singapore 2006-2008
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Masters of Wine Marketing and Management, INSEEC, Bordeaux, 2006
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WSET Advanced Certificate Holder