2019-02-07 Liquor Commission Minutes

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Nahale-a: For now, we will have March in Kona and April in Kona. No. 3, Application No. 18-19, The Elevation Wine Fund, LP, dba The Elevation Wine Fund, LP, for a Change of Location to its Wholesale Beer and Wine liquor license, to 74-5483 Kaiwi Street, Unit #1506, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-4-015:008. 3. Application No. 18-19 (10:26 A.M.) The Elevation Wine Fund, LP, dba The Elevation Wine Fund, LP, for a Change of Location to its Wholesale Beer and Wine liquor license, to 74-5483 Kaiwi Street, Unit #1506, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-4-015:008. Leon Dreimann, Manager, was present. Nahale-a: Good morning. Please identify yourself and relationship to the business. Dreimann: Good morning. Yes, I'm applying to move premises from inside the Four Seasons property where there is a clubhouse and behind the clubhouse there is a location where we've been storing wines only for delivery to the member restaurants of the Hualalai Resort. There are other member resorts next door to it, Kukio and Nanea which are golf clubs across the road. Both have been pestering me to provide similar service as we have for Hualalai, but had agreed with the Four Seasons to be exclusive for a year. That year has expired and I am now looking for an independent location that I can supply all three. That's the reason for my application. Nahale-a: Thank you. Please describe the business for us. Dreimann: The business itself, The Elevation Wine Fund, is actually an investment wine found in premium wines and we also sell through various licenses we have around the country to other wholesalers that want rare and unusually good wine. Here in the State of Hawaii it started off as me being a member of the Food and Beverage Committee and the inability of members to bring good wine into, which they are allowed to do for any meals that they go to. So, for convenience sake the club had decided to offer the residents of the community what they describe as fair pricing compared to what the Four Seasons restaurants charge which has gone quite well. It allows the employees of the clubhouses to receive gratuities on wines that they buy that they otherwise would have brought in but the employees don't get the gratuities, so that's been really well-received by the employees. It's convenient for the members not to have to carry or sometimes they really don't know what it is that they want to eat or what wine they are going to pair it with. That's the crux of our business. Nahale-a: Thank you. Is there any public testimony for this application? There was no public testimony. Nahale-a: Seeing none, Commissioners any discussion or questions? Hughes: I'm sorry, what was your name? Dreimann: Leon, Leon Dreimann. FEBRUARY 7, 2019 - LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES 19