Hello! I would like to sell gluten free beer in Latvia, and I am looking for distributors. Unfortunately, I didn't find any distributor in Europe. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
I'm sorry - no idea about Latvia. But there aren't (as far as I know) Europe-wide beer-distributors... And every country has different regulations. I would contact the different supermarket-chains / organic-shop-chains (if it is organic), if you want to have it wide-spread. Normally in Europe, the breweries (like all other food-producers) deliver directly to the supermarket central-warehouses/stocks (sorry - don't know the correct translation) to have their products distributed. That's why you find smaller brands not in every supermarket. If you find a beer-importer in Latvia, this might be the easiest one, if you don't want to do it yourself Good luck!!!
If you find a distributor anywhere in the EU, legally, it should have access to Latvia, under the "internal market" rules. Of course that is considerably less than half the battle than actually working out the commercial arrangements. Good luck!
I found a lot of Mikkeller beers in Riga two years ago, Mikkeller and To Öl makes a lot of gluten free beers nowadays. You can always check with the stores that sells Mikkeller beer if they can help you out. To Öl Reparationsbajer has a gluten free version that is just out. I would have checked in to that one since it is pretty tasty.
