DOPS, Inc was founded in 1984 by four friends. The name DOPS stands for each of the owners: Jeff Dieringer, Sr., Michael O'Marra, Carol Palmer and Les Sunderland. At the time of its founding, each of the owners were working at Forman Brothers (now RNDC) in management positions. Jeff Dieringer, Sr decided he wanted to do things differently and recruited the others to join him to start a new distributing company that focused only on premium brands that were family owned.
DOPS' first brand they ever carried was Joseph Phelps Vineyards, and it was their lone brand for two years. DOPS went on to build other prestigious brands such as Caymus, Duckhorn, Stags Leap & Beringer. DOPS was also the first to carry Samuel Adams outside of Boston.
DOPS has had long relationships with many of its suppliers today including Dry Creek Vineyard & Pedroncelli Winery which they began representing in 1986 & Chimay which they started selling in 1988.
