Republic National Distributing Company has left an unknown number of overdue bills unpaid as the distributor continues to unwind operations following its 2025 exit from California, according to a report by Dave Infante for VinePair. Vendors who supplied RNDC during its final months in the state describe months-long collection efforts and partial payments. RNDC sold its California markets to competitors but did not fully resolve outstanding obligations to suppliers and service providers in the transition. The story matters because RNDC is not a small player. It is one of the top three US wine and spirits distributors. When a top-three distributor unwinds a state and leaves vendors holding paper, every smaller distributor watching has to ask what their own counterparty risk looks like.
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