Generation to Generation

Founded in Boston in 1933, M.S. Walker is a fifth generation, family-owned importer, distributor, bottler, and national supplier of wine and spirits. Since its inception, M.S. Walker has created and produced a variety of spirits that are sold in stores nationwide. In 2018, the company opened its doors to a new state-of-the-art production and bottling facility in its hometown.

In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, M.S. Walker’s leaders decided to pivot their production capabilities to focus on the production of hand sanitizer. Leveraging their supply of high-proof grain alcohol and expertise in developing formulas, Walker’s team ramped up production to donate more than 100,000 bottles of sanitizing solution – free of charge – to team members, local first responders, and organizations in desperate need of hand sanitizer, which is currently hard to come by on store shelves.

An M.S. Walker spokesperson said, “As a company, M.S. Walker prides itself in the deep connections we have with our local community. From our clients – restaurants, which are suffering immensely throughout this unprecedented situation, and liquor stores – and our company’s employees, friends, and families, we feel this sense of community is essential to making it through the COVID-19 pandemic. This is what matters the most right now, and whatever our production capabilities allow us to do, we will do to play a small role in helping our community stay healthy and heal from this current life-altering event.”