Foster's Group's newly named global wine arm, Treasury Wine Estates, has signed exclusive distribution deals with Southern Wine & Spirits of America in several US states. Southern Wine & Spirits is to become the exclusive distributor for Treasury Wine Estates in South Carolina, Kentucky, Alaska, Hawaii, and Eastern Washington, the two firms announced today (10 August). The new contracts are effective 1 August 2010 in Hawaii and Alaska, 1 September in South Carolina and Kentucky and 1 October in Eastern Washington.