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  Businesswoman Emily Heintz recently quit her job in sales and launched a Charleston-based company called Sechey earlier this year, which distributes many of the same brands that Spirited Away stocks in New York. Sechey is among the first retailers in the Southeast to stock these products.   The name Sechey is based on the French word “secher,” which means “to dry,” she explained, and while Heintz embraces the sober community, “it’s less about that than introducing women to alternatives they didn’t know existed.” “We’re open to everyone,” she said. “You could just be taking the day off. You could be doing a...

Sèchey, a new bottle shop featuring alcohol-free spirits, alcohol removed wine, non-alcoholic beer, mixers, and more, on Wednesday launched their online store. The business is the first Charleston stockist of popular non-alcoholic brands like Kin Euphorics, Ghia, Figlia, and Grüvi.  The company was founded by downtown resident Emily Heintz, who is a retail and commerce technology veteran. The inspiration for the brand name comes from the French word for dry – sèche. A physical bottle shop, warehouse, tasting room will open in early 2022 in downtown Charleston. “We are responding to an evolving cocktail culture and the at-home bar movement...

During the pandemic Emily Heintz thought everyone was drinking too much. She was, too.  She had just moved to San Francisco for a job promotion with a boyfriend she later broke up with, and then COVID-19 derailed her plans of meeting friends and getting embedded into the city.    Click below for full article. As scene on: The Post and Courier

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Emily Heintz always dreamed of starting her own company and when she started drinking less two years ago, she discovered a need for non-alcoholic options in the Lowcountry. She was already experimenting with a 30-day alcohol-free challenge called the “Alcohol Experiment” and noticed how much better it made her feel to replace her normal wine and beer with the non-alcoholic versions. “I really noticed from a health perspective that I slept better, I was able to be social because I had alternatives and didn’t feel like I was at an event and missing out because I was...