All
my life I have been charmed and fascinated by the wine business. Dealing
with wine producers, merchants and those who merely enjoy drinking
a good glass of wine has been a labour of love. I learned early on
that there are many wonderful wines which are very reasonably priced
and it's not necessary to spend a lot of money for a very good bottle
of wine.
With this conviction, together with my wine knowledge, background
and contacts, I assembled a collection of smaller boutique wineries.
Many of these wineries are undiscovered gems that remain unknown in
international markets but all have the same characteristic in common.
These wineries produce extremely high quality wine and offer consumers
excellent value through competitive pricing. This is fundamental to
my business philosophy.
In the past people were unfamiliar with wine. Today, however, the
demand for quality wines offering genuine value has spread all over
the world through wine courses, magazine publications, and the internet.
This new network of wine education has sparked the consumer's curiosity
for more and more information about the various types and styles of
wine, the wineries that produce them and the entire wine making process.
As wine drinkers eagerly research new wines, they inevitably look
for and discover smaller wines that offer an attractive alternative
to the bigger well known brands.
The thirst for knowledge has led many people to seek small unknown
producers where the wines take on the wine-makers personality and
the very essence of his character. These producers care for their
wines as they would one of there children. I see this phenomenon over
and over in my native Tuscany where wineries still cultivate the ancient
Tuscan grapes such as Mammolo, Ciliegiolo, Colorino and Prugnolo.
In a time of globalization, I most admire how these wineries remain
faithful to the time honoured traditional wine making methods. It
is true that a Merlot grown in Veneto has different nuances than one
grown in Tuscany or Apulia but it is also true that a person can appreciate
and experience local wine making traditions and variations when tasting
a Tuscan Ciliegiolo or a Barbera from Piedmont, or a Sicilian Grillo.
It
is my vision and my desire to build a commercial network for wines
offering uniqueness, quality and value, and satisfying the needs of
importers seeking large quantities at lower price points giving up
as little quality as possible (it would not be possible to do otherwise).
Whatever your need may be, please be assured that it is possible to
find affordable, very good wines and remember that even wines distributed
in very large quantities must also have dignity and quality standards
that reflect upon ourselves.