A Unique Point of View
Luxe Vintages brings a fresh perspective and a unique point of difference to the wine business.
Our principals offer broad-based business experience and success in the wine & spirits
marketplace. Our wine importing/brokering business developed naturally after years
of success the luxury wine and food accessories segment. Our company leaders have extensive
experience in wine & spirits, product marketing, public relations, promotion (both on-and
off-premise), brand-building and sales management.
Experience
Our wine & spirits experience includes developing and managing programs for
Somerset-Schieffelin (Blue Nun, Dom Perignon, Dom Ruinart), Remy Amerique (Italian wine
portfolio, Antinori), Glenlivet, Bacardi, Miller Brewing, Kronenbourg, Diageo, and others. Further,
our staff have also served at senior management level positions with such global corporations as
Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, Unilever, Pepperidge Farm, Citibank, Young & Rubicam,
General Electric, and many others. We believe that no import company comes to market with the
aggregate skills set we have. We are not modest about that - just as you should not be modest
about your wines.
Our Mission
Our mission is to aid in the development of wine & spirits brands to provide our select
distributors with products that their restaurants, retailers, and consumers want to buy and
consume. In today's competitive marketplace, distributors have neither the time nor the
inclination to focus their sales force's time on wines that have not been developed into
brands. Simply put, "wines don't sell, but wine brands do." We help build wines into brands
that get focus ... that get attention ... that sell.
We take great pride in our selection of wines and wine makers. We take the time to
research the finest wines from around the world that represent “world class” selections.
We are about discovery - unique wines, small artisanal producers, wines with a compelling
story. Unlike many of our competitors, we take the time to understand your wines and can
best prepare a strategy to get those wines to market in the right venues with the best
price-value relationship.
Our Values
Many wines get lost in the mega-mass market arena or with distributors that focus only on the
“next big thing.” We work exclusively with distributors who share the same values we do. We
have high standards and know how to strategically build businesses with the right team in place
to ensure quality in product deliverables and marketplace execution. We believe in partnership
selling and in seamless service from our producers to consumers.
Our Story
This is an exciting time to be in the wine business as research shows that wine drinkers have
become more sophisticated and have moved up from commodity wines to more complex
offerings. Consumers want to discover and learn about interesting artisanal wines in the same
way they have learned about artisanal foods. The Story of Luxe Vintages is simple: we market
small, artisanal wines, and carefully craft them into succussful brands.
Crafting Artisanal Wines Into Successful Brands TM