From the beginning, we’ve had one goal:

"To supply authentic wine of superior quality and value"

We began as a small, self-distributing importer in Washington, D.C., building relationships with restaurants, retailers, and producers around the world. Our approach has always been hands-on—focused on discovery, integrity, and building something lasting with our partners.

Like many in our industry, the pandemic brought major challenges. We lost a number of our restaurant clients, forcing us to adapt and rethink how we could best serve producers and the broader wine community. But that pivot brought clarity—and a new chapter.

Today, we’ve evolved into a hybrid platform, blending deep industry knowledge with a renewed focus on wine import & consulting services while building out a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform set to launch in 2026. Having built this company from the ground up, we offer something few can: full-spectrum expertise across the entire U.S. import and distribution landscape—from logistics and licensing to marketing, sales strategy, and compliance. That experience now powers our consulting services and helps guide producers, brand builders, and wine professionals through every step of U.S. market entry.

What hasn’t changed?

Our process still begins and ends with relationships. Many of the producers we work with have become family. While we continue to champion underrepresented regions, native varietals, and small-production estates, we also believe that larger-scale production and well-known varietals often receive unfair criticism based on the actions of a few dominant companies. We proudly work with all members of the wine community who remain true to the craft.

History

Nicole and Kevin were married in September 2016. Their honeymoon—equal parts vacation and business trip—set the tone for everything that followed. They drove across Italy in a tiny rental car, stopping in places tourists rarely go. It was during that trip that they met their first three partners in Abruzzo, Puglia, and Sicily. The rest, as they say, is history.

Together, Nicole and Kevin combine deep generational ties, global perspective, and decades of professional and industry specific experience to help producers, importers, and trade professionals navigate the U.S. wine market. Their focus is on building long-term success for wine businesses through market entry support, and direct-to-consumer growth.

Nicole’s family emigrated from Italy in the 1960s and from Germany in the 1800s, eventually settling in New York. As the daughter of an Air Force veteran, she grew up across the U.S. and abroad before moving to Los Angeles, California at age 13.

Kevin is a seventh-generation American with Irish and German roots, whose family settled in New York and Philadelphia in the 1850s, later establishing deep ties in Washington, D.C. and San Mateo, California.