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LIVERMORE, CA (Vocus) March 24, 2010

A new collection of artisan wines in an innovative attractive new package was announced today by Adam Richardson, Director of International Winemaking for Underdog Wine Merchants. The international wine collection is being launched with six brands and ten items packaged in a new exciting premium 3L wine cask format, the Octavin Home Wine Bar ?.

“This is the first time a collection of super-premium, artisan wines, representing some of the world’s best wine regions, has ever been offered in a premium wine cask format,” notes Adam. “The wines are sourced from preeminent and emerging wine growing regions including Monterey County; California Central Coast; Marlborough, New Zealand; Spain and Hungary. I am very proud of these wines; each has been crafted by an artisan winemaker to be true to their varietal character, country of origin and unique terroir. Naturally, we start with the best grapes but then, depending on the wine, we will use oak barrel aging, or in the case of our ‘racy’ whites, barrel and temperature-controlled fermentation. You just do not see this kind of artisan approach to winemaking at this price point, and all of us at Underdog Wine Merchants are very pleased to be able to offer consumers distinctive wines at a very affordable price.”

Each Octavin Home Wine Bar holds 20 five-ounce glasses and keeps the wine fresh for up to six weeks after opening, so it can be easily enjoyed in under a month in adult households with daily wine drinkers. “It truly delivers artisan wine, a glass at a time,” says Richardson.

The wines in the new artisan collection are Monthaven Central Coast Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot; Silver Birch New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc; Boho Vineyards California Old Vine Zinfandel; Pinot Evil Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio; Big House Red and White; and Seven, produced from seven Spanish red varietals. Wines are distributed nationally with a SRP of $ 22-24.

The first wine to be released in the new Octavin Home Wine Bar is Monthaven Winery Monterey County Central Coast Chardonnay. Named for its home in Monterey County, California, this wine benefits from one of the world’s longest growing seasons, resulting in a “distinctive full-bodied wine with balanced acidity,” says Monthaven Winery winemaker Jeff Yamamoto, who works closely with Adam Richardson. ” Monthaven Chardonnay is made in California’s largest small-lot winery,” notes Jeff. “This allows us to keep grapes from different micro-climates and vineyard blocks separate. The wine is carefully crafted in small lots and then barrel-aged. Adam and I selected American Oak for our Monthaven Chardonnay to assure that the fruit flavors shine through, accented by balanced oak notes and agreeable tannins.”

Octavin Home Wine Bar bridges the wine world’s interests in value, environmental positives and creative packaging. “By choosing an Octavin Home Wine Bar instead of glass bottles, consumers reduce packaging waste by 92% and carbon emissions by 55%; and it offers great value by providing the equivalent of four bottles of wine for the price of three,” says Richardson. “This allows us to invest in making great wines rather than traditional expensive packaging. By eliminating glass bottle expense, we reduce packaging and shipping cost, and then pass the savings along to customers. These are wines without compromise, the same wines that would go into a bottle, but with the stylish Octavin Home Wine Bar, we can deliver these wines at an amazing price and with sustainable business practices.”

Roger Boulton, Stephen Sinclair Scott Professor of Enology and chemical Engineering, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California recognizes the need for the wine industry to improve business practices in regard to sustainability. “One of the future challenges for the management of all wine businesses is the reduction of their carbon footprint. This number is made up of several contributions and a series of changes will need to be made probably requiring ongoing adaptation. There are questions of the ownership of these emissions – such as bottles and packaging – anything a wine company can do to reduce their carbon footprint will probably be viewed positively by consumers and the larger community. Any wine delivered to market that has resulted in one-third less carbon emissions is a significant and consequential improvement in business practices.”

“We’ve been watching the industry as it adopts innovative packaging, e.g., Stelvin caps. Now, the logical progression is for the package itself used for everyday drinking. The Underdog Wine group has increasingly staked a claim on the premium 3L segment; the unique shape of Underdog’s new package will further make their wines stand out from the crowd, “stated Eileen Fredrikson, Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates.

Underdog Wine Merchants are champions of “hidden treasure” or under-appreciated wines-ones that are truly unique, of great value and the true “underdogs” of the wine world. For information about Underdog Wine Merchants, visit http://www.underdogwinemerchants.com.

For more information, visit http://www.OctavinHomeWineBar.com.

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Napa, CA (PRWEB) April 6, 2010

http://www.VinoVisit.com today announced a marketing partnership with WinoTripping.com that will make it possible for WinoTrippers to book online wine tasting and winery tour reservations.

“Until now, organizing a trip to wine country was a futile exercise in maps and mystery. By partnering WinoTripping.com with VinoVisit, wine country enthusiasts can not only compare wineries but book guaranteed wine tasting reservations. With WinoTripping and VinoVisit, planning your wine country trip is cork popping fun,” says Rich Ciccotelli, President of WinoTripping.com.

VinoVisit EVP, Bob Iannetta believes the two sites complement each others offerings, ultimately benefitting consumers researching trips to wine country. ?WinoTripping has worked hard to visit and qualify select wineries, then craft honest, no-holds-barred, winery reviews and profiles. The writing is witty, entertaining, and forthright, and we foresee a huge fan base for their site. Their readers will now be able to book real-time reservations at VinoVisit wineries through WinoTripping?s winery profiles, and VinoVisit web visitors will have access to WinoTripping?s content on http://www.VinoVisit.com ."

About VinoVisit

VinoVisit.com is the first and leading site to offer consumers the flexibility to book real-time winery reservations, and boasts of an exclusive multi-day itinerary-building tool, and turn-by-turn directions. The robust winery profiles include photos, video, maps and visitor reviews providing the visitor with an in-depth look at the winery experience. VinoVisit.com, the only winery search engine free to consumers, provides an easy way for visitors to search, then select and book tours and tasting events by location, varietal, and dozens of other attributes.

The VinoVisit Relationship Management system is the first reservation solution developed specifically for wineries. The system manages valuable visitor contact information, aggregates marketing and sales data, offers CRM tools and automates and simplifies the reservation process.

VinoVisit has established co-marketing partnerships with key websites that focus on planning visits to wine country. The VinoVisit Marketing Network? garners between 3 and 4 million visits each year, raising the online visibility of VinoVisit wineries. Most recently, VinoVisit launched the Facebook application, “Book a VinoVisit” which enables wineries to accept reservations directly from their Facebook page.

About WinoTripping.com

A Wino’s Guide to Tripping Wine Country is a bunch of folks who love wine, and even more love traveling to wineries to talk to the people who grow the grapes and taste the fruits of their labor. We don’t have IPO budgets, nor do we expect to. We don’t have anything except the love for all things vino and the desire to present the best in *real* content; news, views, and reviews for the WinoTripper.

We do this for a number of reasons… first because we love it, second because the internet needs a virtual community for wine country lovers to get quality entertaining information to help them better enjoy their tasting experience. We’re not trying to be another winery database. Instead, we’re dedicated to putting the fun back into wine tourism. WinoTripping replaces nose-in-the-air opinions with boots-on-the-ground experience, presented in an intelligent, honest and occasionally zany way. WinoTripping showcases the experience of visiting wine country through the eyes of people who do it for pleasure, and not for bulking up the site’s winery roster. You won’t find any corporate copy, just the honest and entertaining accounts of wino tripping.

WinoTripping is the first non-gaming related travel website in 15 North’s suite of award winning, and ground breaking travel websites. Launched in early 2009, WinoTripping’s philosophy was plucked from the vine of the original plant, our award winning Las Vegas tourism website, VegasTripping.com, which has been featured and mentioned in the pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Las Vegas Weekly, USA Today, MSN Travel, CNBC, Huffington Post, Yahoo! Travel, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas Review Journal, AOL’s TUAW.com, Lifehacker, Gridskipper and many many more. In 2007 we launched the very first (and only) English language guide to Macau’s booming casinos at MacauTripping.com.

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Related Growing Grape Vines Press Releases

Mattituck, NY (PRWEB) May 4, 2010

Suhru Wines is pleased to announce the launch of its new website for consumers and the trade. The site, http://www.suhruwines.com/ provides information about SUHRU wines, a video about bottling wine, retail locations that stock SUHRU wines and New York restaurants that serve them. There are printable Shelf Talkers for the trade and visitors can also sign up for the SUHRU wine club.

SUHRU Wines owner, Susan Hearn states, “We are excited about our online presence and the reviews our line of vibrant fruit forward wines have received. Our current wine selection includes a 2008 Pinot Grigio, 2008 Riesling, 2008 Shiraz Rosé and the Suhru Red, a Bordeaux blend made from the remarkable 2007 vintage. She added, “SUHRU Wines are packaged with an appealing, modern, minimalistic styled label, a user-friendly screw top and quality seal.”

Although SUHRU is one of the newest wine brands from the North Fork of Long Island, released in late summer 2009, the wine has one of the most experienced and recognizable names in the region connected with it. Russell Hearn, respected industry veteran, has been the principal winemaker at Pellegrini Vineyards in Cutchogue, since 1991, is the founding partner of Premium Wine Group and has had a close working relationship with numerous quality producers in the New York Wine Industry such as, Paumanock Vineyards, Jamesport Vineyards, Raphael Vineyards, Corey Creek Vineyards and Standing Stone Vineyards.

Russell Hearn remarked, “While I’ve enjoyed making many exceptional wines for numerous wineries over the last 30 years, it is especially gratifying to work together with my wife Susan to create wines for our SUHRU brand.”

An ever-growing selection of New York wine & spirits retailers and restaurants from Greenport to Manhattan showcase the new SUHRU wines. A few of the many restaurants and retailers that carry SUHRU wines include:

Restaurants: Ed’s Chowder House and BLT Fish-Manhattan, Ruvo – Port Jefferson, Amano – Mattituck, The Beacon – Sag Harbor and Vine Wine Bar – Greenport.

Retailers: Chelsea Wine Vault – Manhattan, Red, White and Bubbly – Brooklyn, Marquis Wines and Spirits – Locust Valley, Greenport Wines and Spirits – Greenport.

For more information about SUHRU Wines, visit our website at: http://www.suhruwines.com

About SUHRU Wines: Established in 2009, SUsan and RUssell Hearn, a husband and wife, team produce the SUHRU brand, a line of wines made from grapes from the Finger Lakes and the North Fork of Long Island AVA.

Contact Person: Susan Hearn

Company Name: SUHRU Wines

Telephone Number: 631-603-8127

Web site address: http://www.suhruwines.com/

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Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) June 2, 2010

Bordeaux is the metric by which all of the world?s wines are measured and most certainly when it comes to the cellar. Both in terms of how the wine ages and increases in value, there is no better wine than the top vintages of Bordeaux.

The wine world has descended on Bordeaux like never before, to taste the vintage, compare notes, listen to the Chateaux? representatives and their winemakers and hear from the pundits.

Well, the verdict is in and there is no question but that 2009 Bordeaux is a spectacular vintage, literally one for the ages.

Among those pundits, none is more widely read that Stephen Spurrier, master taster of Decanter, the world?s most widely read wine publication. Spurrier, who put together the famous Judgment of Paris tasting in the 1970?s calls 2009 Bordeaux simply ?the best of his lifetime.?

He gives Five Stars, Decanter?s highest award, to all five First Growths: Chateau Haut-Brion, the Graves from Pessac-Leognan; Chateau Margaux; and Chateaux Latour, Lafite-Rothschild and Mouton-Rothschild, all of Paulliac.

Wine Spectator?s James Suckling says of the 2005 growing season ?summer weather was impeccably warm, dry and sunny. The water table in the soil was high enough to offset the dry summer, and a little rain in September revived the vines completely, helping the fruit mature to near perfection.?

There is a fairly new, quite significant element in Bordeuax has altered the landscape of Bordeaux purchasing, probably for some time to come, perhaps permanently. Up until very recently 80% of all classified Bordeaux ended up in the United States.

No longer is this the case.

Markets have emerged in Russia, Hong Kong and China, in a big way, as well as the whole Pacific Rim. This huge demand from these new customers means that in a top vintage in Bordeaux like 2009, demand for the finer Chateaux will be high and there will be much less to go around.

The recognized modern classic vintage is 1982 and no vintage has been compared more favorably to 1982 than the 2009 vintage.

James Suckling, the European editor for Wine Spectator comments, ?The 2009s have the same juicy fruit and rich, round tannins as the 1982 but the wines are obviously better made-everything from picking half the amount of grapes as were harvested in 1982 to working in a cleaner, more precise way with vinifications and barrel maturation. Today, it?s a new world with the top names of Bordeaux.?

Perhaps no wine critic has the following of U.S wine reviewer Robert Parker.

His Wine Advocate, first published in the 1970?s, has unsurpassed influence on the perception and price of red Bordeaux. A wine rated highly by Robert Parker can double or triple in price. The Bordelaise chateaux release their scores after they have received Parker?s scores. And Robert Parker has now spoken.

His opinion on the 2009 vintage? ?It may turn out to be the finest vintage I have tasted in 32 years of covering Bordeaux.?

More wines have got almost perfect scores than ever before. And a third of the more than 110 red Bordeaux which Wine Spectator has tasted en primeur so far have received scores ranging from 98 to 100 points.

Many Chateaux believe they have made their best wines ever. A great number have claimed that this is the best young vintage they have ever tasted.

The great winemaker Christian Mouiex, who makes the likes of Chateau Petrus, now in his fortieth year of winemaking in Bordeaux comments, ?I have never seen anything like it in my career.? The great Bordelaise Jean Michel Cazes of Chateau Lynch Bages compares 2009 to the great 1982 vintage. ?The wines are rich and powerful, yet smooth and refined at the same time, and the acidity is very good.?

Famous winemaker and Professor of Oenology at the University of Bordeaux, Dennis Dubourdieu claims that there are five conditions that have to be satisfied for there to be a great vintage in Bordeaux and I quote,

?(1) An early flowering at the beginning of June;

(2) A healthy and uniform fruit set, meaning hot, sunny, relatively dry weather;

(3) The v

Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) July 2, 2010

At the Central Coast Wine Classic, winemaker Sal Godinez and managing partner Nick Guerrero will be representing Vine Hill Winery in a California Pinot Noir Terroir Symposium that will also feature other selected wineries that produce fine Pinot Noir from ideal Pinot Noir growing regions in Central California. With an impressive cache of awards and accolades garnered in the past few years for Vine Hill?s Cumbre, Vine Hill and Gatos Locos Pinot Noirs, Godinez plans on shedding some light on what makes Pinots from the Santa Cruz Mountains distinct and different from other Pinots grown in other wine appellations and sub-appellations throughout the Central Coast.

Guerrero says of the Santa Cruz Mountains wine growing region, ?Certain geologic areas of our appellation, when combined with coastal influences and selected clones, are exceptionally adaptive to producing Pinot Noir. There are also small sub-regions within the appellation that each have their own stand-alone soil, elevation and climatic characteristics and influences.? Godinez complemented Guerrero?s observations by adding, ?We select vineyard partners based on the traits of their terroir that show through in the fruit that will most closely help us achieve what we are looking for in the final bottle. But equally as important as terroir . . . is that once we?ve harvested and begun the winemaking process, I then allow the grapes to determine where they will go, without undue intervention. You can?t force great Pinot Noir ? yes, there needs to be consistency, yet it?s a sensitive and intuitive process.?

Watch Sal Godinez at the recent 2010 Affairs of the Vine Pinot Noir Shootout & Summit at: http://www.youtube.com/user/VineHillWinery#p/a/u/0/IbU7CNnoMHs

Central Coast Wine Classic Celebrates Its 26th Gala Year

The Central Coast Wine Classic, to be held from July 8th through 11th, 2010 in Avila Beach, Shell Beach, San Simeon, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, will celebrate the wines, cuisine, music, art and lifestyle of California?s Central Coast. With distinguished guest Emeril Lagasse, winery dinners at acclaimed restaurants as well as at participating wineries, a Riedel stemware symposium, barrel tastings, a number of exciting auctions and a grand dinner at Hearst Castle, the event will be memorable without a doubt.

Net proceeds from the event will fund specific projects for 501(c)3 non-profit corporations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties whose missions are in the healing, performing or studio arts. Over the past six years the Central Coast Wine Classic Foundation has conferred grants totalling $ 1,370,025 to 62 such non-profits. Grants for 2010 will be conferred in early October in San Luis Obispo. For tickets and more information visit the event website at: http://www.centralcoastwineclassic.org.

Vine Hill?s Acclaimed Heritage of Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noirs

Vine Hill produces wine varietals that include Chardonnay, Zinfandel and Syrah, but the winery?s true flagship wine varietal is Pinot Noir. Pinot bottled under Vine Hill?s three brands has garnered numerous awards and accolades in the past few years since the winery?s founding in 2004.

The Vine Hill 2007 Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir, for example, received a gold medal at the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, as well as 92-points at the 2010 Affairs of the Vine Pinot Noir Shootout. Vine Hill?s Cumbre, a limited-production label devoted almost entirely to Pinot Noir, and exclusively Santa Cruz Mountains fruit, has developed an impressive collection of critical achievements, including a gold medal at the 2010 West Coast Wine Competition and 92-points at the 2010 Affairs of the Vine Pinot Noir Shootout for the 2007 Barrel 31, and a gold medal for the 2007 Cumbre Hicks Family Vineyard from the 2010 San Diego Critics Challenge International Competition. Three 2006 Cumbre Pinot Noirs – the Hicks Family Vineyard, Raffaelli Vineyard and Santa Cruz Mountains ? were each bestowed with high ratings from Wine Enthusiast in July 2009 with 94, 93 and 92-points, respectively. Gatos Locos Pinots have also shown exceptionally well, as recently demonstrated with the 2006 Santa Cruz Mountains vintage, which received three gold and three silver medals from major wine competitions, in addition to a rating of 89-points in the November 2008 issue of Wine Enthusiast.

For a complete description of all of Vine Hill’s current wine releases, visit: http://www.vinehillwinery.com/wines.php?wine=cumbre

About Vine Hill Winery, Santa Cruz Mountains

Vine Hill Winery is committed to making the highest quality wines, focusing on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay varietals.  With three distinguished and award-winning labels ? Cumbre, Vine Hill and Gatos Locos ? winemaker Sal Godinez focuses predominantly on making wines from fruit grown in the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation.  Vineyard manager, Rachel Ormes, uses organic and sustainable farming practices in the winery?s recently planted vineyards, with first estate releases anticipated to appear in late 2011 with the 2009 vintage.

Vine Hill Winery?s inviting tasting room and panoramic vineyards are perched high in the Santa Cruz Mountains, just minutes from Silicon Valley and all points around the Monterey Bay. It?s a perfect, welcoming setting for an afternoon of wine tasting, as well as one of the most scenic locations in the area for weddings and social and corporate events.

Vine Hill Winery is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 2300 Jarvis Road, Santa Cruz, California 95065, and accessed from the City of Santa Cruz via Branciforte Road, and from Los Gatos via Highway 17 and Vine Hill Road. The tasting room is open to the public on the third weekend of each month from noon to 5pm and for special events and selected holidays. Tastings, winery and vineyard tours by appointment for groups of 10 or more are also available. For more information and directions, or to purchase wine directly from the winery, please visit: http://www.vinehillwinery.com; or call: 831-427-0436.

For more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with key Vine Hill Winery personnel, please contact Fred Gillaspy at Wine Marketing Works by phone at: 831-438-2809.

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More Growing Grape Vines Press Releases

San Francisco, CA (Vocus) July 7, 2010

California Tours has introduced a Wine Country Spa Package, a romantic five-day getaway perfect for a honeymoon or for couples seeking a brief, relaxing, vacation to remember. The package features a soothing stay at Spa Solage (voted #1 spa in the Americas and the Caribbean by Cond

Dublin, CA (PRWEB) September 9, 2010

TrellisOne, a B2B marketing consulting firm, today announced the launch of a new website designed to provide visitors with information about the firm?s services, tools, and insights. The new site can be reached at http://www.trellisone.com. Also, TrellisOne founder, Kathleen Schaub?s popular marketing and sales enablement blog has moved.

?Selling and marketing are much harder today. Digital and social media have triggered turbulence in an already complex sales environment,? said Ms. Schaub, TrellisOne principal consultant and a veteran Silicon Valley executive. ?Vendors have lost their knowledge advantage. Buyers engage with sales people later in the cycle. They are intolerant of vendors who do not grasp their urgent problems. From ?cold-to-close?, buyers engage with an exploding quantity of influencers.

?I started TrellisOne earlier this year to empower marketers for this exciting but challenging new era.?

Before founding TrellisOne, Kathleen held executive marketing roles at leading technology companies. At Sybase (acquired by SAP), she was responsible for Marketing Transformation and Operations and led product marketing and management for a $ 600 Million business unit. Prior to joining Sybase, Kathleen drove several business expansion initiatives at Cadence Design Systems, including on-line services and an open source database. Earlier, she was Chief Marketing Officer at Vanstar (formerly ComputerLand) a $ 2 Billion technology VAR and systems integrator.

?The firm?s name, TrellisOne, is inspired by the role of a vineyard trellis,? said Schaub. The trellis supports the growing vine, helping it grow taller and achieve maximum sun exposure. Wild grapes tend to be of poor quality. Grapes grown on trellis systems mature quicker and taste fantastic.

?Marketing teams can play this same role within companies. Well-chosen and well-implemented marketing strategies expose a company to its best growth opportunities and make it easier to reap returns.?

About TrellisOne :

TrellisOne is a sales-savvy marketing consultancy transforming marketing practices to increase the selling power of B2B technology firms. Founder and principal consultant, Kathleen Schaub, has more than 25 years experience as a Silicon Valley executive. She combines proven proficiency in new practices, such as marketing operations and social networks, with solid operating expertise. TrellisOne services are delivered through consulting projects or retained strategic advisory services. Services are supported by frameworks, tools, and coaching, field-tested in real-world situations. Find more information on TrellisOne at http://www.trellisone.com.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) November 18, 2010

Portuguese winery Adega de Borba has launched its new Adega de Borba Premium and Grande Reserva Cork Label Gold Limited Edition, at a media event at the Aldea Restaurant in New York.

“Adega de Borba has a special focus on the U.S. market. We have a plan for promotional events in the U.S. to build the Adega de Borba brand and reputation, by reaching out to wine consumers and opinion leaders,” explains Manuel Rocha, CEO of Adega de Borba. ?These wines represent the excellence of the terroir of the Alentejo region?s Borba DOC. In our new wines, some offer a more traditional profile with local grape varietals, and others show a more modern and global profile. I am quite optimistic that this will be highly appreciated by American consumers.”

The ?Adega de Borba? product line, which is a sales leader in volume for the Adega de Borba winery, will see new growth with the launch of a new DOC Alentejo Red positioned at the top of the product range. Adega de Borba Premium 2006 is designed by winemaker Oscar Gato and produced with grapes from Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Cabernet Sauvignon in selected old vines from the Borba DOC.

This new range of Premium Adega de Borba has a production run of 30,000 bottles, an alcohol content of 14% and a recommended price of about $ 10 a bottle. The wine is especially suited to accompany rich foods as well as roasts, grilled red meats and even cheeses. The new wine is ready to drink now, or one could cellar the Premium 2006 for 6 years or so.

One of the iconic wines from Adega de Borba is its Cork Label Reserva. The new Grande Reserva Cork Label Gold 2007 is a limited first edition with the designation “Grande Reserva? due to the excellence of the grape harvest in 2007.

The Grande Reserva Cork Label Gold 2007 was bottled and aged for 12 months in the Borba cellars, with an alcohol content of 14.5%. Each of the 3,000 bottles produced has a suggested retail price of $ 20.

The wines of the Adega de Borba are expanding into the Northeast of the United States. Long appreciated in Portugal and Europe the table wines are soon to be available throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic States. And, soon after that, to be sold nationally at wine shops.

About Adega de Borba

Founded in 1955, Adega de Borba annually produces 1 million 9-liter cases of wine, one of the ten largest manufacturers in its sector. Its wines come from 2,200 metric acres of vineyards set in one of the best sub-growing regions of Portugal?s Alentejo. Adega de Borba was awarded the status of SME Leader and Excellence in 2009 and was also the first business in Portugal to obtain the ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005, with implementation of a Quality Management System and Food Security. Within its wine brands, the Adega de Borba DOC is one of the best-selling wines in Portugal in its segment, the iconic Adega Coop. The Borba Reserva Cork Label is a brand with more than 45 years of history and has established itself as one of the great wines from the Alentejo. The historic Montes Claros, a brand that dates back to 1945, was one of the first wines to build a market and shared through its unique quality in Portugal. Convento da Vila wine has been widely recognized for its excellent value, and the latest range of a single varietal under the brand ?Senses.? Adega de Borba wines are represented in the U.S. by L & B Beverage importer of East Providence, RI, and that distribution is expanding in the U.S. Market.

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San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 03, 2011

As Latin American cocktails and cuisine increase in popularity, Pisco is again poised to be the most celebrated spirit in the Americas. The Comision Nacional del Pisco of Peru (CONA PISCO) reports that exportation of Pisco from Peru into the United States during the first three fiscal quarters of 2010 rose an astounding 81.1 percent. The U.S. receives the largest amount of Pisco exported from Peru, acquiring 40.2 percent of total exportation. Importation figures for the fourth fiscal quarter are predicted to surpass the previous nine months due to the increased popularity of Pisco during the summer months in the United States.

?We track spirits? trends in different markets across the globe,? reported David Slade, Founder of Barmano.com, the global spirits and cocktail database. ?All eyes are on Pisco now.?

Within the past three years, over a dozen different brands of Peruvian Pisco have become available in the United States, largely funded by American investors eager to capitalize on the emerging trend. More brands are predicted to launch in 2011.

Campo de Encanto, winner of the Best in Show award from CONA PISCO, is poised to lead the Pisco category in 2011. ?Encanto is simply the best spirit to hit the market in a long while,? said Jonny Raglin, award-winning Mixologist and Saloonkeeper of Comstock Saloon, San Francisco. Campo de Encanto began distribution with Southern Wine and Spirits in California on June 17, 2010 and immediately sold out. Then on November 5, 2010, Campo de Encanto beat out 304 different Piscos and received the Gran Medalla de Oro in Lima.

Uniquely handcrafted, Campo de Encanto is jointly produced by a Bartender, a Sommelier and a Distiller. These three entrepreneurs?who met in San Francisco?have found an excitement about Pisco amongst consumers that was not there just a few years ago. ?The taste of Pisco is somewhere between Cognac and Vodka,? said Walter Moore, Sommelier and Chief Operations Officer for Campo de Encanto. ?Being both light and luxurious, it has an unprecedented appeal.?

The legacy of Pisco in the United States began in San Francisco in 1839, before the Gold Rush, when Pisco found a foothold and gave birth to the infamous Pisco Punch ? the cocktail that made Mark Twain lose his cynicism and Rudyard Kipling seek poetic words to match the lyric in the liquid. What followed in Lima was the Pisco Sour, the National Cocktail of Peru. Today, Campo de Encanto Pisco brings it all together: Peru and San Francisco, staid old-vine grapes and the boom of the gold rush, the refinement of a superior spirit sipped quietly and the kick-in-the-teeth euphoria of a Barbary Coast saloon.

About Campo De Encanto Pisco:

Campo de Encanto is handcrafted in the Ica Valley, the origin of and home to the historic Port of Pisco, Peru. Campo de Encanto was founded by a wholly unique partnership: Duggan McDonnell, a San Franciscan Master Mixologist, Walter Moore, a Sommelier, and Carlos Romero, a Peruvian Master Distiller. Together they have produced a clean, white spirit harvested from old vines, fermented, distilled, and blended entirely by hand. It is distilled only once: nothing added, no sugar, no preservatives. Not even a drop of water. Encanto is a return to purity in spirits, a vital ingredient in cocktails during this rebirth of the cocktail. It is a spirit that sommeliers and disc-jockeys demand equally, calling for its smooth yet complex flavor profile of chocolate mint, jasmine, peach and white pepper, and of course, its unique heritage. More pure than vodka, with more kick than tequila, Encanto takes Pisco out of the blender and onto the top-shelf, its depth recalling forgotten recipes and new variations, always bridging the past and future in Peru and San Francisco.

Campo de Encanto Pisco is imported by Haas Brothers of San Francisco, and available through Southern Wine & Spirits of New York and California. For further information, please contact Duggan McDonnell at duggan(at)liquidthinktank(dot)com.

http://www.encantopisco.com/

Press kit available upon request.

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White Plains, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) January 28, 2011

W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. (Deutsch), a leading wine importer and marketer of award-winning wines and spirits from around the world including [yellow tail], Georges Duboeuf, and Kunde Family Estate, announced today that it is now the exclusive sales and marketing agent for three brands from the Vintage Wine Estate portfolio: Girard Winery, Sonoma Coast Vineyards (SCV) and Windsor Sonoma Winery.

?We are thrilled to partner with W.J. Deutsch & Sons in the United States,? said Pat Roney, Vintner and President of Vintage Wine Estates. ?They have an exceptional team in place and more importantly, a proven track record for building brands in the U.S. We?re confident that our wines are in the right hands.?

?Girard, SCV and Windsor Sonoma are ideal additions to our portfolio of award-winning producers from around the world,? said Peter Deutsch, CEO of W.J. Deutsch & Sons. ?Our experience with premium California wines, particularly our success with the Kunde Family Estate brand, is a testament to our abilities and these excellent wine brands fill a gap in our portfolio and present a great opportunity for rapid growth for us and our distributor network.?

In line with Deutsch?s strategy of partnering with producers from important wine producing regions, the addition of Girard, SCV and Windsor Sonoma gives Deutsch a firm footprint in the North Coast of California, spanning both the Napa Valley and Sonoma County.

?The addition of these ultra-premium California brands to our portfolio further enhances our ability to meet the growing needs of wine lovers,? said Tom Steffanci, President of W.J. Deutsch & Sons. ?California wines continue to expand the entire wine category, accounting for 71% of all U.S. wine sales and are growing at a rate of 5%* and ultra-premium wines are growing even faster. The artisan brands from Vintage Wine Estate over-deliver on quality and offer value, which is a hallmark of the rest of the Deutsch portfolio.?

The new partnership brings a total of 15 new California SKUs to the Deutsch portfolio: Girard?s Artistry, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Old Vine Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Cabernet Franc; Sonoma Coast Vineyards? Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc; and Windsor Sonoma?s Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc. All items will be distributed in the U.S. by Deutsch?s distributor network beginning February 1, 2011, with transitions occurring over the subsequent 45 days depending on the state.

About W. J. Deutsch: W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. was founded in 1981 by Chairman Bill Deutsch to market quality wines produced by prestigious families from major wine regions of the world. In 2009 Deutsch announced the expansion of the award-winning company to include a separate Spirits Division, W.J. Deutsch Spirits LLC. Deutsch?s wines and spirits are sold to the trade with well-planned marketing support and are offered to U.S. consumers at fair market prices. Today the company is renowned for its brand building prowess and its ability to meet the needs of the modern consumer. Bill?s son Peter Deutsch is CEO; thus two generations of the Deutsch family work side by side in their continuous quest to build strong brands and relationships throughout the wine and spirit industry.

The W.J. Deutsch & Sons portfolio includes award-winning wines from Australia: [yellow tail], [yellow tail] The Reserve, [yellow tail] Sparkling; California: Girard Winery, Windsor Sonoma, Sonoma Coast Vineyards; Kunde Estate; France: Andre Lurton, Georges Duboeuf, Hob Nob Vineyards, Patch Block, Pierre Sparr, Sauvion et Fils, Vidal Fleury; Italy: Barone Fini, Castello di Monastero, Coldisole, Poggio alle Sughere, Lionello Marchesi, Villa Pozzi; New Zealand: The Crossings; Portugal: Quinta Do Vale Meao; Spain: Mar De Frades (Rias Baixas), Cruz de Alba (Ribera del Duero), Ram