Snooth Talk: Wine clearing house

Wine Talk

: Wine clearing house; Posted by afinta, Apr 22.; I guess maybe this should be in a "Wine Business" category but I don't see one. Does anyone have any ideas/info on finding someone who can land and clear wine from Italy to the NY/NJ area? I have been searching on-line without a lot of luck for a company that could do this. I did find one once but they were in Florida and did not return email.

What I would be looking for ideally is someone that could legally accept the wine into the US and deliver it to the buyer on the wholesale level. Orders that would consist of at least a full palate as a minimum.

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10 84: Reply by MReff, Apr 23.; you need to find importers. You should try and check the US government agency TTB. They might be able to assist you in locating some or google NY wine importers.

2524 1747: Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Apr 23.; There is an independent importer service as well that is used by many retailers to bring in their grey market goods. This might be a good route to take as well. Only drawback is that it can take several months or more for them to assemble a container in Europe.

8 33: Reply by afinta, Apr 28.; Any updates on this? I contacted several customs agents last week and didn't get one response!

20 33: Reply by Greg Roberts, Apr 28.; I came in contact last week at a trade event in Chicago with a company based in Princeton, NJ that provides this service. They handle direct imports providing label registration services, custom brokering ect. and eventual delivery to the buyer.

FYI, single palate shipping from Italy can be expensive.

Grand Vintage, Inc
http://www.grandvintage.com
Tel: 609-688-8484

8 33: Reply by afinta, Apr 28.; Thanks Greg - great info! Expensive I am sure, but I am definitely going to investigate -

8 33: Reply by afinta, May 15.; Greg BTW Grand Vintage quoted me about $2 a bottle all inclusive from Italy delivered to NY - for a palate. I thought that sounded pretty good -