IWCA Members
Entries in members (29)
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Saturday
Jan142012
Direct Wines
Country: UK
Name: Simon McMurtrie
Website: www.directwines.co.uk
Direct Wines Ltd is the World’s largest independent wine merchant with annualised sales of £350 million. We offer more than 2000 different wines to one million active customers worldwide. Operating mainly within the UK, Direct Wines is also very proud to have operations in the USA, Australia, Hong-Kong, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and most recently India.
Core Activity:
Direct Wines is the largest direct-to-consumer wine retailer in the world. Our main call center receives 2 million calls a year, and a significant share of our sales are made through our website. We also operate 11 retail outlets in popular areas.
Direct Wines' trading identities include Laithwaites, Averys and Virgin Wines. Partnerships with The Sunday Times (The Sunday Times Wine Club), the Wall Street Journal (WSJ Wine), The Telegraph, British Airways as well as many others, have also been established.
Employing over 1000 people worldwide, we are proud to have received numerous awards throughout the year, namely Direct Merchant of the Year (2011) and Buying Team of the Year (2012).
Our main warehouse is responsible for shipments of more than 60,000 cases per week, and we are proud to say that 100% of the packaging used is made from recycled materials.
Direct Wines has been a member of the IWCA since 2003.
Saturday
Jan142012
Dom Wina
Country: Poland
Name: Pawel Gasiorek
Website: www.domwina.pl
One of the biggest and oldest wine importing/distributing companies in Poland (est.1996). Its portfolio includes over 600 different wines from over 80 suppliers. The company sells wine to specialized wine shops, restaurants and hotels all over Poland.
Dom Wina is a leading member of the group of companies (Dom Wina Group) which offers their customers a variety of services focused on wine culture, including: import, distribution, shops, a wine club, a wine magazine, wine tours, enological event organization, hotel and restaurant service. The core business of Dom Wina lies in direct sales through its Wine Club (founded in 2001) which has over 10,000 members.
The direct sale is provided also by net of 7 shops (own and franchising) located in the biggest Polish towns.
The sale is supported by a bi-monthly magazine Czas Wina published since 2002. It has the largest circulation among wine magazines in Poland (14 000 copies). Czas Wina cooperates with Jancis Robinson (since the beginning of 2008).
Every year in November Czas Wina awards a title of the Person of the Year for the individuals involved in wine culture promotion.
All Wine Club events in the group are organized by a sister company – Wine Service Ltd. The most frequent activity concerns:
● Club dinners and wine tastings
● Wine tourism to all words famous wine countries
● Concierge for individual customers
● Incentive for corporate customers
● Annual wine tasting fair
● Sommelier courses and training
Our customers can enjoy a stay at Sierakow Manor – a classical, historic Polish palace situated in an old wooded parkland. You can find there a conference space, restaurant, 27 four star hotels room and a spa. The wine cellar contains several hundred bottles of the best world wines.
Dom Wina has been a member of the IWCA since 2006.
Saturday
Jan142012
Giordano Vini S.P.A.
Country: Italy
Name: Carlo Boggione
Website: www.giordano-vini.com
‘The taste of ancient tradition’
Giordano Vini S.p.A. has been a wine producer since 1900 in the Valle Talloria d’Alba, Italy.Today, Giordano Vini S.p.A. offers a broad range of Italian wines, selling its products from its cellars directly to European and American consumers.
Core Activity:
Giordano Vini S.p.A. deals with a wide range of Italian wines. It also offers its consumers typical Italian specialities including pastas, sauces, biscuits and a wide range of culinary gifts. The company’s activities are divided as follows in terms of sales: 80% Direct Mail; 7% Internet; 13% Outbound Telemarketing.
Giordano Vini S.p.A. has been a member of the IWCA since 1997.
Saturday
Jan142012
GOTTARDI Feine Weine seit 1897
Country: Austria
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Name: Alexander Gottardi
Website: www.gottardi.at
Gottardi Feine Weine seit 1897 is the leading distance wine selling merchant in Austria. The company was founded in 1897 by Alfons Gottardi and in 1969 the family-owned company started with their direct-marketing activities. The selection consists of Austrian wines as well as an exclusive range of French and Italian wines and quality products from all over the world.
Core Activity:
Our private customers are exclusively in Austria and are mailed 14 to 16 times a year. In addition, they receive 1 catalogue per year (Weinbrevier). In the autumn we also organise a tasting for our customers, normally at our offices in Innsbruck. Internet is a slowly increasing part of our business and currently represents about 10 % of our turnover.
Gottardi has been a member of the IWCA since 2005.
Saturday
Jan142012
Hawesko
Country: Germany
Name: Alexander Margaritoff
Website: www.hawesko.de
Founded in 1964 by Peter Margaritoff in Hamburg, the Hanseatisches Wein und Sekt-Kontor (HAWESKO) has been a symbol for quality and continuity in the German wine market for more than 40 years now.
Core Activity:
As Germany’s leading wine mail order company, we supply enthusiasts and connoisseurs with excellent fine wines, as well as with top-class presents, for private enjoyment and business occasions from all leading wine growing regions of the world. We provide highly professional costumer service and delivery for all our products.
The company’s activities are divided as follows in terms of customer orders: 40 % by telephone; 30 % by post and fax, and over 15 % via Internet; the rest is mainly through wine clubs and cooperations. The Hanseatisches Wein und Sekt-Kontor is a subsidiary of Hawesko Holding AG, which also encompasses: Carl Tesdorpf – Weinhandel zu Lübeck (wine mail order), Jacques’ Wein-Depot (wine shops), Wein Wolf and CWD Champagner- und Wein-Distributionsgesellschaft (wholesalers).
Hanseatisches Wein- und Sekt-Kontor has been a member of the International Wine Clubs Association since 1997.
Saturday
Jan142012
Mas de Daumas Gassac
Country: France
Name: Samuel Guibert
Website: www.daumas-gassac.com
"The Only Grand Crus of the Midi"
Which other estate with no appellation is considered by wine experts as “The only Grand Crus of the Midi (South of France)” - Hugh Johnson, “A Lafite in Languedoc” – Gault & Millau; “One of the 10 best wines in the world” - Michael Broadbent, or simply “Exceptionnal” - R. Parker. The story of Mas de Daumas Gassac is one of vision, enterprise, passion and pride - the combination of which have conferred Mas de Daumas Gassac with the rare status of “cult wine” which is only given to a few exceptional estates.
The wines do not lie; they have natural elegance and a purity that marks them apart from the crowd. Each vintage is truly a testament to a wine-growing season; one tastes the terroir rather than technique!
Core Activity:
The Mas de Daumas Gassac estate distributes directly its Grands Crus wines worldwide with about 60% of its activity focused on Private customers.
Mas de Daumas Gassac has been a member of the IWCA since 2008.
Saturday
Jan142012
Millesima
Country: France
Name: Patrick Bernard
Website: www.millesima.com
Millésima was founded in 1983 by Patrick Bernard and thanks to its expertise and reliability has become Europe's leading fine wine mail order merchant.
The company began life as Les Vins des Grands Vignobles and became Millésima in 1988, when it published its first catalogue of 100 of Bordeaux's greatest wines, the Grands Crus Classés. Patrick Bernard's aim then, as now, was to bring some of the world's greatest wines direct to wine lovers from the Châteaux.
Core Activity:
Since 1992, we have published our list every year on January 1st and it is now available in Germany (€), Belgium (€), Portugal (€), Austria (€), France (€), Switzerland (CHF), Great Britain (£), Ireland (€), Luxembourg (€), Italy (€) and Spain (€). Over the past 15 years, we have made over 250,000 deliveries to more than 55,000 satisfied customers and our expert knowledge and range of top Bordeaux wines is recognised and applauded by the international wine press and the wine trade. We continue to supply more and more wine enthusiasts with top wines from France, Europe and the rest of the world.
We are committed to customer satisfaction. To achieve this, we make all our customers five promises to guarantee choice, quality, excellent transport and delivery terms, price assurance and personalised customer service.
We promise you:
An exceptional range of wines:
from more than 2 500 000 bottles that age slowly in our cellars in Bordeaux. Our list covers Crus Classés and Crus Bourgeois wines from all the Bordeaux vintages of the past 15 years, enabling you easily to find the château and the year you are looking for. We also have a range of the best properties in the Rhône, Burgundy, Alsace and other French regions, plus top wines from the rest of Europe and the New World.
Quality at all levels:
As Millésima buys its wines exclusively from each property, your bottles have been kept in only two cellars, the Châteaux's and ours. Patrick Bernard and his team taste the wines several times a year to ensure all wines selected are in excellent condition and meet Millésima's quality standards. Our cellar guarantees optimum conditions for storing wines and should you ever be in Bordeaux, we would be delighted to show you around at any time.
Guaranteed prices:
All prices in our catalogue are valid from 1st January until 31st December of the current year.
Punctual and professional delivery:
Over the last 20 years, we have made more than 250,000 deliveries to our 55,000 customers in Europe. We guarantee you a service that will take the utmost care of your wine and deliver it promptly to your doorstep.
Millésima has been a member of the IWCA since 1998.
Tuesday
Aug022011
Opimian Society
Country: Canada
Name: Pierre Chanzonkov
Website: www.opim.ca
Founded in 1973, The Opimian Society is Canada's largest wine club with 19,000 members across the country. As a non-profit wine purchasing co-operative we offer members more than 500 wines from around the world through mail order catalogues. All wines are exclusive to members and cannot be found on the provincial liquor board shelves.
Core Activity:
Opimian mails eight wine catalogues each year offering more than 500 wines from around the world. Seventy per cent of orders come through our web site. We focus on wine education through detailed wine descriptions; a wine and food magazine which all members receive which includes an inserted Opimian newsletter. More than 150 wine events are held each year across the country by our group of 27 area
representatives. Opimian also offers wine tours; from weekend getaways to longer journeys to the wine producing regions of the world.
Opimian has been a member of the IWCA since 1991.
Saturday
Jan142012
Robert Gilliard
Country: Switzerland
Name: Stephane Maccaud
Website: www.gilliard.ch
Proprietors of a vineyard of almost 40 ha at the heart of the prestigious Sion appellation, Robert Gilliard symbolizes the family tradition.
Cellared, vinified and bottled in the family cellars, Gilliard wines mirror the soul of the Valais, a land of fire, rock and stark contrasts.
Core Activity
We produce a wide range of red, white and rosé wines.
All our wines are brands with a very strong added value.
We are mainly active on the Swiss market (KAM, gastronomy and private customers).
The "Dôle des Monts" is probably Switzerland’s most famous wine and is present in many major cities worldwide.
Robert Gilliard has been a member of the IWCA since 2010.
Saturday
Jan142012
Samlerhuset Group
Country: The Netherlands
Name: Erik Constapel
Website: www.samlerhuset.com
Europe's most successful coin direct marketing organisation
Samlerhuset was established in Norway in 1994. It quite rapidly emerged as the leading distributor of collector coins in Europe, with a turnover of approximately €300 million. The Samlerhuset Group, which operates in 10 European countries (United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Finland, Netherlands, 3 Baltic states operated through Estonia, Poland, Czech republic) and China was the first privately owned organisation to be allowed ownership of a national mint - owning 50% of the Mint of Norway - and enjoys extremely good relations with all of the major mints around the world, as well as a number of international coordinating bodies such as FIFA and the IOC.
Core Activity:
Our objective is to open up the fascinating world of coin collecting to a far wider audience than the traditional numismatist. Through offering a wide array of coins – ranging from modern day commemoratives to coins from the ancient world, and our renowned European gold collections to coins celebrating Harry Potter, and the newly expected King IV– we make coin collecting a vibrant and engrossing hobby. Backed up by the highest standard of customer care and competitive pricing, we provide our rapidly growing customer base with the highest level of service.
Samlerhuset Group has been an Associate Member of the IWCA since 2008
Saturday
Jan142012
Schuler St. Jakobskellerei 1694
Country: Switzerland
Name: Jakob Schuler
Website: www.schuler.ch
'The pioneer in wine distance selling'
This 11th generation family company is the pioneer in wine distance selling in Switzerland. We offer a broad range of wines from all over the world – 'A world of great wines'. We are not only importers but also producers and owners of two wine propertys; Castello di Meleto, in the historic heart of Tuscany (Italy), and Robert Gilliard in the Valais (Switzerland) where we have our own vineyards. In our cooperage we manufacture barrels and blend our own wines in our cellars.
Core Activity
Schuler St. JakobsKellerei is the leader in wine distance selling in Switzerland. We also own 17 wine shops throughout Switzerland and 5 wine bars. A range of different wine clubs focussing on wine knowledge, enjoyment and discovery of wine completes our portfolio. The company’s activities are divided as follows in terms of sales: Direct Mail; Internet; Outbound Telemarketing, Wineclubs, Wineshops and Winebars.
SCHULER St. JakobsKellerei has been a member of the IWCA since 1994.
Tuesday
Sep062011
