WARNING:

what follow is referred only to interested buyers for wines import in Africa, Portugal, Spain, Andorra and ex Jugoslavia countries.

For other countries, please write directly to GIV.

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GIV (WWW. Giv. It) is the biggest italian group in the wine production

Some figures about us

We own 14 cellars in 10 of the main italian wine regions

Last years we sold about 74 million bottles In 60 Countries

Consolidated turnover abt 266 million Euro

Giv itself abt 164 million Euro

We own cellars in

Piedmont Brand Ca Bianca, Calisssano

Lombardy Brand Nino Negri

Friuli Brand Conti Formentini, Vignaioli di San Floriano

Veneto Brands Bolla, Folonari, Lamberti, Santi, Tenuta galtarossa

Tuscany Brands Melini, Fattoria Machiavelli, Conti Serristori

Umbria Brand Bigi

Latium Brand Fontana Candida, Colle papa

Puglia Brand Castello Monaci, Torre Saracena

Basilicata Brand Terre degli Svevi

Sicily Brand Rapitala', Monte Pietroso

What's more, we have, close to our cellar Folonari and Lamberti in Pastrengo (Verona) a huge warehouse where we collect and consolidate all products coming from the different Regions, so that, with

1 invoice

1 truck or container

1 person to talk to

You may have from us, the biggest collection of products coming from Italy, at hand

Some of our Brands are leaders in they own segment of the market

1 Fontana Candida is the leading brand in the Frascati area Abt 50 percent of all Ffrascati bottles and sold is under the brand Fontana Candida

2 Melini in Tuscany (founded in 1705) is one of the oldest and famous cellars in the region

3 Folonari and Lamberti in Veneto are the among the leading brands as far as Veneto wines are concerned in USA and Canada

4 Bigi in Umbria is the main Brand when you come to Orvieto Umbria area

5 Nino negri stand with his superior quality in Valtellina in the region of Lombardia

6 Rapitala' in Sicily is the best performing sicilian cellar in Restaurants and in the Supermarket business in Italy

Another important point about us is that we completely separate Brands and Product due to On and Off premise, in order not to create any overlap and confusion in the market

If you are interested to import our products, pls be so kind as to give me a short description of yr Company

Segment of the market where you sell

And if you already are dealing with some italian producers Pls also give me an idea of the regions or wines you are mainly interested in

I thnk u for the patience you had to read such a long mail

I only hope it has been usefull to give you a first picture about who we are

Looking forward to reading from you

Thnk u

Best Regards

R. Simonazzi

Export Manager

Gruppo Italiano Vini