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Jeremy Wilkinson President/CEO Great Wines International Jeremy@GreatWinesIntl.Com Company: Great Wines International (GWI) was incorporated in 1999 and is an established wine importer with a portfolio of internationally recognized and award winning labels including primarily South African Wines, recently having added Austrian, Chilean, Spanish & (soon) Australian & Italian wines. GWI has an excellent reputation and should be selling in more than 28 states in the USA by the end of 2005, up from 11 states in 2004. Overview: South Africa has been making wine since the mid 17th Century. Despite South Africa being the 6th largest producer of wines in the world, exports to the USA has to date been minimal as a result of economic sanctions which lasted until the mid 1990’s. South African wines achieved 9.8% of the total market share in the United Kingdom in 2002 (1 out of every 10 bottles sold), outselling Australian wines for the first time ever. South African wines in the USA currently have only a 0.15 % market share. The USA, we and many others believe (within the next 5 to 10 years) could achieve the same level of consumption (120 million liters), that the UK consumed last year, up from a mere 4.5 million liters of South African wines in the USA in 2003. US Market Growth: Wine consumption increased 6 percent in 2002 to 245 million cases. The number of people in the USA who drank wine at least once a week has climbed 32% since 2000 from 19.2 million to 25.4 million. In the last seven years the millennium generation (born since 1980) have increased per capita wine consumption in the USA by 40% and added 25% to the US Core Wine Buyer Group. GWI’s Existing Distribution in the USA: Southern Wines & Spirits, National Distribution Company (NDC), Gallo Wine Sales, & other top level distributors in 28 states by the end of 2005 & growing. GWI’s Existing “Who’s Who” Client List: Marriott, Hilton, Ritz Carlton, St. Regis, Four Seasons, United Airlines, Lawry;s Ribs, Spago’s (Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining), Del Frisco’s, Morton’s, Ruth Chris Steak House, Venetian Hotel & Casino Las Vegas and 1500 more (growing) Premier establishments. Approximately 32 different wines of GWI available curretly to be purchased at Lee’s Liquors! Recent Media & Press: Front Cover California Patterson’s Beverage Guide December 2003; Wine Pick, Vegas Magazine, February 2004, Front Cover, Las Vegas Food & Beverage Magazine, April 2004; 16 page article Food & Beverage International Magazine Summer issue 2004. |
