NAPA, Calif., Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than
four centuries, the Duboeuf family has been producing wine. Georges
Duboeuf founded his own company in 1964 -- selecting, bottling and
selling fine French wines from the Beaujolais and Maconnais regions
of Burgundy and, in the process, became world-famous.
In an effort to continue to grow and expand their business in
the United States, Les Vins Georges Duboeuf has entered into an
agreement with fine wine import, marketing and sales company
Quintessential to exclusively represent the Georges Duboeuf-branded
wines.
According to Georges Duboeuf, who started to ship his wines in
1981, "In looking to the future, we feel this is the right time to
make changes in order to re-introduce our Villages, Cru, Domaine
and Chateau wines to the trade and to consumers that we believe
will greatly appreciate them."
Georges and Franck are entrusting their beloved family
enterprise, which was recognized by Drinks International as one of
the "Ten Most Admired Wine Brands" in the world, to another family
owned-and-operated company. Based in Napa, California, Quintessential has found
great success navigating both traditional and new sales and
marketing avenues for its roster of family-owned producers from all
over the world. Over the past few years, a number of
the labels Quintessential represents have appeared regularly on
various wine trade publications' "hot wines" lists that chart
sustained sales growth, and are "on the rise" in Nielsen and other
wine sales trackers. It is this energy and 'creative
thinking' that has attracted the father and son currently
overseeing Les Vins Georges
Duboeuf.
Dennis Kreps, who owns
Quintessential with his father Stephen D.
Kreps, says "Les Vins Georges
Duboeuf is a very welcome addition to our portfolio of
family owned-and-operated wineries. The timing couldn't
be better for the well-priced Duboeuf 'Flower Label' series or for
the wines Duboeuf proudly represents from some of the finest
Beaujolais Domaines and Chateau properties."
He is confident that "they are waiting to be 'discovered' by
younger wine consumers, some of whom may not recognize the Duboeuf
name but will greatly appreciate their history and heritage, be
eager for the stories the growers and winemakers with Duboeuf have
to tell, and enjoy the fresh, fruit-forward style of their
high-quality wines."
Beginning January 1, 2016,
Quintessential will import Le Vins Georges
Duboeuf's Cru-Beaujolais, Domaine and Chateau wines from
such prestigious growing areas as Morgon, Moulin-A-Vent, Fleurie,
Julienas, Brouilly, and PouillyFuisse, among others, as well as the
value-priced Beaujolais-Villages, Macon-Villages and Beaujolais
Nouveau wines, with suggested retail prices between $10 and $40.
For additional information, go to Quintessential at
http://www.quintessentialwines.com or call (707) 226-8300.
Founded in 2002 by father and son, Stephen D. and
Dennis Kreps, Quintessential is a
family owned-and-operated import, marketing and sales company
headquartered in Napa, CA.
It is dedicated exclusively to representing multi-generational,
family owned-and-operated producers who have the same passion for
winemaking as Quintessential has in strategically marketing and
selling their wines. These producers, from most of the top
wine regions around the world, create wines that offer the best,
most authentic expression of the grapes from their respective
vineyards.
Quintessential's roster of "top-quality" family producers
include Bodega Valentin Bianchi,
New Age, Senusal and LTU from Argentina; Henry's Drive, Pillar Box,
Shirvington, Paringa, 3 Rings, Kay
Brothers and Frankland Estate from Australia; California's Ironstone Vineyards,
Eponymous and Two Angels; Brazil's Bodegas Perini and
Macaw wines; the Chilean wines of Matetic Vineyards,
Vina Koyle and Terrapura;
Gustave Lorentz, Chateau
Ferry-Lacombe, Cachette and Esprit du Rhone from
France; the Karolyi Estate
wines from Hungary; Villa
Huesgen rieslings from Germany; Italy's La Mannella, Attilio Ghisolfi, Paolo
Manzone, Luca Bosio, Bel
Colle, Ascevi Luwa, Vino dei Fratelli and
Villa de Varda Grappas and Fruit Liqueurs; the Portuguese
wines of Quinta do Vallado and Casa de Vila
Nova; Spain's
Bodegas Muriel, Vina Eguia,
Conde de los Andes, Marquis de
Elciego, Real Compania, Paz Cilliero, Bodegas Farina, Bodegas
Navarro Lopez, Figuero and Vallformosa Cavas, and
South Africa's Simonsig
Estate.
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