Italian wine merchants Campari go for wine

They are strong and they have money: check out at italian wine merchants Campari. Among the major international realities of the beverage, with a turnover in 2008 of 942.3 million euros, 70.5% in spirit, the Campari Group is a player ready to go for shopping in the wine world. For example, in the italian north east, if it is true how someone say,that Campari is watching with interest the Masi italian wine merchants.
For now, the wine area represents 16.7% of business and includes Campari engagement in Cinzano (sparkling wines and vermouth) and the six companies grouped under the baby "Polo wine Campari".
"Our strategy is to develop a portfolio of quality Italian wines that cover the more famous region in Italy", says Gianni Marzagalli, managing director of Campari wine area. "The creation of a division of wine in our group is different compared to other activities of our holding. The mission is to become one of the main players in the wine world, both on the domestic market, mature and competitive and on export markets, where we see good growth opportunities". The crisis is not breaking Campari programs. "We are convinced that the best strategy is pursue excellence through quality control of all production phases, from the vineyard to the cellar", adds Marzagalli. "Only with a portfolio of excellence it's possibile to get into wine markets and to grasp quickly the challenges and opportunities".

Gancia, italian wine mechants, inventor of sparkling wine

"Gancia is a bear who has awakened from a long hibernation, he changed clothes and now wants to regain the weight that it should have on the market".These are the words of Paolo Fontana, ad of italian wine merchants Gancia.
It was founded in 1850 by Carlo Gancia in the Piemonte (north west region of Italy), and was a pioneer in creating the first Italian sparkling wine.
Paolo Fontana has now received all the powers from Vallarino Gancia, brand owner, who have left the management to become shareholders.
Gancia's revenue at the end of 2008 was 70 million euros in the wine and more than 100 million with the distribution of spirits. The new course? Change of team management, review of the product portfolio and focus on "spumante" sparkling wines (Gancia has invented the first sparkling wine in 1865).
Support of this program come from the commitment of the property, represented by Chairman Lamberto Vallarino Gancia who wants to invest 10 million euros to recapitalize the brand, surprising those who spoke about his abandonment."The first results of 2009 are saying us that we are on a good way", say Paolo Fontana.
In the top ten of 2008 italian wine merchants revenue Gancia is at position number nine.

Italian wine merchants top ten in revenue in 2008















































































italian wine merchants

revenue(in milions) 2008

variation (2008/07) % bottles produced(in milions)
1 Giv, gruppo italiano vini 288 -2,0 82
2 Caviro 211 -3,7 40
3 Cavit 155 -14,8 65
4 Mezzacorona 139 7 40
5 Marchesi Antinori 130 -4,3 19,8
6 Giordano 129 -8,0 33,5
7 Fratelli Martini secondo Luigi 128,2 11 50
8 La-Vis group 100,5 35 30
9 Gancia 70,5 6,8 26,5
10 Cantine coop riunite 89,2 -1,1 59