export American wine

[wineguruchgo]

Hi Winetrade99,

Welcome to the wineboard!

Providing you have all of your ducks in a row (ie: licenses and such) there are a few ways to go. You can buy directly from the wineries or go through brokers directly in your area.

Please understand that you will need these wines temperature controlled because they will be on the open seas for weeks at a time. You also need a dependable shipper.

You also are going to need a distributor at the other end who is going to be reputable and again, keep the wine temperature controlled.

Please also understand that this may be great for right now, but the big boys (Southcorp, Mondavi) have been looking for properties in China for the past 5 years. If and when they are up and running you will have some severe competition over there.

Way too many variables for us to answer your question properly. You really need to get together with a legal team and people in the industry in Virginia. I'm sure you aren't the first one to think of this. I'm sure the Aussies have a great handle on the market because of their proximity.

Sorry I couldn't help more.