Food & Drink Awards 2020

Page 10 www.lux-review.com LUX 2020 Food & Drink Awards Since 2014, Santa Margherita USA has been an importer of fine wines in the United States, supplying their distributor network Italian wines from the Santa Margherita Wine Group and partner wineries, which are sold into restaurants, hotels, and retail stores. The team behind Santa Margherita USA takes great pride in their work and their mission to represent the brands and wineries while creating meaningful relevancy with their target customer through their distributor partner network. Santa Margherita USA lives the credo of the company they come from and while they may still be a relatively young enterprise, the history of Santa Margherita begins many decades ago. Vincent Chiaramonte, President & CEO of Santa Margherita USA, explains, “If we travel back in time, to 1935, we find the family behind the winery, the Marzotto’s, making a bold decision to reclaim lost lands and invest to develop some of what are now, the most viticulturally outstanding regions of Italy. A pioneer of the wine industry, Count Gaetano Marzotto committed his efforts to Today as an importer of fine wines in the United States, Santa Margherita USA is a young company that celebrates their Italian heritage and have built their success on a premium quality Italian wine portfolio. They supply wines from eleven exceptional Italian wineries, including the renowned Santa Margherita brand, to their expansive distributor network and consumers across the US. Santa Margherita USA is now facing their biggest challenge yet with an everchanging marketplace and the Covid-19 pandemic but are evolving and adapting fast to continue thriving. President and CEO, Vincent Chiaramonte tells us how. Oct20261 Santa Margherita USA Food & Wine Ambassadors of the Year - USA rejuvenating the farmlands across Eastern Veneto, the Adige River valley, and the hills of Valdobbiadene through a sustainable business that would benefit his family, all of their employees, and those communities for many years to come.” Count Marzotto’s approach to winemaking shaped the success of the Santa Margherita Gruppo Vinicolo for many years and today, his family still remains one of Italy’s most prominent wine families. Since the Count first started bringing his vision to life, Santa Margherita Wine Group has operated with the utmost respect for the locality and the terroir in those regions, as well as the local communities and their abundant knowledge. Today, Gaetano’s vision for the protection and nourishment of the environment remains at the very center of Santa Margherita Wine Group’s operation, which also takes its economic and social impacts very seriously. Constantly striving to take the steps to improve their ethical sustainability, the company and its wineries make choices that save energy, reduce pollution, respect the land and those who live and work on it. To that end, the group abides by strict protocols such as the eschewal of chemicals and toxic pesticides, instead using natural products and growing processes that protect the wellbeing of their vineyards. For example, at the production center in Chianti Classico, the team uses products such as copper and