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Vinalità has a unique and simple philosophy. We offer our wines to each of
our clients at exactly the same price conditions. Apart from this we also try to
make sure that our sales price matches the sales price at which our wine farms
directly sell their wines to the public. Our company is the only company that
offers its wines at this unique price condition.
The fact that we offer our wines at equal price conditions matching the
direct sales price of our producers, means that we earn our money through the
small margin that we obtain as discount for the large quantities of wine that we
buy from our producers.
Your advantage in doing business with us, is that you can choose to import
pallets of mixed wines from different producers, and it will be exactly the same
wine, at the same price as if you would buy it here in Tuscany. Whether you are a wine bar in Siena or a distributor in Norway, you will pay
the same price to Vinalità that you would pay if you would take your car and get
the wines directly from the wine farms.
The wines we sell, are always (unless you should wish otherwise) of the newest
vintage, so you will never find yourself with wines from old harvests like the
wines that are usually offered by most wine distributors outside of Italy. If
you buy a normal Chianti docg,
or a Vernaccia di San Gimignano,
it will be a 2003, because these
are wines
that
are meant to be
consumed while
young. If you find a Chianti docg
from 2002
on our list, it will be because it's a
"selezione" or
"cru" that has passed some time in barique.
Please remember that many wines are not at
all intended to be aged. This goes in particular for most white wines. Unless
wines are intended to be aged like for instance Riserva wines, Brunello or Vino
Nobile, most wines are simply more suitable to be
consumed while still young.
Furthermore, we
do our best to give you a good continuous service, supplying you
with technical
description sheets for each wine that you order.
When you as a retailer import wine from Italy, you should first of all inform
yourself with the Customs office in your country. The regulations within the
European Union should be uniformed, but variations may occur.
We can ship to you, if you have a valid VAT-number, in which case the Italian
VAT will not be charged on our invoice.
Importing is simplified if you are in the possession of a excise duty number,
otherwise you might have to make a deposit as a guarantee for the shipment with
the Customs in your country.
In Europe we can only ship wine to you, if you pay our Pro-Forma Invoice no later than
the shipping day, supplying us with an authorized copy of the payment. For
overseas deals, we require that the payment of the Pro-Forma Invoice arrives in
our bank before the merchandise leaves the Italian territory. The original
Invoice, Transport Documents and Certificates of Origin will accompany the
merchandise and you will receive everything together.
Vinalità will be happy to help you out with any questions regarding
international deliveries. Contact us anytime by phone or
Email if you would like to discuss the
matter or receive more information.
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The only difference between our local clients in the Tuscany region and our International clients is that our International
clients have to pay the shipment themselves, whereas our regional clients get
their wines delivered by us without shipment expenses.
We have a small proprietary warehouse facility where we store a limited
quantity of about ten pallets of wine for deliveries in our region.
For international transactions we use the best shipping companies to make sure that the wine arrives to you
in good condition. Vinalità works together with Rinaldi Srl a
regional warehousing and logistics facility close to our office, specialized in
the handling of wine and olive oil. Rinaldi is part of the
ALPI network, a very large
international freight handler. Through this collaboration we are able to
efficiently handle any shipment from smaller orders single pallets of wine to 20
or 40ft
containers with up to 15.000 bottles for overseas transactions.
Before making
any shipment we supply you with a price offer for the shipment expenses. We prefer to handle the organization of transportation, which usually proves
to be the most efficient and cost effective solution for our clients. When
you agree on the these transportation expenses we add them to our Pro-Forma
Invoice. Our international clients may organize their own transportation, but due to
our warehousing collaboration with Rinaldi we require that the last mile
solution (from Rinaldi’s warehouse facility in Poggibonsi to the hub of our
clients' transport company anywhere in Italy), will be coordinated in
collaboration with Rinaldi Srl.
In some overseas countries, language specific labeling is obligatory for
foods and beverages when sold directly to the public. On request we can supply
backside labels for wines with sufficient production and order quantities. For
smaller series we have to charge extra. In all circumstances, these labeling
request will be handled on an individual bases, because conditions differ
between our various producers, while delivery times will be longer. Our
providers are all quality wine producers with limited production for their most
prestigious wines. With large pre-orders we are able to provide wines with
complete language specific labeling, but only in case of pre-orders of new
vintages.
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