5 Wine Importing Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 24th, 2023

Start A Wine Importing Business

Wine importers procure barrels of wine from the top wine-producing countries and repackage and sell them locally. Starting a wine importing business may seem overwhelming because of the licensing issues, import stamps, and raising capital to finance the business.

However, importing wine and reselling it locally can be profitable. Your target customers can be wine bars and shops across the country. You do not need a brick-and-mortar presence, as you can ship directly to the customers.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a wine importing business:

Learn more about starting a wine importing business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a wine importing business?
-> Pros and cons of a wine importing business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established wine importing business

Other resources

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3. Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant

Importer of fine wine from France and Italy.

Website traffic: 90K/month

4. New Zealand Wine

We are the national organisation for the New Zealand's grape and wine sector. Established in March 2002, we are the only unified national wine industry body in the world.

5. DEUTSCH FAMILY

Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits was founded in 1981 by Chairman, Bill Deutsch, to market quality wine and spirits produced by prestigious families from major wine and spirits regions of the world.