ABOUT US
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WELCOME TO VINOS LIBRES ! We are a New York city based importer of Spanish & South American Wines and also broker for a few California wines with Latin roots. And we love the wines we find in Spain: Here dry farmed bush vines surrounded by wild flowers, herbs and dust, easily express their Spanish "terruar" and vintage. The hot days and cool nights give the grapes natural acidity and ripeness with little use for adjustments or chemicals... This is the stuff we are looking for - the real shizzle - free of any kind of manipulation, free to express its age and origin -natural honest wines... VINOS LIBRES! |
WHAT WE BELIEVE
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* Insist on sustainable and natural farming because great wines are made in the vineyard not in the lab. * People with passion who love the land make better wine, because they listen to nature. * Old vines are worth saving, they have something to say. * Tradition is worth preserving so we support small family farms and FARM PROUD farmer run cooperatives ... over Vanity projects and wine fads. * Firmly believe that wine is food - both visceral and sensory and not conceptual. and just like flawed food a flawed wine is not worth drinking. * For a wine to be Natural it has to show its Nature - place and varietal tipicity. * Lastly, if you have an Ego in the wine business - you are probably not drinking enough... |
Our History |
After getting a degree in Philosophy in Boston, I soon realized that no one was hiring a town philosopher - so I worked for a Banana importer, got involved with brokering Australian Aboriginal Art, worked with a shipping company and finally got my first job in the wine biz as a NYC rep for Frederick Wildman. I loved being a rep but my curiosity led me to Veuve Clicquot Inc., Opus One in Napa, early online ventures with Wineshopper.com then Wine.com and back to New York as Director of Spanish and South American wines for Winebow - and in 2010 I launched Vinos Libres Wine Merchants.
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