Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has launched a new line
of high-end Italian wines with his brother Alberto. As reported on db.com,
expanding production at his Tuscan estate, the classical singer has released
a100% Sangiovese made from hand-harvested grapes from Morellino di Scansano,
and an extra dry Prosecco in collaboration with leading Prosecco producer
Trevisiol.
Bocelli has partnered with Seattle-based importer
August Wine Group to import, sell and distribute the wines in the US and major
international markets. Both wines have just launched in New York, Texas,
Illinois, Washington and Oregon, priced at US$19.99 each, and will be available
throughout the US by the end of August. Since 2006, August Wine Group has sold
Bocelli's small-production wines under the company's boutique subsidiary Small
Vineyards.
"When I return home after long trips, the joy
that I receive from the taste of wine from my land is hard to match. It brings
me back in time, to memories of my father, of him pouring the wine with a
quasi-religious respect. I would give anything for him to see what has been
accomplished in the past few years; I’m sure he'd be proud," Bocelli
said.
“It’s exciting to be part of such a powerful brand,
and to be associated with a family that is such a force for good in the world,”
said August Wine Group co-founder and director Joshua Hanson. "We’ve had
some really great feedback from the trade – we should easily reach our sales
target of 20,000 cases this year,” he added.
Based in Lajatico in Tuscany, Bocelli Family Wines is
a family-run company owned by Andrea and Alberto Bocelli. The Bocelli family
has produced wine on their Tuscan estate for over 130 years. With renowned
Tuscan winemaker Paolo Caciorgna at the helm, in addition to Prosecco and
Sangiovese, the estate also produces In Canto Cabernet Sauvignon, Alcide – a
Sangiovese/Cabernet blend, and Terre di Sandro old-vine Sangiovese.
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