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About Italian
Wine Merchants
Take a trip to an old world European wine merchant right in the
heart of Union Square. Italian Wine Merchants offers an entirely
new approach to wine retailing. Conceptualized by Sergio
Esposito along with restaurateur giants Mario Batali (Molto
Mario of Food TV) and Joe Bastianich (Vino Italiano co-author,
award winning winemaker in Friuli, and co-owner of Babbo, Lupa).
Italian Wine Merchants is the country’s premier specialty wine
store. Steps away from Union Square Park in New York City, the
store offers a sophisticated wine selection applauded by wine
collectors nationwide. With the country’s foremost experts on
Italian wine, food, and cellar planning - stocking. The store
presents customers the opportunity to understand the
significance that wine plays in European culture.
About Sergio
Esposito
Born and raised in
Italy, Sergio has Italian wine and its culture in his heart and
on his mind. He is highly regarded as “the expert on Italian
wines” and has been featured and quoted many times in dozens of
publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, Food and Wine Magazine, The Wine Spectator, Smart Money
Magazine and The International Herald Tribune. Sergio lectures
extensively on various Italian wine topics for both professional
and private audiences and leads the wine program and lecture
series that he founded and coordinates at Italian Wine
Merchant’s Studio del Gusto.
Before building one of the nation's
most successful specialty wine shops, worked his way through the
field of wine. As a sommelier, a consultant, a general manager
for top restaurants and the vice president of a specialty wine
shop, Sergio has enjoyed his career in New York City.
Nonetheless, he is most proud of his work as a portfolio manger,
handling the buying needs of wine collectors. His
accomplishments in placing top Italian wines next to first
growths and grand crus in the cellars of important collectors
has brought him recognition as an especially shrewd planner and
evaluator of prized collections.
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