Originally Posted by
D1andonlyDman
Alex, do you know if any of these are imported into the U.S.? I've not seen any of these wines here. Rutini imports, but it seems that they ship different wines to the U.S. than what they sell in Argentina, and I've never seen this particular wine. And I've never seen any of the others, although it seems that Ricominciare is a new label from yet another member of the Catena family, so I would expect that they will start getting some play here in the near future.
No. None of the labels I mention above are exported into the USA. Rutini has, as you say, a different domestic vs. export portfolio.
Ricominciare is indeed a project related to the Catena family, but they have nothing to do with the big Catena organization and will not be sharing anything, certainly not importers. Their production levels are currently very very low so dont expect to see them with massive US distribution for the next 4-5 years at least.
To complete the answer I began above... Universo Austral, the makers of Calafate will eventually move to open a US market, but its just launched here domestically so a broad US presence will be something to look for over the next 1-2 years approx. There is Chilean capital behind this venture so look for importers of Chilean wines to perhaps bring these aboard their portfolios sometime soon.