General Info

USA Wine West USA Wine West, is a nationally licensed importer and distributor offering specialized service in logistics and legal compliance for fine wine distribution in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. We also hold a California wholesale license which permits our portfolios to sell directly to restaurants and retailers. Headquartered in Sausalito, California, and with a second office in Portland, Maine, our geographic placement ensures ease of communication globally. We work with foreign and domestic wineries, other U.S. importers and foreign wine portfolios that are committed to investment in the marketing and sales necessary to build their brands and portfolios in the U.S. market. As industry professionals, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive, timely and responsive service in the administration, logistics and legal compliance areas of wine distribution as well as assisting the sales and marketing efforts of our portfolios. We work with our suppliers and portfolios on very low margins to enable their investment and focus on the sales and marketing, rather than expensive administrative overhead. Full Legal Compliance Services -- We provide complete and comprehensive compliance for our portfolios: Advice and direction in label design to comply with Federal and State requirements; Certificate of Label Approval applications, use-ups, exceptions; state brand registrations, price posting, and tax and gallonage reporting. We are licensed to sell wine to wholesalers in all 50 states. U.S. Logistics and Warehousing - Our primary distribution warehouses in California and New Jersey are in close proximity to the major ports of Oakland and New York. Both locations are FOB points from which wholesalers in nearly all 50 states pick up wine on a regular basis. USA Wine West is able to negotiate very favorable storage and handling rates with these public warehouses. For our sales to California retailers and restaurants we contract wine deliveries by specialized wine trucking companies. We also have good relations with Less than Truckload trucking companies providing specialized temperature controlled coast to coast wine transfers.