Introducing Kome Collective
Expand your view of the world through great sake, spirits, and wine.
For over 20 years, we have used our expertise, focus, and passion to deliver wine, sake, and spirits from inspiring families from Argentina, Chile, and Japan. What you drink matters, and we want your experiences to be more than just what's in the glass.
The company now represents 18 of Japan’s finest sake breweries that produce some of the world’s best artisan chilled sake, as well as the largest portfolio of boutique Argentine and Chilean wineries in the United States with almost 70 wines and 20 brands produced by some of South America’s most highly regarded winemakers and viticulturists. Vine Connections is headquartered in Sausalito, California.
Today, more than half of Vine Connections' team is comprised of women leaders and educators.
- Public link
- https://buyer.sevenfifty.com/sc/vineconnections
- Category
- Importer
- Location
- Sausalito, CA, USA
- Phone
- 415-332-8466
- Website
- http://www.vineconnections.com/
- twitter.com/vineconnections
- facebook.com/TasteNewWorlds
- instagram.com/vine_connections
- info@vineconnections.com
All Brands
Amayna
**Amayna - The calm after the storm** **Certified Sustainable & Vegan** Matias Garcés Silva launched Amayna with his family's support with their first vintage in 2003. However, the project had its origins in the late 90’s when the Garcés Silva family recognized the incredible, overlooked pote... Read more
Areyna
**Areyna - Hand-harvested from the Casarena estate vineyards** **Female Produced, Certified Sustainable, & Vegan** Take Time For Yourself. Areyna wines are the perfect every night wine with a fresh, approachable style you'll want to return to night after night. Made by sourcing the highest... Read more
Azienda Palazzo
In 1985 Cosimo Loia and Antonietta Palazzo planted the Sangiovese Grosso vines destined for the Brunello, which they began to vinify in 1990, first as Rosso di Montalcino, with the help of their children. Then in 1994, when the vines reached the nine years of age necessary for the grapes to ripen pr... Read more
Boya
**Boya - New World style made from grapes grown on seaside vineyards** **Certified Sustainable & Vegan** Boya was created by the Garcés Silva family, pioneers of the coastal Leyda Valley in Chile. Matias Garcés Silva works hard to produce the best quality wines, which begins long before planti... Read more
Casarena
**Casarena from Lujan de Cuyo** **Female Produced, Certified Sustainable, & Vegan** Casarena is a true Mendoza destination for adventurers, foodies, and wine lovers. The winery was built in 1937 and sits in the heartland of Mendoza's historic winemaking region, Lujan de Cuyo. The distinctive s... Read more
Casa Silva
**Casa Silva - The most awarded Chilean winery in the 21st century** **Certified Sustainable & Vegan** The Silva family pioneered grape growing in the Colchagua Valley with the first vineyards back in 1892. Their cellar is the oldest in the valley, yet they strive to innovate in their vineyard... Read more
Fattoria Di Grignano
The Grignano estate was the first personal property of Caterina De Medici (1519-1589). In the 1970s, the estate passed into the hands of the Inghirami family, one of the best in Italian textile-fashion, who transformed it into a historic wine and olive oil producing company with 600 hectares of land... Read more
Garcia + Schwaderer
**P.S. Garcia - Chile’s most influential small producer** Felipe started with G&S in 2006. After working for larger wineries, he made his first independent wine as a declaration of what he considers true “Chilean” wine. Inspired at first by old-vine Carignan from Maule, he since have started tw... Read more
Giacosa Fratelli
From father to son to brothers to cousins, four generations of the Giacosa family have passed down their talent from making fascinating red wines in the Langhe region. Founder Giuseppe was the only one of four brothers in the late 1890s to work the land, a passion then shared by his son, Leone, who ... Read more
Graffito
**Graffito - Wines from a century-old vineyard** **Female Produced** These deeply concentrated wines are named after the color of “graphite” and shows beautiful expression and structure. Winemaker Jimena Lopez left her corporate wine job to pursue her dream of making her own wine, and she now... Read more
J. Bouchon
**J. Bouchon - A French and Chilean heritage** **Certified Sustainable** Wine and Spirits "Top 100 Wineries of 2021" Bouchon Family Wines began in the late 19th century when young viticulturist Emile Bouchon left Bordeaux, France for Chile. Today, Julio Bouchon and his children carry on th... Read more
La Fuerza
**Vegan** La Fuerza is the first Vermouth of the Andes, and is made from two varieties of grapes that grow at the foothills of the Andes Mountain range in Mendoza, Argentina’s premiere wine country. The Rojo (red), an expression of Malbec, and the Blanco (white), made with Torrontés grapes, are c... Read more
La Posta
**La Posta by Laura Catena - Award-Winning Single Vineyard Malbecs** **Female Produced & Certified Sustainable** Argentina’s best small-family growers express their individual passions with single-grower, single-vineyard wines. Each wine named after a grower family demonstrates the wide range ... Read more
Luca (AR)
**Luca by Laura Catena - Ultra-Premium, High Elevation Argentine Wines** **Female Produced & Certified Sustainable** **Description** Luca was born out of Laura Catena’s vision of creating a new breed of Argentine wines: small quantities, artisan quality, and true to their individual terroirs.... Read more
Mendel
**Mendel - Seamless consistency and polished elegance** Mendel wines classically combine Roberto de la Mota’s prestigious winemaking skills and tremendously old vineyards to make Mendoza’s most elegant wines. Proprietor and long-time wine lover, Anabelle Sielecki, partnered with Roberto to transf... Read more
Michele Castellani
Michele Castellani is an award-winning & family owned winery that is world renowned for their high quality wines. Located in Marano della Valpolicella, the estate consists of about 50 hectares of directly owned and grown vineyards in the hillside area of the Valpolicella Classica and the family i... Read more
Pietramaggio
Pietramaggio is the name of a historical farm located in Tuscany and is owned by the Inghirami family. Tommaso Inghirami launched the Pietramaggio brand and was inspired to create finessed Chianti Classico wines and a Super Tuscan IGT. The Inghirami family is well known as one of the best in Ital... Read more
Reginato
**Reginato - Sought-after sparkling wines** As Argentina’s most revered sparkling wine producer, the father-son Reginato team makes some of the world’s only sparkling wines with classic Argentine varietals. Unlike other “factory” sparkling wine producers in Mendoza, Pepe and his father José perso... Read more
Tikal
**Tikal - A sense of pride, love, celebration, and just the right amount of craziness** **Organic, Certified Sustainable, Biodynamic, & Vegan** Tikal was founded by Ernesto Catena, a 4th generation winemaker of Italian descent who, having spent a part of his life working as a designer and bein... Read more
Viña Aquitania
**Viña Aquitania - One of the first boutique wineries in Chile** In the early 1990’s, Bordeaux luminaries Bruno Prats (Chateau Cos d'Estournel) and Paul Pontallier (Chateau Margaux) discovered the high caliber of Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile’s Alto Maipo region. They partnered with their colle... Read more
Viña Mayu
**Viña Mayu - Extraordinary wines from the driest desert on earth** The Olivier family started Viña Mayu in 2005 and was the first to bring premium winemaking to northern Chile’s Elqui Valley. They chose the name "Mayu" - the Inca word for the Milky Way's "river of stars" – to honor the valley’s... Read more