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Wine Connect Magazine
Guides and practical notes for trade buyers: Italian wine, logistics, compliance and HoReCa lists.
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Professional guide
Buy Italian wine direct from wineries: a practical guide for HoReCa buyers
Why restaurants, wine shops and wine bars source Italian labels closer to the producer, what changes for margins and logistics, and an operational checklist for excise and compliance.
HoReCaSourcingItalyLogisticsRead article →
Operations
B2B wine MOQ: how minimum orders shape restaurant and wine-bar buying
Why case multiples and per-producer minimums exist in trade wine, how they affect cash flow and list design, and how buyers can plan mixed orders pragmatically.
MOQ & volumesHoReCaSourcingItalyRead article →
Compliance
EU wine excise in B2B trade: what buyers should expect in the chain
A plain-language overview of excise in cross-border wine movements, where transparency matters, and why integrated marketplaces document the chain.
ExciseComplianceLogisticsSourcingRead article →Buying
Professional wine samples: building lists without guessing
How trade samples differ from consumer tastings, how to structure trials across multiple Italian wineries, and how to move from sample to listing.
SamplesHoReCaSourcingItalyRead article →Logistics
Consolidated shipping: why multi-winery B2B orders need one delivery plan
Pooling bottles from several estates into a single compliant movement, fewer touchpoints, and clearer costs for HoReCa buyers.
LogisticsMarketplaceSourcingItalyRead article →
Italy
Italian wine regions on a professional list: a buyer’s map
From Alpine whites to southern reds: how to cluster Italian denominations for guests and staff without turning the list into an atlas.
ItalyList & strategyHoReCaRead article →
Strategy
Restaurant wine list strategy when Italian wines are the story
Balancing anchors, discovery and margin; how supply choices (direct, marketplace, local wholesaler) change what you can promise on the list.
List & strategyHoReCaItalySourcingRead article →
Channels
B2B wine marketplace vs traditional distributor: when each fits
A practical comparison for trade buyers: catalogue breadth, consolidation, documentation, and how hybrid sourcing often wins.
MarketplaceSourcingList & strategyLogisticsRead article →Compliance
Wine trade compliance: EU-facing checklist for professional buyers
Invoices, movement certificates and traceability habits for B2B wine. An overview, not legal advice.
ComplianceLogisticsSourcingRead article →
Sparkling
Italian sparkling for HoReCa lists: styles, occasions and margins
Prosecco, Metodo Classico and beyond: how to place Italian bubbles by the glass and bottle without flattening everything to one price band.
SparklingItalyHoReCaList & strategyRead article →
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