Final Result
Diversity. We look for a variety of styles
Price evaluation
Extensive comparative wine tastings
Wineries & Winemakers personal visits
Ecological consciousness
Vision of what is needed
Comparative tasting
HOW DOES OUR SELECTION PROCESS WORK?
T&I always choose the wines after visiting the wineries in personal to make sure that we feel the same way about wine – that is our commitment. T&I prefer to understand wine as a valuable product of both nature and caring. We believe it is important to respect nature and be aware of climate and plants as well as the whole process of winemaking.
Our Wine portfolio is a result of a thorough selection process which is a significant part of our company. We want to offer to our customers’ high quality wines which are selected meticulously. All our wineries are selected through a rigorous process by tasting 100-200 wines from the same AOC at local fairs.
Every winery selected has been personally visited and quality time has been spent with the winemakers to ensure a shared philosophy and the necessary commitment to quality and service. Our selection process is an important part of our T&I philosophy always building on patience, curiosity & being open-minded.
T&I always choose the wines after visiting the wineries in personal to make sure that we feel the same way about wine – that is our commitment. T&I prefer to understand wine as a valuable product of both nature and caring. We believe it is important to respect nature and be aware of climate and plants as well as the whole process of winemaking. Every winery selected has been personally visited and quality time has been spent with the winemakers to ensure a shared philosophy and the necessary commitment to quality and service. All our wineries are selected through a rigorous process by tasting 100-200 wines from the same AOC at local fairs. Our Wine portfolio is therefor the result of a thorough selection process which is a significant part of our company. We want to offer to our customers’ high quality wines which are selected meticulously.Our selection process is based on 8 important values: being open-minded, being curious, tasting each wine from A to Z in professional wine fairs or new places, be positive and trust our "wine spirits", meeting the winemaker first person to person, visiting the winemaker and wineries to get to know them in person, select carefully after analyzing reflection based on experience and the "now" feelingand follow up with the winemaker and finally create magic during an on-going process in close relation to our winemakers.
OUR 8 GOLDEN POINTS
Being open - minded
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Being curious
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Tasting each wine from A-Z in professional wine fairs, or new places
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Be positive, trusting our best ‘wine-spirits’
Meeting the winemaker first person to person
Visiting the winemaker and wineries to get to know them in person
Selection carefully after analyzing reflection based on experience and the ‘now’ feeling’. And follow up with the winemaker
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T&I
SELECTION
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HOW DOES OUR SELECTION PROCESS WORK?
Our selection process is an important part of our T&I philosophy always building on with patience, curiosity & being open-minded.
Our wine portfolio is a result of a rigorous selection process very significant to our company.
We want to offer to our customers’ high quality wines that will bring personality to their own selection, come from genuine winemakers committed to the respect of the environment.
We first taste 100-200 wines from the same AOC at local fairs with no other influence than the quality of the wine. We then personally visit the wineries and spend quality time with the winemakers to ensure a shared philosophy and the necessary commitment to quality and service.
At the winery we personally verify that the respect of nature in the whole process from the vineyards to the winemaking is a commitment important to the winemaker.
The wines are tasted several times before making the final decision with our markets and customers always in mind. We want to bring diversity to them, sometimes traditional wines, sometimes innovative wines but always offering a great value.
Wines with personality, made by good people, respectful of the environment.
T&I SELECTION PROCESS
VISION OF WHAT IS NEEDED
With an open-mind, our market visits, our readings, our discussions with customers and winemakers and our wine discoveries bring the vision of what would be a good addition to our portfolio.
EXTENSIVE COMPARATIVE WINE TASTINGS
Every month, Jean-François Ey, T&I owner, goes to local wine fairs where he gets to taste hundreds of wines from the same area and style. He reviews established wineries and discovers unknown ones. Only influenced by the quality of the wines he selects a handful of the best potential partners.
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PRICE EVALUATION
All along we kept the value of the wines in mind, but now comes the time to calculate precisely the resell price for our customers and compare with the existing worldwide competition. We want our wines to over deliver ther price points!
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WINERIES & WINEMAKERS PERSONAL VISITS
Sometimes alone but often with sales associates or even customers, Jean-François Ey visits the winemaking room, tours the vineyards, checks the installations and spends quality time with the winemakers and their families. It is also the opportunity to taste previous vintages no longer for sale in order to assess the ageing potential of the wines.
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ECOLOGICAL COUNCIOUSNESS
Touring the properties and discussing their efforts with the winemakers, we check their commitment to preserving the environment and bringing safe and organic wines to the consumers.
COMPARATIVE TASTING
Yes, we taste again! We consider important to taste the pre-selected wines several times in various situations. First, we compare them to each other, then we really drink them (finally !) in their appropriate situation: dining, aperitive, partying, beach barbecues etc…
DIVERSITY. WE LOOK FOR A VARIETY OF STYLES
Our portfolio aims to cover all the regions of France and Spain and bring to market the fantastic diversity these 2 countries have to offer.
From entry level to high end and even prestige, sometimes traditional sometimes innovative styles are being chosen.
We want to offer to our customers a diverse portfolio that will bring personality to their own selection.
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FINAL RESULT
Wines with personality, made by good people, respectful of the environment.
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In your opinion, which wine should be our next addition?
“... All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.’
‘How will I know which is which?’
‘By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.”
Paulo Coelho