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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Winemakers break into the Texas market thanks to IACC member Beviamo International.

For those of us who work at the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas, there could be no greater reward than to know that our efforts have connected Italian businesses with partners here in the U.S. For more than 10 years, our Taste of Italy trade fair and festival, the largest in the U.S. devoted exclusively …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: After a standing-room-only-seminar, Calabria prepares to send its best food products to Texas.

Earlier this week, IACC business development manager Francesca Bacci accompanied Texas-based chef Luciano Salvadore to the Mercato delle Eccellenze di Calabria (MEC) in Calabria. Chef Luciano, the executive chef at Il Calabrese restaurant in South Lake (Dallas), had been asked by MEC’s founder and director Giovanni Guido to be part of panel was tasked withs …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Long-time Taste of Italy exhibitor Monti Trentini.

Monti Trentini has attended every Taste of Italy since the first year the fair was held. And they also attended all of our virtual events when in-person events were not possible. Over the years, they have developed a long-term relations with Selected Food & Beverage, a top Texas-based distributor and a proud IACCTX member. And …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Vero Italian Traditional Food at Spec’s and HEB.

Stefano Albano, the owner of the Rome-based Vero Italian Traditional Food, is one of the shining stars of our campaigns here at Taste of Italy. Not only are his food products like his Pasta Vero now available at Spec’s, one of the largest fine wine and gourmet food retailers in the country with nearly 200 …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Vite Colte, producer of Barolo and Barbaresco, in Texas since 2019.

Vite Colte, a top producer of Barolo, Barbaresco, and other iconic wines from Piedmont, first participated in Taste of Italy in 2019. Not only did they sign a deal with Spec’s, one of the largest retailers of fine wines in the U.S., but they also connected with an importer in Mexico who is bring their …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Melegatti at Spec’s, one of the largest fine wine and gourmet food retailers in the U.S.

While most of the exhibitors at Taste of Italy are medium-sized and family-run companies, the trade fair — the largest in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian products — also features some of Italy’s most well-known and iconic brands. When Peter Gryska, the head fine food buyers at Spec’s in Houston, found out that Melegatti, the iconic …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Acetaia Guerzoni at Food Related.

In 2016, Acetaia Guerzoni, led by Lorenzo Guerzoni, above, Italy’s only biodynamic certified producer of traditional balsamic vinegar, attended its first Taste of Italy in Houston. Right out of the gate, the Guerzoni family made a connection: the Ciorciari brothers, owners of the San Antonio-based food importer Food Related, fell in love with their high-end …

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A Taste of Italy Success Story: Cantine Silvestri at HEB supermarket.

For the team at the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, there is perhaps no greater reward than knowing that our work for our members and clients has helped them expand their sales network. One such case is that of Cantine Silvestri, a legacy grape grower and winemaker in the Castelli Romani hills outside the Italian capital. …

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