J G IMPORTS, LLC

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• J G IMPORTS, LLC
• PRINCETON, N.J
• JOHN GELLNER

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HISTORY IN THE WINE INDUSTRY

• Retail
• Wholesale
• Importer
• Importation
• Sales
• Marketing
• Consulting
• Brand Management
• Product Representation
• Product Creation

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Where Am I
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Area of Coverage

• Northeastern United States
• Over 20 of the total wine market.
• Total of over 60 million casses of wine
  sold in this market in 2005
• Growth has been almost 300 since 1991.
• Per capita consumption of over 3 gallons
  per person and ........growing.
• Average case sale of 91.00 a case at
  retail.
• Wine sales surpassed beer sales in 2004
  as the most popular
• alcoholic beverage.
• The adult dring age population has grown
  rapidly since 2000.

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• The per capita consumption in major wine
  producing nations is decreasing.
• Growth is coming from higher priced wines.

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Comparative Wine Shipments to the U.S. Market(in
millions of Cases)The U.S. Wine Market Advanced
by 15 Million Cases in 2005

• Area Where Produced 2004 2005
  Case
• 
  
• Change Change
• California 180.1
  185.4 5.3 2.9
• Other States 27.4
  29.1 1.8 6.0
• Imports 71.3
  81.1 8.0 11.0
• Total
  280.6 295.6 15.0 5.3

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ARGENTINAS COMPETITION

• THE
• WORLD

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U. S. DISTRIBUTION

• IMPORTER
• National
• Regional
• Local
• DISTRIBUTOR
• National
• Regional
• Local
• RETAIL
• Large Chains
• Independents

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TRENDS IN THE MARKET PLACE(My Marketplace)

• Merging of wholesalers
• Opportunities for new and emerging
  distributors
• Large retail chains
• Cooperative buying groups
• Growth of national and regional restaurant
• chains

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LEADING GRAPE VARIETIES

• Chardonnay
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Merlot
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Zinfandel

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ARGENTENIAN OPPORTUNITY

• MALBEC

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SUMMARY

• Wine sales continue to grow in the U.S.
• both domestic and imports.
• Wine sales reached record highs of 286 million
  cases in 2005.
• The U.S. is the most attractive market for the
  wines of the world.
• U.S. wine demand will remain strong in 2006 and
  this trend sees no limits.