EDITORIAL

Dear Visitor

First of all we would like to welcome you to LUSOWINE.COM

LUSOWINE.COM,  a project under development since October 2001, was created by four young wine lovers whose professional experience in internet development led them to the creation of an online structure which could offer a compilation of useful, educative and professionally oriented  information about the wine world both to the wine loving  public in general as well as the professionals operating in the wine sector.
At the same time (and this is quite innovative), the site allows a dynamic interchange between companies and consumers, or amongst companies involved in the production, distribution and retailing of wines and accessories, thus embracing  'business to business' ( B2B ) and  'business to consumer' ( B2C ) philosophies.

LUSOWINE.COM attempts to answer to an ever growing interest in wine, it’s value and it’s relation with gastronomy, turism, history, art and literature. Basically, it’s reflecting the role wine has had in our society for as long as we care to remember. 

This site is aimed towards appreciators, laymen’s, collectors, consumers, amateurs, professionals as well as production and distribution companies in any way related to wine. It’s a meeting point for this community, still divided, but not for long…
With LUSOWINE.COM we firmly believe that the importance of  a better communication between economic agents and families will become more evident, and that all the tools and information available on the site will be put to very good use.

 Another big challenge assumed by LUSOWINE.COM, and one that will demand continued, persistent hard work, is to allow Portuguese companies to compete in foreign markets side by side with wines from the Old and New World, conquering increasing notoriety and concrete results.

We believe in the potential of the Portuguese wines: their quality, strong personality, difference and unique personality. But believing is not enough – we must work for the success of our products abroad and now is the best time to reinvent the business. The internet is nowadays the most powerful mean to achieve this goal quickly and effectively.

In this sense LUSOWINE.COM nourishes and supports the promotion of quality wines, with a strong emphasis on marketing strategies which are of absolute importance these days.

That’s why it’s so important to make people aware of this project, be it in English or in Portuguese. It’s a national site but targeting the rest of the world. Our goal is to reach an extensive number of markets which are essential to the expansion of all Portuguese companies.

Feel free to explore our (and now yours…) site and after browsing every section of it, why don’t you register, with us and give your opinion?

After all, it’s your opinion that matters…

Tito Duarte
(Project Manager)