Semper Fine Wine
Bob Marx is the CEO of Minnesota-based MT Global Wines and specialises in importing South Africa wine into the US. He fell in love with the stuff while serving as a Marine guard at the American consulate in Cape Town. This year he’s on track to ship 50 container loads which works out at some 60 000 cases or about one in every 15 bottles of South African wine sold in the US. He imports wines under his own labels which are sold at two major US retail chains, Costco and Trader Joe’s. He also handles wines from a number of well known estates including Overgaauw and Oubenheim. His Overgaauw Sauvignon Blanc, which retails for $15 in the US, recently beat far pricier Marlboroughs from New Zealand in a blind tasting. Happily, I had a chance to find out why and to ask Bob how he got into the business. Click below to hear the conversation.
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