Costa Brava Announces Winning Best 'Gourmet Gift' at the Las Vegas Gourmet Housewares Show and Entry Into Canadian and Northeast Markets

LOS ANGELES, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Costa Brava is pleased to announce winning the "Gourmet Gift & Specialty Food Category" in the "Gourmet Gold" competition with a product from their line of St. Germain wine accessories. The Gourmet Housewares Show was recently held in Las Vegas from May 9-14th. St. Germain produces a line of wine accessories of the highest quality which are handcrafted in Argentina. The company employs "high-style" designs using only the finest materials, which translate to products that are beautiful and highly functional. Costa Brava is an importer and distributor of high quality wine accessories and home goods serving the needs of luxury gift stores and boutiques, specialty wine shops, corporations, wineries and wine enthusiasts.

"We are pleased that the product was so well received from industry professionals," said Costa Brava's President Kurt Stabel. Further, "It is an exciting time to be able to introduce a line of high-end wine accessories to the U.S. market." St. Germain's products clearly fall into the "luxury" category of home products and are truly unequalled in the wine accessory market. "We are also happy to announce that we have retained two sales representatives. Jim Foster will be representing St. Germain in the Northeastern United States and Don Festivo will be introducing the product to the Canadian market. Both of these professionals have deep experience in the luxury goods category and we are looking forward to having them represent the line," said Stabel.

St. Germain is headquartered just outside of Buenos Aires in Argentina. The company is family owned and operated with a strong emphasis placed on producing high quality products in a sustainable manner. The company produces a complete line of wine accessories consisting of a pneumatic wine opener which is unequalled in the marketplace, vacuum wine preserver, classic cork screw, foil cutter, drip collar, and decanting board. St. Germain's line is handmade of the finest raw materials using a native wood called "Incense", a hardwood unique to Argentina which is the foundation of most of their products. The company has developed three distinct presentation options consisting of tubular, wood and leather packaging styles to offer customers a wide variety of merchandising options.

Costa Brava was formed after the company's founders identified a void of luxury wine accessories in the U.S. marketplace. The company sources products from around the world and only carries unique, handmade items which exhibit an elegance of design and quality craftsmanship. Costa Brava is committed to offering its customers the finest in wine accessories, leather goods, and home accessories available in the marketplace. The company is interested in building relationships with high-end retailers who share our passion for providing quality goods to their customers. For information about this story or the company please go to http://www.costabrava-us.com/ or call Kurt Stabel, President of Costa Brava, at (310) 567-1074 or email info@costabrava-us.com.

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CONTACT: Kurt Stabel, President of Costa Brava, +1-310-567-1074,
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Web site: http://www.costabrava-us.com/

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