Vine Street Imports

We specialize in hard-to-find wines that overdeliver at every price point. Our family business is built on 20-plus years of relationships among loyal customers, progressive winemakers, and our team of hardworking wine geeks. For more than two decades, Vine Street Imports has collaborated with trailblazing winemakers from around the world to amplify their stories and bring their wines to our customers. We’ve built a reputation of trust and reliability based on our extensive knowledge and close relationships with creative vintners. Wine is our passion, but it’s not where our story begins... Like many of our industry friends, our company has its roots in our dad’s wine collection. But for us, it was not a straight path from basement cellar tasting to wine importing. Over the years, Ronnie, inspired by our father, began to hone his impressive wine palate while Lori grew a career in finance after earning a degree in economics from The University of Pennsylvania. When our father Hal died suddenly at age 60, we were thrown into managing the family textile company. The timing was unfortunate: we were young, and the future of the domestic textile industry was bleak. We’re now grateful for this trial by fire and the lessons learned. But by the late 1990s we were done with the world of textiles and found a promising new opportunity. Ronnie’s gifted palate, along with the wine knowledge he learned from our dad, helped him see the vast potential in importing Australian wines to the U.S. He established Vine Street Imports in Philadelphia in 1999, and soon after we joined our wildly different skill sets to embark on this new journey. Ronnie scours the world for the best under-the-radar wines to market, while Lori leverages her financial acumen to oversee finances and operations. We think Dad would be proud of how we built VSI together with integrity, and how we’ve weathered the ebbs and flows of the wine industry. We feel incredibly lucky to work in such a fun environment, with some of the very best in the business. Loyalty and authenticity in our relationships with customers, winemakers, and our team is at the heart of our company, and we personally vouch for every wine we sell. Ronnie and Lori