Creative Wines International is a full-service wine sales and marketing company based in Sonoma County, California. They operate as an agency for both small estate producers and emerging wineries, helping to establish relationships with wholesale distributors, who place the brands with retailers and restaurants across the U.S. and in international markets. Additionally, they create and develop their own unique and innovative wine brands. Creative Wines is made up of a team of wine professionals with over 80 years combined industry experience and expertise.
President Kent Godwin, Vice President Richard Morgenstern, and Marketing Director Sandi Coero have worked together for many years contributing to wine brands such as Cycles Gladiator, Hahn Estates, Huntington, HRM Rex Goliath, Mark West and Martini & Prati. The rest of their growing team consists of wine professionals and brokers with whom they have long-established relationships. Their goal is to combine the extraordinary quality of the brands they represent with first-rate customer service, all while having a little fun along the way.
It takes exceptional soils to make exceptional wines. The Sandholdt wines from Sonoma County are christened with the special soils where the vineyards lie. The vines thrive in these moderately deep and well-drained soils which are formed in material weathered from calcareous sandstone and shale. Naturally rich in nutrients, these soils are highly sought after in making some of the best wines in the world.
Sandholdt wines were created and developed by Creative Wines International, are crafted by one of California's renowned winemakers, Kerry Damskey. With more than 25 years of winemaking experience, Kerry Damskey is recognized on four continents for his acuity and focus in creating brilliant wines.
Kerry grew up with an interest in wine as his father introduced him to wines at an early age in the hopes that his son would be a winemaker. The ruse worked as Kerry is now one of the most respected winmakers in California. He holds a B.S. in fermentation sciences from the University of California, Davis, is a graduate of the intensive program for small business at Stanford University School of Business, and is a candidate of the Institute of the Masters of Wine. We'd say he did is dad proud and we're proud to offer this superb selection.
April 2010 Vintners Series Newsletter (.pdf)
