Italian food-and-drinks group Compagnia del Gusto Holding has continued its buying spree with a deal for local wine delivery firm Winelivery.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Winelivery operates through a vertical model combining digital ordering and physical logistics.
Working with brands and producers, the platform supplies drinks including wine and beer to consumers across more than 60 Italian cities, claiming a delivery window of under 30 minutes.
Ettore Nicoletto, the chief executive of Compagnia del Gusto Holding (CDGH), said: “The operation does not respond to a logic of scale, but of industrial function. The group has proprietary technology, a team with digital and artificial intelligence skills, and a direct relationship with the urban consumer, which becomes a market laboratory for the entire portfolio.”
Winelivery has been integrated into the sub-holding company, Compagnia delle Vigne.
Though its initial contributions will directly support CDGH’s wine division, the platform’s responsibilities are projected to expand over time.
“The prospects, however, look beyond: in the short term, the Winelivery ecosystem is expected to generate significant benefits for many of the other product categories in the Compagnia del Gusto portfolio,” said a LinkedIn post from CDGH.
Managed by the Cosulich family, CDGH was established in 2024 and has scaled its operations in part through acquisitions.
In August, the group snapped up UK wine merchant Jascots from Henkell Freixenet. CDGH is to continue distributing the wines sold through Jascots while using the business to expand its Italian wine and food portfolio in the UK market.
The deal built on CDGH’s June acquisition of the Cantine Romagnoli winery, based in the Piacenza region.
Earlier, in April, the group acquired the historic artisanal biscuit brand Krumiri Rossi, from the Portinaro family.
