Santa Margherita USA has been designated as the exclusive importer of winery Ca' del Bosco, an Italy-based producer of sparkling wine Franciacorta from the Lombardy region.

Ca' del Bosco joins a portfolio of wineries from the best wine-producing areas of Italy. It is also a member of the Istituto del vino italiano di qualità Grandi Marchi, which is an invitation-only consortium of Italy's top 19 wine producers dedicated to the collective promotion and marketing of Italian wine culture and standards of worldwide.

Ca' del Bosco's founder and chairman Maurizio Zanella said: "I am very happy with this new partnership with Santa Margherita USA, which ratifies the link and synergies with the Santa Margherita Group throughout the world, and particularly in the US.

"Ca 'del Bosco has a greater opportunity to target our distribution across the US territory."

"With new distribution through Santa Margherita USA, which is very widespread, Ca 'del Bosco has a greater opportunity to target our distribution across the US territory, a key market for our Franciacortas."

Ca' del Bosco was founded in 1969 by Maurizio Zanella. Franciacorta is produced based on méthode champenoise method.

Santa Margherita's USA chief executive officer (CEO) Vincent Chiaramonte said: "We're thrilled to represent the wines of Ca' del Bosco in the US.

"Their reputation and dedication to quality is unsurpassed and to have these very special wines in our portfolio is a true privilege."

Santa Margherita USA will import a number of wines from the Ca' del Bosco portfolio, including Ca' del Bosco Cuvèe Prestige (Franciacorta DOCG), Ca' del Bosco Cuvèe Prestige Rosé (Franciacorta Rosé DOCG), and Ca' del Bosco Vintage Collection Satèn (Franciacorta Satèn  DOCG).