“It’s very difficult,” says Claudio Velitti, when we ask if he can recommend a good wine for sushi. “Wine is very personal, it must always be about passion”. Between them wine merchant brothers Velitti & Velitti have over thirty years of experience bringing Italian aesthetics to Asia and Oceania, and now they aim to inject a bit of Italian style and passion into the Japanese taste for the finer things. But will European wine always remain a luxury item in Japan? “The lifestyle of many Japanese people is changing” says Eugenio “Now when people build new house these are large places, with proper kitchens for entertaining Italian style!” The Velitti brothers hope to fill this new space with their unique style and a taste for the finer things. www.2velitti.com
In Japan: 11 years
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Identity: Wine merchants/Lifestyle consultants
Originally published in Fukuoka Now magazine (fn121, Jan. 2009)
