CobaltWine Agency
An ink drawing of guests talking and drinking wine at a bar.

An independent wine marketing agency

European wine, an American point of view.

Research, creative work and trade programs for European producers building their presence in the United States.

Get to know Cobalt
Poster illustration: the neck of a black Burgundy bottle enters from the top edge and pours a ribbon of red wine into a glass on a zinc counter, beside large “Cobalt” lettering. Cobalt Cobalt Études · Création · Formation de l’Europe aux États-Unis Conseil & communication pour les vignerons

The agency

Good work begins with a close understanding.

Of your estate, your wines and the people you want to reach. We work with you on positioning, research and the materials and conversations that support your US trade program.

Working with independent producers and producer groups.

Scratchboard engraving: a Burgundy vineyard slope with contour rows of trained vines, a walled clos with a gate, a domaine house with a steep tiled roof, a village steeple on the far hills, and in the foreground corner a vine cane with a leaf and a small grape cluster.
Your estate, your wines, your people: we start there.
A wine-label specimen for an unnamed estate, printed in cobalt, bordeaux and ochre and stamped “Bon à tirer”, the French printer’s approval to print. Votre domaineCuvée MILLÉSIME 20[   ] APPELLATION [       ] CONTRÔLÉE Mis en bouteille à la propriété75 cl · SPÉCIMEN BON À TIRER
N° 3 Brand & creative

Market intelligence

A clearer read
on the market.

A study should help you make a decision. We define the question, check the sources and put the findings in context, with enough detail for you to follow the reasoning.

Market research and promotional programs are scoped and commissioned separately.

Sample chart on a Seyès-ruled notebook page: synthetic distributor depletions, 2022 to 2026. Données fictives, illustrative data.Synthetic values: 640, 710, 800, and 860 nine-liter-equivalent cases from 2022 to 2025; a 2026 illustrative scenario of 930 with an assumed range of 880 to 980. Invented data, not a client result. 20222023202420252026 6008001000 Distributor depletions · 9L-eq. cases 860 cases in 2025 2026: a scenario, not a result DONNÉES FICTIVES · ILLUSTRATIVE DATA
Sample page, invented data. Distributor depletions in 9-liter-equivalent cases, not winery shipments or consumer sales. 2025: 860 cases, up 7.5% from 2024. The 2026 point and its 880–980 range are assumptions. Source: Cobalt synthetic teaching dataset, version 1.0.0; authored September 2026.

A conversation is a good start

Tell us about
your wines.

A few lines about your estate, your plans for the US and your timing are enough to begin.

A postcard from a wine estate to Cobalt, in French handwriting, with a French stamp engraved with a vine leaf and grapes and a French postmark. Bonjour Cobalt,parlons de nos vins,du domaineet des États-Unis…À bientôt ! Cobalt Wine AgencyCalifornieÉtats-Unis RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE2,10 € LA POSTE28 · IX · 26FRANCE