Votto Vines Importing, a rapidly-growing importer/distributor based in Hamden was named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in America for 2014 on August 20, 2014. From delivering 1,000 cases locally in Connecticut out of the back of co-founder Nick Votto’s Subaru wagon at the height of the economic downturn in 2009, Votto Vines is a multi-state importer and marketer of fine wines. The Inc. 500 profile speaks of three-year sales growth rate in excess of 1,000%, based on sales of $384,000 in 2010 and $4.3M
in 2013.