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Fine Food and Wine Imported to You:  on this company motto, Basile Imports has built its reputation on the Australian market becoming the first, most successful importers of Italian fine food and wine in the country.Recently we have been assessed and recommended for certification of ISO 9002 as a quality endorsed company.  We have received this prestigious recognition of the five red ticks as we understand the significance of quality of work, product and service.  We have also integrated a food safety plan as a system for managing quality in our business ensuring that we provide our customers with only safe product for human consumption.  We are able to do so by:

Our formula:

  • working with approved suppliers
  • importing high quality products at reasonable prices
  • building a team that regularly monitors the storage, handling and preservation of our products.
  • building a team that is passionate about their job in servicing the wholesale and retail grocery and liquor trade.
  • Detail and personalised approach with our clients is Number One Priority
Most brands imported are market leaders in terms of quality and sales both in Italy and Australia.Basile Imports has rapidly grown from being an exclusively Melbourne based company established in 1982 to a major player on the Australian market with offices and warehouses in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.  Some major products imported by Basile are:
 
  • La Molisana: one of the most well known pasta brands in Italy having  started operations back in 1919.  La Molisana has been supplying Italian  families since then with premium quality pasta and sauces.
 
  • Colavita: a family business that produces Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil renowned around the world for its quality and purity.  Also from the Colavita family comes artichokes, sun dried tomatoes, eggplants and other delicacies all of course conserved in Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  Now Colavita Oil also comes flavoured in Lemon, Pepper or Basil.  Not to mention the Vinegars, available in the true Balsamic Vinegar from Modena and with the flavours of Champagne, Raspberry and Cabernet.
 
  • Auricchio: the world leader in the provolone market also ranks amongst the five top Italian companies in the dairy produce sector. The brand name "AURICCHIO" imprinted on all of its products and the monogram depicting an "A" surmounted by a stylised anchor are recognised throughout the world as the namesake of the high quality.
 
  • Zuccato: Within the market of canning vegetables, Zuccato is a well established trademark.  Its leadership is associated with: sauerkraut, sweet and sour cucumbers, sweet and sour peppers, pickled gherkins, mixed salad, baby panicle maize, beetroot, green olives, baby capers even apple vinegar.
Besides these well known brands, Basile Imports also represents some exquisite niche market products for the through "connoisseurs"
 
  • Riso Principe:  Preparing authentic rice requires a special rice grown in the Po Valley of Northern Italy.  Every grain of rice is so luxuriously in taste and texture that we call it Riso Principe - The Princes Rice.
 
  • Antica Dolceria:   where it is always good, every once in a while to interrupt the daily routine with a sweet, delicate and light snack prepared with the simplest and most pure ingredients just like some Sfogliatine Glazed, Sfogliatine Sugared, Amaretti and Lady Fingers
 
  • Le Conserve della Nonna:  Following natural homemade traditions comes a variety of tomato sauces, gourmet delicacies and fruit preserves.
 
  • Delicius Rizzoli:  producer of anchovy fillets, tuna, sardines and     Mackerel in olive oil, and in spicy marinades, prepared according to an exclusive recipe.
 
  • Lazzaroni Liqueurs:  Quality, Refinement and Originality is what  characterises this rich range of products including Sambuca, Amaretto, Amaretto and Peach also Limoncino, Manadrino and Mirtillo.
 
  • Camardo Coffee: for that true Italian espresso created by skilfully blending consistency, aroma, flavour, acidity and sweetness.
 
  • Bauli: the leading name in Italy in the seasonal, oven-baked products market like Panettone, Pandoro and Colomba.  These cakes are rich in high quality ingredients such as butter and fresh eggs, and are prepared using natural leaven which makes them soft and inimitable.
 
  • Torrone del Molise: The only nougat that satisfies even the most  demanding palate. Sweet, crisp, soft, nougat made of almonds and toasted hazel nuts.
Following the successful formula used for its imported products, superior quality at reasonable prices, Basile Imports has gone a step further introducing their own line of food delicacies grouped under the umbrella of "Capriccio" with canned peeled tomatoes and legume beans and the newly released "Squisito" Country Style Pasta and one minute Polenta.
 

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