Quintessential, the fine wine import, sales, marketing and distribution company with a roster of 16 family-owned wineries from all over the world, has hired Antonio Moretti as a sales manager for California's Central Coast region. Moretti comes to the company with more than 15 years' experience in the wine and food business, both as a distributor salesperson for Young's Market for eight years and, before that, with Southern Wines & Spirits, and as a partner in a wine bar, restaurant and wine retailer in Newport Beach, California.

A native of Marche, Italy, Moretti also worked in various restaurants in Long Beach, Irvine and San Francisco. He has a Bachelor Degree in Music from the Conservatory of Music in Pesaro, Italy and a degree in Land Surveying from Macerata Institute in Macerata, Italy.