RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS Wins Two Outstanding Product Nominations, Takes Home sofi(TM)...

RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS Wins Two Outstanding Product Nominations, Takes Home
sofi(TM) Gold at 55th Summer Fancy Food Show

SEATTLE, Wash., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Italian regional foods champion
RITROVO(R) ITALIAN REGIONAL FOODS LLC won its third sofi(TM) Gold Outstanding
Product Award from NASFT (the National Association for the Specialty Food
Trade), for Outstanding Vinegar, at the 55th Annual Summer Fancy Food Show in
New York, for RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS Maletti Aged Balsamic Vinegar.

NASFT has recognized RITROVO(R) and its producers for specialty food
excellence nine times in the company's nine-year membership. This is the third
time RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS has won the NASFT's coveted sofi(TM) Gold Award for
its successful, collaborative creations.

RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS was also a sofi(TM) finalist in the category of
Outstanding Pasta, for Casina Rossa's Pannocchie "Waves of Grain" Pasta.

"We've spent the past decade working with select, small-scale producers and
organic farmers throughout Italy to bring the highest quality of Italian
products to American palates," said Ron Post, co-president of RITROVO(R)
Italian Regional Foods. "We're thrilled to have received the honor and extend
our congratulations to the Maletti family of Modena."

The sofi(TM) Gold Award is considered to be the highest honor, comprising
awards in 33 different food and beverage categories. This year's awards were
presented by noted chef Ming Tsai at a red-carpet event at the Jacob K. Javits
Convention Center in New York.

About RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS
Based in Seattle, Washington, since 1999, RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS was founded by
Ron Post and Ilyse Rathet. Throughout the course of six years living in Italy,
Ron and Ilyse discovered a passion for studying, traveling and researching
indigenous food and wine. Along the way, they developed deep relationships
with the country's most talented organic and small-scale producers. Today,
Ritrovo imports 150+ selections coming from all parts of Italy by working with
these highly respected producers, bringing the truly sustainable farm-to-table
discoveries of Italy to the United States. The name "ritrovo" denotes a
reunion or "gathering again" of friends, family, or colleagues. In regional
parlances such as Tuscan or northeastern Friulian, a ritrovo is a place where
people come to eat, drink and be merry. Additionally, the verb "ritrovare"
means "to find again" something that was once lost. For more information about
RITROVO(R) SELECTIONS, and to obtain recipes from its artisanal product line,
visit www.ritrovo.com.

SOURCE RITROVO ITALIAN REGIONAL FOODS LLC

Ilyse Rathet or Ron Post, both of RITROVO ITALIAN REGIONAL FOODS LLC,
+1-206-985-1635, ritrovo@aol.com; or Jennifer Fields, +1-503-201-1732,
jennifer@savorcommunications.com, for RITROVO ITALIAN REGIONAL FOODS LLC