Art & Victus is an online & mobile eShop, food box subscription and gift platform to help food lovers to easily access in one place, learn about and discover the productions of the best Southern European independent artisans in each of 4 essential food categories (cheese, cured meat, wine and gourmet grocery), from 4 iconic food & wine countries (Italy, France, Portugal and Spain), all labeled “co
ntrolled designation of origin” and selected by 3 Michelin stars chefs, best artisan award winners, leading industry guides, and our own team of artisan scouts. Each month will feature a different surprise assortment of our 4 favorite foods from different regions of 4 favorite food & wine countries around monthly themes (Route du Beaujolais, Surroundings of Romanee-Conti in Burgundy, On the Gironde River Banks in Bordeaux, Tuscany’s New Eldorado, A Tour in Galicia Spain, Vinho Verde & Co Portugal, etc.),
Each month, a new food charity or foundation will receive a monthly corporate donation of 1% of sales! The offer consists of membership subscriptions on invite only starting (The Member Box), gift subscriptions (The Gift Box) or custom direct orders above $250 (The eShop) for special occasions, restaurants, caterers and corporate offices needing customization. Memberships and gifts subscriptions can be customized to customers' preferences (food allergies, vegetarian, non drinker, reviews of previous boxes, frequency and quantity of boxes) but the monthly assortment will always be a surprise! Customers will have access in video and written content to artisans’ profiles, stories and business, their products, their industry awards and ratings, pairing & tasting advises and automated pairing and complementary purchase suggestion by algorithm, geography/terroir info and history of the product with some fun anecdotes. Members only will gain fidelity points to win rebates, free items and invitations at exclusive events (cooking or food culture courses, meetings with producers, workshops on making cheese, wine or cured meat, artisan salons or fairs, or other industry events), and sometimes, once a month… surprise luxury buzz gifts of local or purely European local food & wine experiences will be thrown in some members' boxes randomly chosen depending on the place of residence of the lucky ones (bottle of Petrus, diner at home by an executive chef, dinner for two at The French Laundry, all inclusive 3 days weekend for 2 in France in a Relais & Chateaux establishment, etc.). You want to enjoy and learn about high-quality handcrafted artisan foods from Southern Europe without the hassle of finding and selecting them, connect with a community of peers customers, our selected artisans and our curators… Join now our waiting list to get special invite tokens at launching! No need to have the knowledge, no time commitment to search and find the right artisans, forget about the logistics, we do it all for you... Just enjoy and learn while doing it and interact with our community of customers, friends, top artisans and curators.
