The Go-To Agency for Elite Wineries and the Industry’s Pioneers, Visionaries, and Thought Leaders Turns Twenty
November 19, 2024 (San Francisco, CA) — For the last 20 years, C. Milan Communications has been one of the wine industry’s premier media relations firms, building brands and crafting innovative storytelling for a who’s who of clients across wine, travel, and hospitality, with a special focus on luxury Napa Valley and Sonoma wineries. Founded and led by San Francisco native Charlotte Milan, CMC’s success is the result of her insight, tenacity, and experience bringing a high-touch approach to clients such as Bella Oaks, Dana Estates, Bryant Family, Vineyard 29, TOR, Stony Hill, Flowers Vineyards, Arborum, Palisades Canyon, Skipstone, Annulus, Signorello Estate, and Trefethen Family Vineyards.
Over the years, the people and brands that set the standard of excellence across the wine industry have consistently turned to CMC to develop their message and to launch experiential marketing campaigns that bring their stories to life. This includes everyone from the iconic grower Andy Beckstoffer and the lauded winemaker Philippe Melka to influential organizations like Premiere Napa Valley, The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas, Rare Wine Co., and ACME Fine Wines. CMC has also been sought out by an international clientele (Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy; Phantom Creek Estates, British Columbia) for its deep expertise.
CMC’s media relations services focus on messaging and media training, press kit and press release development, pitching, experiential marketing, partnerships, crisis communications, and internal and external executive communications and coaching.
Recently, CMC has evolved its business into strategy work, partnering with clients more than two years ahead of a brand launch on such critical decisions as pricing, brand messaging, label and logo creation, hiring, as well as concepting and developing visitor experiences, all with the goal of telling a clear and consistent message to the news media.
CMC’s proven track record of media placements speaks for itself: Robb Report, Fortune, Forbes, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Time, Business Week, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Condé Nast Traveler, Los Angeles Times, Sunset, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, and Wine Spectator; CNN, MSNBC, ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and NPR.
About C. Milan Communications
Founded in 2004 by Charlotte Milan, C. Milan Communications is a strategy and media relations firm for the wine industry’s pioneers, visionaries, and thought leaders.
