Oxygen Management: Closures and Wine Aging
Oxygen Transfer Rates: Small Amounts Can Mean Big Differences to Wine Sensory Profiles
Gone are the days when screw caps and synthetic cork wine closures automatically translated to inferior wine. Most industry professionals today agree that technological advances in how wine is sealed...
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A Successful Brand
There are brands that stand out in the minds of consumers. How did they get to that place of prominence and how do you get there too? Some companies make it by putting large amounts of money, time and...
3 Tier Talk
The Booze Business Is All About Perception!
Often times when I fly, and I fly very often, I am very grateful for the 3 or 4 hours I get without Wi-Fi. I get time to decompress, think and free the mind of the clutter than often comes...
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Raising a Wine Brand into the Highest Tiers of Luxury
Eric Guerra is a man who understands that luxury brands must be marketed as such and has built his career in the wine industry by being one of the best at doing just that. When done right, the brand value...
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Creating Connected Customers
It’s interesting that businesses want customers to be more connected with them, though many businesses are afraid to give the customers what they want, which is the connection with the people in the business. Customer...
Expert Editorial
Federal Cannabis Legalization the Next Challenge for Wine
As another harvest season is underway in Wine Country, the industry faces a new wave of disruption. Not sparkling rose in 40-ounce cans, but another recreational product – cannabis. Cannabis is on the...
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Mystery Shoppers Visit Starmont Winery
Strategically located on Highway 29 at the crossroads of Carneros and Napa Valley, Starmont Winery offers visitors a multifaceted approach to their wine tasting itineraries. Easily accessible from either...
2018-session2b
Making the Most of Dwindling Customer Engagement Opportunities
The biggest difference between tasting rooms and wine clubs that perform beyond expectation and those that don’t, is an organizational commitment to employee training, according to the 2017 VinQuest direct...
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Flooring for Winery Tasting Rooms - Marrying Style and Durability
By Kendall Youngworth, Tennant Coatings Winery tasting rooms can range from an area in an upscale urban restaurant to a rustic barrel room in a country setting, overlooking vineyards, or other unique...
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Customer Service at Warp Speed
I have read that the average attention span is down from 12 seconds in the year 2000 to eight seconds now, which is less than the nine-second attention span of your average goldfish. However, according...
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