February 26, 2020
This isn’t breaking news..the wine industry is feeling headwinds that we haven’t dealt with in a while. You can’t go more than a few hours without hearing about oversupply, a changing...
February 25, 2020
The fact that two marketers are moderating Wine Industry Network’s (WIN) 3-Tier Wine Symposium this year is not by chance. WIN launched the one-day conference in 2019 to help wine industry executives and...
February 21, 2020
Read between the lines during your networking meet to really understand what your distributor wants and expects from your possible deal.
The article outlines the wants of wine distributors, beer distributors,...
February 19, 2020
ASEV promised that this year’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium was going to be big, and it was. The trade show stretched across four buildings at the Cal Expo plus an outdoor exhibit area. Even if you...
February 12, 2020
Eric Guerra is a wine marketer, heart and soul. He spent a little over a year at Kendall Jackson that shifted his focus from 10 plus years in software to the world of wine ...
February 10, 2020
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. TOM WARK is wine industry marketing and media relations specialist...
February 7, 2020
“Making wine is an art NOT a Business. Be an artist at that time and produce the best art. Selling wine is a business NOT an art. Have a business mindset and not the mindset of an artist.” A lot of people...
February 5, 2020
Welcome to part two of Turning Guests into Converts. Today, we address Categories Two and Three: Guests who come regularly to see you and converts who will tell the world about your winery, wines and why...
February 3, 2020
Has the time come for small and medium wineries to move beyond the 3-tier distribution system? Should they build direct-to-retailer (DTR) networks across states just as they have developed direct-to-consumer...
January 29, 2020
In this week and next week’s blogs we are going to take a look into the very different types of people who walk into wineries and what kinds of questions you can ask to each of the different categories...