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Perking Up Your Email Subject Lines
Email subject lines are not always designed to make you open them. Here are a few from wineries that have popped up in my inbox lately: Spring Release Weekend Need to Restock Your Wine Supply? Have You...
Letters to the editor
Wine Will Never Fall Into the New Tobacco Trap
A title of an article appearing in the March 28, 2019 issue of The Spectator by Christopher Snowden, “The Campaign to Make Alcohol ‘The New Tobacco’”, seems to be more than a shot across the bow of all...
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Is Gallo Saving the Wine Industry?
Betting on high-margin and high-growth sounds like a winning strategy, and Constellation’s stock rose on the morning after the announcement. But if Constellation was so eager to get rid of these brands,...
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What I Learned at WSWA 2019
The supplier, the wholesaler and the consultant world descended on Orlando, Florida last week for the annual WSWA convention. It was a collection of people everybody knew, and people hardly known and I...
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Menthol Is Not Mint: Decoding Freshness in Wine
Ninety or so people gathered at the Vintners Inn in Santa Rosa, CA on Wednesday, April 3rd to hear world–renown flavor expert Alexandre Schmitt speak on the topic of “Decoding Aroma Molecules in Wine &...
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Mystery Shoppers Visit Quintessa
Quintessa Winery is discreetly tucked into a hillside on the Silverado Trail just north of Rutherford Cross Road. The 280-acre site is planted with 160 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc,...
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What Makes Guests Buy - Part Two
Last week’s blog talked about three of the six most important things that guests are looking for when they buy your products. In that blog I covered Identity (how your products relate to how guests see...
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WSWA Convention Survival Guide
Every year, over a four-day period, the adult beverage world descends on one special location for the WSWA convention. Makers come from all over the globe to meet with distributors, other brands, and all...
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Butternut Brand Grew from 1,500 to 100,000 Cases by Paying Close Attention to Market Trends
While there are no questions any more about Butternut Wines’ prominent spot in the marketplace and its soaring potential, Tony Leonardini admits that he and his partners had some doubts about the timing...
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What Makes Guests Buy?
If you want to be good at hospitality and/or sales, it helps to have a genuine interest in people, rather than having an interest only in the product you are selling. Otherwise, it is likely you will focus...
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