September 18, 2023
Gone are the days when wineries struggle to patch together a piecemeal data management system that can work with their existing software to track customer sales.
Now, Activ8 Commerce, a complete winery,...
January 12, 2022
For 18 years, Activ8 Commerce has delivered a robust, end-to-end DTC sales system specifically for wineries. Its database application has always been accessed via remote desktop to give users more powerful...
May 24, 2021
It’s hard to imagine that just one software management system can deliver mobile POS services, club automation, eCommerce, web design, CRM and email marketing, fulfillment, shipping and tracking,...
September 10, 2019
Some of California's Most Famous Wines Came from a Science Experiment - Starting out as a research specialist at the University of California at Santa Barbara in the late 1960s, botanist Michael Benedict...
September 10, 2019
Pleasanton, CA – Active Club Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of DTC solutions (Mobile Winery POS, Club, Web Design, eCommerce) since 2003, and is pleased to announce the release of Activ8 Commerce.
In...
April 25, 2019
How Much Do People Spend on Alcohol?: Whether you like an occasional tipple or a have favorite go-to cocktail, there's no denying that drinking can get expensive. It may be one of the most common ways...
March 28, 2019
For Cancer Risk, a Bottle of Wine Equals This Many Cigarettes: Drinking a bottle of wine per week may be like smoking five to 10 cigarettes in the same time period, in terms of cancer risk, according to...
January 14, 2019
Active’s mission is to provide a single, complete and comprehensive sales platform for wineries and distilleries selling directly to the consumer. Active publishes a direct sales suite of tools written...
February 22, 2018
Stay or Go?: Dilemma of Winery Founders in Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether a founder or owner of a wine brand stays on after an acquisition can depend on what has been sold...
August 8, 2017
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February 22, 2017
Red Wine Consumption Could Fight Dementia: A glass of wine a day could keep the mind sharp. Several scientific studies have linked resveratrol, a polyphenol found in grape skins, to a reduced risk in neurodegenerative...
December 28, 2016
Wine Industry M&A Brisk Pace Expected to Continue in 2017: The North Coast had a second year of high-profile, big-value sales of wine properties and brands, and those in the thick of such deal-making...
November 14, 2016
Lawsuit over Paso Robles Vineyard Wells Reveals Growing Water Fight: A lawsuit in California's Paso Robles wine region could impact how vintners in an increasingly thirsty region get their water...
October 19, 2016
Charles Smith Reshapes Washington Wine Industry: When Charles Smith makes a move, the earth moves. On Monday, a big "crack" was heard throughout the Washington wine industry when it was announced that...
September 7, 2016
Winery Worker, Napa Resident Killed on the Job: A Napa winery employee was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics after a stack of metal wine barrel racks fell on him, according to the Napa County...
January 19, 2016
Come discover the new and powerful features of the Active Club Solutions All-In-One Tasting Room Solution and iPad winery POS native app, automated wine club processing and shipping, customized, automated...















