January 25, 2019
Direct Sales Alters US Wine Market: In 2018, wineries shipped more than 6 million cases of wine, a nine percent increase over the previous year, according to Larry Cormier's presentation at the annual...
October 18, 2018
It comes back to understanding who the customer is, what they want and building a relationship around that in order to maximize sales.
September 13, 2018
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...
July 10, 2018
Does Napa Valley have too much Cabernet? The question informed most of last month's Vineyard Economics Symposium...
May 14, 2018
Bryan St. Amant of VinterActive LLC has been doing VinQuest research for more than a decade, producing data that illustrates which tactics have been successful for wineries seeking more direct to consumer...
March 14, 2018
Interesting article in Wine Business.com last week by Cyril Penn about how big data can unlock DTC potential and boost sales. There was a lot of good information in the article, some of which I will go...
February 26, 2018
Consumers have increasingly turned to digital channels to learn about new wines and wine tasting experiences, research wines as they stand in the grocery store aisle, and buy more wine, more frequently,...
February 13, 2018
At VingDirect, we exist to help family wineries achieve their direct to consumer goals. Whether your focus is to grow sales and wine club members, to train and educate your staff, to polish up your brand,...
February 9, 2018
By Susan DeMatei
Wineries, as their true selves, are an agricultural business. Sagacious written advice for agriculture success has been around a long time – arguably since 800 BC when the Greeks wrote...
January 2, 2018
Direct to Consumer sales continues to be wineries’ most profitable revenue channel and in many cases, the only channel. However, developing a strategy that optimize sales, customer acquisition, and retention...









