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Selling Wine in the Tasting Room
There is nothing surreptitious about selling wine in a tasting room or at a tasting event; the visitor is there anticipating buying a new-found wine that will make life more pleasant. And tasting room...
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How to Modernize Your Wine Brand Without Sacrificing Heritage
There are more opportunities to drive relevancy with your wine brand than ever before, due in part to the fact that people are consuming it in record numbers.
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The Tasting Room: Branding or Marketing
In selling wine, especially in the tasting room, there is a difference between marketing and branding. Yes, the two are often co-mingled, but they must be interpreted and managed differently. Without a...
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Precision Agriculture – An Essential Tool for Effective Management Strategies
During my tenure as a Soils Scientists at Coastal Viticultural Consultants (CVC), I have observed in recent years that the concept of precision agriculture (PA) has gained coverage in the press and agricultural...
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Why Wineries Need Specialized Digital Audits
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,...
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Tasting Room Trends: 2017 Review and 2018 Forecasts
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,...
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Changing Our Thinking for the Digital Age
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...
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How Tax Reform Could Impact the Wine, Beer, and Spirits Industries
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law. Within the legislation, which became effective January 1, 2018, under Part IX, Subpart A, is the Craft Beverage Modernization...
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Why Single-Serve Wine Is a Popular Option
Single-serve wine has become increasingly popular in the past year with convenience and portability being a growing trend. As a result, more companies are offering single-serve wine packaging options,...
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Flooring Sanitation Concerns for Wineries
By Sophia Daukus Winery operators face many challenges unique to the industry – not the least of which is staying in full compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) sanitation standards....
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