The Annual SVB Videocast is next Tuesday, June 17th.  Why should you listen? Prescience. Read below, please. The following is the blog post I made on April 28th, 2019, before the DTC videocast. There hasn't been a single edit. The underscored part is exactly as written 6 years ago. The wine business is far more complex than people think. It's a maze of complexities with different models, varying paths to the consumer, pressure from federal, local, and state regulations, a lack of good information, controlling power in a small numbers of hands and changing consumer demand. Oftentime decisions are made with the love of the product in mind, versus a business decision being made with financial returns in mind. Perhaps the greatest risk we should all be most worried about is our tendency to continue on on a path that's successful. If it works, we keep riding the trend as far as we can, until the strategy fails. In an industry that takes 5 years to get a fully mature y

Afternoon Brief: New Study Shows Pierce’s Disease Investment Saves Winegrape Growers $56 Million Annually

According to a study released today, the California Department of Food and Agricultures Pierces disease (PD) and glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) prevention, control and research efforts save California winegrape growers $56 million annually by reducing losses from the fatal grapevine disease...

Wednesday, December 04 North Coast Wine Industry Expo - WIN Expo   Thursday, December 5, 2024 - Santa Rosa, CA The WIN Expo is the largest trade show and conference focused on Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and is the 2nd largest wine industry show in North America with nearly 300 exhibitors, 14 conference sessions and 7 trial tastings. This exhibitor guide is designed to help you find exhibitors with the products and services most relevant to you. Scroll down and browse by category.   Featured Exhibitors   Efficiency at Every Step: Clevertech's Automated Solutions for Wineries Lost in the Compliance Maze? Let DH Wine Compliance Guide You Through TAC-Box by HotSpot AG: Transforming Vineyard Operations with Smart Solutions Turrentine Brokerage: 50 Years of Excellence and Reliability in the Wine Industry Say Goodbye to Manual Irrigation - Discover Verdi's Automation Solutions Achieve Your Winery's Green Goals with Veritiv&

DH Wine Compliance, founded by CEO and compliance consultant Drea Helfer in 2010, is valued by its clients for two key characteristics: expertly managing wine compliance for winery clients and a culture committed to exceptional customer service. Helfer’s dedication to fostering a positive workplace culture is a significant part of the company’s strong customer service reputation. “I’m passionate about our culture,” she explains. An internal culture where employees are happy has a trickle-down effect. It means they will go the extra mile for our winery customers.” The company has continued to maintain the quality of its culture while it has grown over the years. Today, DHWC is one of the largest compliance firms in the US. In recent years, DH Wine Compliance has embraced a more collaborative approach to customer service with wineries. This approach involves cross-functional teams composed of specialists from four distinct departments: Cal-Fed Operatio

Seemingly, each year brings new laws and regulations that impact the wine industry and present a maze of compliance issues. This session will feature four experts addressing four areas where new regulations impact vineyards and wineries.

Session 2: New Regulations Impacting the Wine Industry Date & Time: Wednesday, April 10th – 10:00 AM (PT)  Seemingly, each year brings new laws and regulations that impact the wine industry and present a maze of compliance issues. This session will feature four experts addressing four areas where new regulations impact vineyards and wineries. FTC Enforcement and Trade Practice Compliance: As part of the current administration’s initiative to increase competition and assist small and medium-sized businesses in the alcohol beverage market, there’s been a renewed focus on federal trade practices that govern how industry members interact. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission has launched an antitrust investigation focused on one of the nation’s largest alcohol beverage distributors. Given these developments, industry members should brush up on the world of trade practice restrictions in order to avoid any potential pitfalls.  Bottle Bill:

Bold Predictions Session 2: New Regulations Impacting the Wine Industry

Healdsburg, CA, March 20, 2024— Registration is now open for Wine Industry Network’s (WIN) second session of the 2024 Bold Predictions: Wine Industry Leadership Conference Series. These virtual sessions will […]

Maze Row Wine Merchant Grows Portfolio in the U.S. with the Addition of Alto Adige’s Cantina Girlan 

Healdsburg, Calif., February 22, 2024 – Maze Row Wine Merchant announced today  that it has been appointed the exclusive U.S. importer of Alto Adige’s Girlan, effective  immediately. Founded in 1923, […]