Ram's Gate Winery in Sonoma, CA is hiring a Tasting Room Manager. The Tasting Room Manager provides proactive management, develops the team, and fosters an environment that promotes sales and creates a memorable experience for every guest. Click Here to Learn More

Ram's Gate Winery in Sonoma, CA seeks to hire a Guest Services Associate.  The Guest Services Associate is an integral role to the winery; often the first and last impression of Ram’s Gate Winery. Click Here to Learn More

Afternoon Brief, May 22nd

O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Acquires Ram’s Gate Winery and Creates New Luxury Wine Division: O’Neill Vintners & Distillers Founder and CEO Jeff O’Neill has been a co-owner of the brand since 2011, and now takes complete ownership of the brand and property, creating a new luxury wine division...

Ram’s Gate Winery’s Joe Nielsen Is Promoted to General Manager and Winemaker, Marking the Winery’s Continued Evolution and Pursuit of Excellence

(March 9, 2022; Sonoma, Calif.)—Michael John, Managing Owner of Sonoma’s Ram’s Gate Winery, is pleased to announce that Joe Nielsen has been promoted to General Manager and Winemaker. Nielsen, who holds […]

Brian Baker is well known in the wine industry as a Sales and Profitability specialist and has given many talks and workshops on the subject. He is also a managing partner of Cultivar Marketing, which provides wine sales and marketing consulting. We recently reached out to Brian to discuss the future of the tasting room, especially in the face of COVID-19 quarantine.   Milton Cornwell: Thank you for agreeing to the interview, Brian! There is a lot I want to discuss with you, especially with all the changes we’re seeing with coronavirus [COVID-19] and how wineries are embracing technology. I can’t help but compare this to Y2K—that event fundamentally changed how companies embraced technology. Are we in a similar kind of moment now?   Brian Baker: It is a pivotal moment, if that’s what you mean. Disruptive events like these have disruptive consequences. They also create opportunities. Coming out of this crisis, winery-owned tasting rooms have a c