Afternoon Brief, May 16th

Bill to Expand Wine, Beer Licenses Opposed by ‘Packies’: The state's package store industry is digging in for another fight against "Big Alcohol" over efforts on Beacon Hill to deregulate the tightly controlled alcoholic beverages market...

We are looking forward to SEEING YOU at these upcoming TRADE SHOWS: January 17, 2023 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY SYMPOSIUM Horseshoe Bay, TX – Horseshoe Bay Resort Booth # TBD https://texaswinetrail.com/ January 25-26, 2023 UNIFIED WINE and GRAPE SYMPOSIUM Sacramento, CA – SAFE Credit Union Convention Center P&L Specialties: Booth # D2 Tom Beard Co.: Booth # 1615 Revolution Equipment Sales: Booth # 1716 www.unifiedsymposium.org/ February 8-9, 2023 WINEVIT Kennewick, WA – Three Rivers Convention Center Booth # 164 www.winevit.org February 14-15, 2023 OREGON WINE SYMPOSIUM Portland, OR – Oregon Convention Center Booth # TBD www.oregonsymposium.com February 16-18, 2023 TEXAS WINE and GRAPE SYMPOSIUM San Marcos, TX - Embassy Suites Booth # TBD www.txwines.org March 29, 2023 WIVI CENTRAL COAST Paso Robles, CA – Paso Robles Event Center Booth # TBD www.wivicentralcoast.com  

Revolution Equipment Sales uses ECONOFIEDS™ as its primary marketing connection to over 3100 wineries with great success. We invite you to be a part of their WINEXPO Edition and be in every show attendee tote bag. ECONOFIEDS™ is an easy-to-read bright green colored classified mailer that provides information on wine equipment for sale, and includes fun and engaging content tailored exclusively for winemakers, general managers and industry thought leaders.    ECONOFIEDS™ partnered with Wine Industry Network and is proud to announce that December ECONOFIEDS™ will be included in every tote bag delivered to WINEXPO attendees. We invite other WINEXPO Exhibitors  to take advantage of this double exposure by placing an ad in their ‘totebag’ edition. It’s a good idea to place a code or reference in the advertisement that booth staff can refer to. Guiding the booth visitor to the ad in the issue in their tote bag can now provide a li

Napa, Calif., August 16, 2022 — Business texting platform RedChirp continues to invest in serving the unique regulatory needs and communication challenges faced by DTC wineries with the acquisition of Vimbibe. Launched in 2020 by Highway 29 Creative, Vimbibe was the first wine industry specific texting platform. RedChirp looks forward to welcoming Vimbibe customers to the rapidly growing RedChirp platform.  "Here at RedChirp, we’re so excited to continue Vimbibe’s mission of revolutionizing DTC communications,” says Jennie Gilbert, Co-Founder of RedChirp. “We look forward to welcoming their customers — some of the very first wineries to embrace the power of text messaging — and growing with them as we raise the bar with effortless compliance, powerful automation, and meaningful integrations.”  “This acquisition is a huge step forward for the DTC wine industry,” says Simon Solis-Cohen, founder o

April 12, 2022   SANTA ROSA – P&L Specialties / Tom Beard Company / Revolution Equipment Sales is pleased to announce new representation in the Texas Wine Market. Savannah Pender of consulting group sow Texas is the Southern States sales representative for P&L Specialties crush equipment, Tom Beard Company’s barrel washing equipment and Revolution Equipment Sales – used equipment. Savannah connected with wine while studying Bioenvironmental sciences at Texas A&M University. She learned winemaking through her cellar work experience in numerous wineries across Texas and through UC Davis certificate program. She launched sow Texas Winery Consulting in 2021 and covers 9 states from Texas to Kentucky and over to New Mexico. Savannah looks forward to meeting winemakers of Texas and neighboring states – helping match them with the right equipment for their winemaking needs and culture. Contact Information:        Savannah Pender &nb

April 12, 2022   SANTA ROSA – P&L Specialties / Tom Beard Company / Revolution Equipment Sales is pleased to announce new representation in the Texas Wine Market. Savannah Pender of consulting group sow Texas is the Southern States sales representative for P&L Specialties crush equipment, Tom Beard Company’s barrel washing equipment and Revolution Equipment Sales – used equipment. Savannah connected with wine while studying Bioenvironmental sciences at Texas A&M University. She learned winemaking through her cellar work experience in numerous wineries across Texas and through UC Davis certificate program. She launched sow Texas Winery Consulting in 2021 and covers 9 states from Texas to Kentucky and over to New Mexico. Savannah looks forward to meeting winemakers of Texas and neighboring states – helping match them with the right equipment for their winemaking needs and culture.  Contact Information:        Savannah Pen

April 12, 2022   SANTA ROSA – P&L Specialties / Tom Beard Company / Revolution Equipment Sales is pleased to announce new representation in the Texas Wine Market. Savannah Pender of consulting group sow Texas is the Southern States sales representative for P&L Specialties crush equipment, Tom Beard Company’s barrel washing equipment and Revolution Equipment Sales – used equipment. Savannah connected with wine while studying Bioenvironmental sciences at Texas A&M University. She learned winemaking through her cellar work experience in numerous wineries across Texas and through UC Davis certificate program. She launched sow Texas Winery Consulting in 2021 and covers 9 states from Texas to Kentucky and over to New Mexico. Savannah looks forward to meeting winemakers of Texas and neighboring states – helping match them with the right equipment for their winemaking needs and culture. Contact Information:        Savannah Pender &nb

Joint Venture’s Data Analytics Lab is Rapidly Evolving the Wholesalers’ Digital Experiences for their Salesforce, Suppliers and Customers Grand Prairie, TX, and San Jose, CA, December 18, 2020 — Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) and LibDib, today unveiled a joint data analytics lab that is developing AI (artificial intelligence) algorithms for the two distributors’ wholesale digital commerce experience. The joint effort has begun fueling insight, automation and artificial intelligence into both the LibDib and eRNDC digital commerce platforms to benefit customers, suppliers and the RNDC salesforce. The new lab is an extension of the joint digital platform work the two companies have developed as they continue to revolutionize the way advanced analytics and AI are used in beverage alcohol. The announcement formalizes the two companies’ investment and resource commitments to take AI technology to the next level.  “RNDC and LibDi

This time of year is when the wine industry usually plans for peak holiday shipping season (“OND”). In the past, we’ve given some helpful advice to wineries wanting to make this busy season as smooth as possible, especially for their DTC shipments. But we probably aren’t the first to tell you: 2020 is going to be a little different. That’s not to imply that the usual OND shipping season advice does not apply. It simply means that as you strategize you need to take into account current trends and news stories. Here’s our updated recipe for success: COVID amplified online buying, so get your digital marketing together. During COVID quarantines, people got VERY used to online shopping. eCommerce experts agree that the majority of shopping during the holiday season will happen online, so make sure you are getting ready for all of the potential digital traffic headed your way. But remember, too, that traffic does not happen by magic. You