If you love the look of a classic paper wine label — soft, tactile, warm in your hands — but wish bottles could weather shipping, moisture, ice, and handling without cracking, smudging, or peeling, you’ll want to see how that “paper look” is being reimagined. At Bergin Screen Printing and Etching we’ve found a way. B screen printing directly onto glass, we recreate the matte, textured elegance of paper but make it hold up through the journey from cellar to table.  It’s more than just practicality. By layering inks and textures directly on glass, we build design freedom and durability into the bottle. Details stay sharp, colors stay true, and the experience remains craft‑driven and refined. Whether your brand leans traditional or modern, relies on subtlety or seeks shelf‑presence, this approach offers both aesthetic comfort and functional strength.  Imagine wine bottles that feel familiar as old‑world labels but perform like modern

Beyond SMS & Email: 2 Proven DTC Channels for More Wine Sales in 2025 New Direct Mail Strategies & Affordable Mobile Apps Deliver Quick Wins As we barrel into OND — the most critical sales quarter for wine brands — many DTC marketing teams are staring down a sobering reality: sales are slumping, inboxes are saturated, and SMS campaigns are losing steam.  The two primary direct marketing channels most wineries rely on — email (used by 85% of brands) and SMS (used by 15%) — are showing serious signs of fatigue. Promotional emails are increasingly buried in spam folders, and just last week, some of the industry’s leading SMS providers urged wineries to limit their use of SMS this holiday season due to deliverability concerns. So what now? If you’re a wine marketer looking for incremental sales this year without taking big risks, it’s time to revisit two proven channels that have quietly regained their edge: direct mail and affordabl

Activ8’s Member-Centric Point-of-Sale Brings More New Features for Ultimate In-Person Experience In an industry where experience is everything, you must be able to serve your customers and club members meaningfully in that face-to-face environment. That is why Activ8 has added several key new features to help your staff.  We are excited to now offer a choice between picture and text item buttons to help your staff serve efficiently.  Our enhanced best-in-class rewards and gift card system now works seamlessly across all our platforms, Tasting Room, Club and eCommerce so there are no gaps in the customer experience.  Speaking of the staff to customer interface, we have created multiple layers of Customer History/Data that is readily available for your staff on our newest version to help them know the customer better and grow sales.  Data can drive decisions for management and staff and that is also why we have added accessibility to your KPI's straight on t

BEHIND THE BOTTLE Bogle Vineyards, along with their glass supplier and design team, met with Bergin in 2018 to refresh their Phantom Chardonnay package. Their goal was to reach and engage new consumers with a visually stunning and impactful label. The original focus was the Chardonnay but quickly carried over to the Phantom Red Blend. The transition to screen print has been wildly successful for both labels and it’s now impossible to miss them on the shelves. DESIGN DETAILS Auston Design Group, along with San Francisco-based tech company Tactic, worked together to redesign the Phantom Chardonnay package. Phantom’s original paper label has been replaced with a screen-printed label depicting a haunted vineyard that is blanketed in a ghostly golden fog. The haunting feel to this label is no coincidence as it pays homage to the Bogle family name, which means “ghost” in Scottish. The design wraps around the bottle and is accentuated with an elegant, 22-karat gol

It's tough out there right now. COVID cases are on the rise, scaring both our customers and employees. Bank relief programs are ending, but the virus looks like it is just getting started. Even if we are in an area that can open a tasting room, we're not sure what the rules are this week, or exactly how to alter our protocol to keep everyone safe. With harvest looming and the farming community profoundly affected, some wonder if they'll get their grapes picked at all this year. My day is spent hearing the stories and struggles of so many within our community, I wish I could do more to help. All I have to offer is my experience. This is not a sales article. I'm not pitching anything. I don't have a silver bullet, but I can share some advice on how to help your businesses. Waiting is not a strategy. The first day wineries were closed in California we lost 5 clients – all calling to apologetically say they were cutting spending while the tasting room was c