Episodes

Allocated wine offers are unique event-based sales methods, which limit how much customers can buy, create new challenges and best practices, unlike other sales channels.

Eva Horton, the owner of Flat Creek Estate, shares how they are creating more than a Texas winery but a destination.

Une Femme was supposed to be an in-house wine brand for their Champagne Bars The Riddler to now the fastest-growing sparkling wine in the US.

Interview with Tom Lutz, Founder & Creator of Repour Wine Savor, one of the leading new inventions in wine preservation technology.

The idea to start Jetway came from drinking Aperol Spritzes in Italy and thinking it should be canned and modernized.

Catching the wine bug from the nudge of a physical trainer, Elton Potts, Founder & Managing Partner of Vine Vault , has built a business focused on enhancing the enjoyment of wine and wine collecting. From full-service wine s...

Library Release - Originally released as episode 26 on Nov 11th, 2020 With a 25-year history, WineBid is the oldest and largest online wine auction site. The original re-commerce platform, Russ tells us about the auction proc...

The wine storage landscape has never been as dynamic as it is today.

Doug Frost, MW, MS, describes the history, value, drawbacks, and key success factors of wine competitions.

“Wine is an emotional sale, not a rational one.” making storytelling and the immersive nature of web design critical for DTC wine sales

Aly Wente, VP of Marketing & Customer Experiences, shares how Wente thinks about managing the portfolio of experiences and how they embed wine and the Wente brand into everything they do.

Director of Winemaking, Gilles Nicault, describes how the partnerships work from both a business and winemaking perspective.

Wente Vineyards in Livermore Valley, California, has managed to keep it going for 5 generations.

Spreading the word about how pursuing sustainability can save money is critical.

Revolutionized by eliminating taxes on wine in 2008, Hong Kong has become a significant wine investment and trading hub for China and Asia in general.

Katy Keating, Managing Director of Lay & Wheeler, one of the UK’s oldest wine merchants, gives a deep dive into the UK wine market.

Guiding wineries to the right pathways for import partners and building demand for wine in China.

A walk through of how the Chinese wine market has changed, what has led to success, and the current wine trends in the country.

Vinmonopolet the retail wine monopoly of Norway is tasked with reducing overconsumption of alcohol while enabling a growing food and beverage culture in Norway.

Trond Erling Pettersen from Vinmonopolet describes the wine culture in Norway, the four categories of wine consumers, and the major trends for wine consumption.

Robert Morris, founder of Grand Cru Custom Crush in Sonoma County explains the benefits of the custom crush model, how it works, and how Grand Cru has changed the custom crush game.

Rebekah Wineburg, Winemaker, and Diego Garay, Director of Exports for Quintessa in Napa Valley, discuss their journey towards selling in 50 countries in 3 years through the La Place system.

Roman discusses how co-ops work, how they pay their growers to get to zero income, and how managing a co-op is different from other companies.

Washington State’s leading wine company, describes what he’s learnt and the process of collaborating with other luminaries of the wine world, including the Antinori Family, Dr Loosen, and Michel Gassier from the Rhone Valley.