Imagine your VP of Sales announcing they’ve ditched CRM for a Rolodex. Or your finance director saying Excel is too modern, so they’re switching to chalkboard. And yet, here we are — 2025 — squinting at billbacks for hours on end and sending reps to visit every retail account like the entire...

The following is an excerpt from our new blogpost. With the dramatic ups and downs of the climate, shade cloth is rapidly becoming a necessity here in California. I’ve written a bit about shade cloth before, but recently we were asked by a client if colored shade cloth made any difference. Luckily,...

Ten Ways Wineries Can Evolve From Selling Bottles to Creating Experiences That Resonate With a New Generation. If I told you a winery just opened with no vineyard, no winemaker on staff, and no interest in talking about terroir… would you visit? What if I told you it had a silent disco in the...

The conversations I have about quality tend to focus on red wine. This is especially true in California, where Napa Cabs have historically garnered high prices, followed up by Coastal Pinot noirs and red Rhones. Honestly, in most places I’ve been where the climate allows for ripening red grapes,...

Elevate Your Vineyard's Appeal to Grape Buyers with In-Season Berry Phenolic Testing CVC Ag is excited to offer weekly berry phenolic tracking. Our precision sampling and analysis services help you monitor key wine quality markers—essential for color, tannin structure, mouthfeel, and aging...

‘Tis the season! Well, not quite, but for event and brand marketers, the time to think about holiday merch is upon us. I am delighted to share our 2024 Holiday Lookbook to inspire and guide you in choosing the top trending swag and promo items to dazzle your customers, prospects, and employees. How...

Name a subject that people think of talk about while tasting WINE: We're no-doubt dating ourselves with the Family Feud reference, but whether you're Generation-Steve Harvey, Louie Anderson or Richard Dawson - the answer is clear: WE LOVE OUR KITCHENS, OUR PETS AND TO TRAVEL! So, TopNest Designs...

Perhaps you have been in this situation before. There I was preparing for my next promotion. I was ready, new clothes, new haircut, new attitude. I had seen folks promote to this point my whole career and now it was my turn. I felt I was ready because I had been preparing for more than 12 years. I...

wine-n-gear’s wholesale Wine Polishing Cloth (10″ x 10″) is a necessity for every bar. These microfiber wine polishing cloths remove water marks, leaving your glassware spotless with renewed brilliance. Available in a variety of color options and customizable with pad printing, these...

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) approved a long-awaited indoor heat-illness standard on June 20, 2024. Before going live, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) will have 30 days to approve or deny the standard. Cal/OSHA has requested that it go into effective...