Spring Forward! #5 Make your Tasting Room Agile! You went to the coffee shop this morning, and they had the cutest POS system, next to the cupcakes. But you don't make cupcakes, or just sell coffee. Even if you did, your business model might be different from theirs. Activ8 Commerce offers the most...
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Overview of 2020 US Wine Market Stats and 10 Hot Wine Trends for 2021: Though the US wine market endured a very bumpy ride in 2020, with many dire predictions of loss and doom due to the pandemic and wildfires, now that the numbers are in, the results are not that dismal... The post Afternoon...
Read MoreAfternoon Brief: BC Bans All US Alcohol at Government Stores, Wine and Beer Included, in Response to Trump Tariffs
In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and annexation threats, alcohol from Canada's southern neighbour is now a thing of the past in B.C.'s government-run liquor stores...
Afternoon Brief, November 3rd
Down to Zero: Ignoring Neo-Prohibitionists Could Prove Dangerous to the Wine Industry: The recently completed Lifestyle, Diet, Wine & Health congress in Toledo, Spain, brought together experts from around the world to acknowledge the threat from neo-Prohibitionists and to begin to decide on how to respond...
Afternoon Brief, June 28th
Napa Winery Turns Wine to Water: A bottling line mishap left some red faces at a winery that sent samples to a competition...