Wine Industry Sales Education (WISE) is proud to announce the launch of the WISE Rising Star Scholarship Program, three professional development scholarships designed to invest in the people shaping the future of the wine industry. Now in its 16th year supporting winery DTC, WISE continues its...

How Long Will This Last? Now it feels like it's 2025. The new year's cobwebs are clearing, and the events are starting, including the release of the Annual SVB State of the Industry Report, the DTC Wine Symposium, and next week, the Unified Wine Symposium will be in full force. The main goal of...

You’re a winery, so of course, you’ve heard of tied-house laws. These pesky rules are not new, having been around since 1935. However, within the past six years, it seems violations keep popping up in the media. With the evolution of and omnipresent use of social media, tied laws are front and...

Read more here. The 17th annual Direct-To-Consumer Wine Symposium stands out as the go-to event for wineries eager to stay on top of the latest developments in the wine DTC industry. WineDirect is proud to continue its platinum sponsorship of the event, with fundraising going to Free the Grapes! -...

Event Type: Conference

Location: Concord, CA

Date: 1/17/2024

Save the date! DTC Wine Symposium: January 17-18 2024. Presented by and a fundraiser for Free the Grapes!, the DTCWS is celebrating its 17th year as the nation’s premier winery DTC sales and marketing conference. The symposium will be held January 17-18, 2024, and will again include keynote...

Event Type: Webinar

Date: 5/18/2023

Join Commerce7 and Sovos ShipCompliant for a look at the latest stats and trends in direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine, and how you can leverage them in growing your business. Specifically, experts from each team will share findings from the Commerce7 2022 Data Book and the Sovos ShipCompliant 2023...

Recently, I talked to a brand-new winery, opening in the spring. They want to use Clover, Woo Commerce, and Mail Chimp. They called me to see how to best run clubs and memberships. They had not yet thought about shipping and reporting. When I asked if they had ever thought of combining all of that...

Event Type: Conference, Seminar

Location: Hilton Concord Hotel- 1970 Diamond Blvd., Concord, CA 94520

Date: 1/19/2022

January 19, 2022 - January 20, 2022 The DTC Wine Symposium is presented by and a fundraiser for Free the Grapes! The event has raised more than $1 million for Free the Grapes’ PR campaign, and the Coalition for Free Trade’s legal work (CFT “retired” in 2014 after achieving its goals). These two...