Spending a weekend sipping superb wines while savoring the perfect food pairing sounds like heaven. Add in breathtaking scenery and the relaxing ambiance of Sonoma County’s Wine Country, and now you have paradise perfected! This magical wine and food weekend becomes reality on November 1st and 2nd...

We are pleased to announce the completion of the search for the Controller for our Client, Balletto Vineyards. Kevin DeMartini accepted the position from an outstanding pool of candidates that were highly qualified. Kevin has a strong background in financial roles within the wine industry including...

American winery owners from coast to coast rely on Process2Wine winery management software to make each day run smoothly. Process2Wine software is developed by Ertus Group, a French company that came to the US with decades of grape-growing and winemaking experience built into a grape-to-bottle...

“There will definitely be some 100% not politically correct storytelling.” Terry Wheatley is not just the first female president of Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), she’s also the first female president in the wine industry to take a company public. This, she says, is the highlight of her career. “As I...

The 3rd annual Healdsburg Wine and Food Experience was a weekend-long celebration that featured the best of Sonoma County and world-renowned food and wines. This year's festival showcased the region's makers – farmers, growers, winemakers and chefs – alongside globally recognized wines,...

Ben Dollard President / Vintage Wine EstatesWine Industry Network (WIN) has announced Ben Dollard, President of Treasury Americas, as the distinguished keynote speaker for the upcoming Wine Sales Symposium, taking place on May 16th in Santa Rosa, CA. With an illustrious career spanning 20+ years,...

Across six generations, the Hill-Smith Family has evolved from pioneering grape growers and winemakers to a global wine company integrated through vine cultivation, wine growing, wine making, and international distribution, with a diverse portfolio of world-renowned wine brands and vineyard sites...

The Australian ‘Black Summer’ of 2019/20, which saw bushfires destroy swathes of vineyard land across the country was a dramatic reminder of the growing challenges facing winemakers around the world. We spoke to leading Australian winemakers and lab technicians to find out how agile decision-making...

Much better than some might think! Wineries selling in the premium and direct to consumer sector have experienced positive outcomes. Looking back over the past three years: 2020 was the toughest year for direct sales in the last ten years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure of tasting rooms...