After 30 years of moving up and to the right, the American wine industry hit a wall. Not a temporary slowdown or a soft patch. A structural shift that requires a fundamentally different marketing playbook. 2025 was the reality check. 2026 is the year wineries either adapt or watch their customer...

The wine club isn’t dying. It’s being rewritten. Wine clubs in 2026 still matter, but the way wineries build and grow them has fundamentally changed. What has changed is the lifestyle of the people in them. In 2026, the strongest force shaping wine club behavior is the Millennial generation — not...

Dirt, grease, grime – they’re sticky, smelly, even gross – and they have one job at your facility. To stay put and resist all attempts at cleaning. And you may be helping them to stay put! “Wait a sec!” you say. ‘We use pressure washers and floor scrubbers regularly.” Great! But if you don’t...

It's not for the faint of heart Going no-till certainly has been picking up steam in recent years, and overall it’s a good thing. When I first got involved in viticulture back in 2010 I was living in Italy. Like a lot of Mediterranean viticultural areas, there was a tendency to disc everything all...

You know it’s harvest season when the winemakers emerge from their cavernous abodes and start making appearances in the vineyard. It’s a magical time, I mean, sometimes they bring donuts! But they also bring with them some funny ideas about irrigation methods, mostly that you make better wine by...

America’s workers are more stressed than ever, and an increasing number of people are also struggling with mental health issues. Sadly, the number of people dying from drugs, alcohol, and suicide hit record levels in 2019. When someone is battling addiction or has mental health issues, it affects...

If you want to grow a luxury wine brand, marketing to more affluent customers can be a winning strategy. Affluent customers-- or, if you prefer, “high net worth” customers-- have the disposable income to spend on luxury items (like wine) and enjoy exploring new brands. The key to marketing to this...

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