Protea Financial provides outsourced operational accounting for wineries and select beverage businesses. We support everyday operations and real-world challenges by functioning as an integrated accounting department, providing the depth of support typically found in larger internal teams, without...

WineDirect to Commerce7: 19% Growth in Club Customization, 50% Less Support, and the End of "Batch Day" TL;DR: Faced with manual bottlenecks on WineDirect, Hill Family Estate migrated to Commerce7 to empower their members. The results were immediate: a 19% increase in customized club shipments and...

The Sonoma County airport is named for him, so is a museum and ice rink. Peanuts creator Charles M. Schultz spent 42 years living and working in Sonoma County, with “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” one of his most famous works. Schultz, during his lifetime, kept an airplane at the airport...

Beyond SMS & Email: 2 Proven DTC Channels for More Wine Sales in 2025 New Direct Mail Strategies & Affordable Mobile Apps Deliver Quick Wins As we barrel into OND — the most critical sales quarter for wine brands — many DTC marketing teams are staring down a sobering reality: sales are slumping,...

In today’s wine industry, tasting room reservations are not just operational tools — they are strategic levers. According to the 2025 SVB State of the Wine Industry Report, tasting room visitation remains one of the most powerful drivers of Wine Club acquisition and the second-largest contributor...

February 20th, 2025 — Wineries seeking innovative ways to engage wine lovers and drive DTC sales this spring now have a powerful new tool at their disposal. RedChirp, the wine industry’s leading text messaging platform, is proud to collaborate with best-selling author and wine industry thought...

February 9, 2024 – Novato, CA – The California Department of Food and Agriculture Preliminary Grape Crush Report, containing tons crushed and prices of wine grapes sold during the 2023 harvest, has been released. The Crush Report provides growers and wineries insight into the inventory position of...

The Digest of Wine and Spirits Law is the essential compliance reference trusted by industry professionals. It is the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, accurate resource available to the beverage alcohol industry. The Digest was first launched in 1991 by Mary Kramer of M.J. Kramer & Associates. In...

This year has been one for the record books, COVID 19, relentless heat waves and now the challenge of wildfires threatens another harvest. The exposure of vineyards and grapes to smoke may result in wines with undesirable sensory characteristics, such as smoky, burnt, bacon, medicinal or ash,...

Shep Hyken is the “CAO” (Chief Amazement Officer) of Shepard Presentations, and is a leading expert on the topic of excellent customer service and experience. As well as a nationally known keynote speaker, he is also author of several books on the topic, including The Convenience Revolution (Sound...