By Carl Giavanti, Carl Giavanti Consulting “Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. We hope you’ll discover more about the wine writers you know, and learn about many others. The objective of this project is to understand and develop working...

December is when winery commerce systems reveal their true strengths — and their limitations. Busy tasting rooms. Holiday gift orders. Club shipments. Online traffic spikes. Staff moving fast across multiple channels. This is the moment when technology either supports growth — or quietly slows it...

Over the past few years, wineries have seen tasting room visits decline as consumer habits shift. With more options than ever, visitors are looking for something special—experiences that go beyond just sampling wine. For many wineries, this means rethinking how they engage guests and creating a...

Wine Sales Symposium 2025’s roundtable of writers and PR experts explores how storytelling and publicity can shift the narrative. By Laurie Wachter Carl GiavantiDoes media coverage really help sell wine? That’s the question the roundtable of top wine journalists and PR experts will set out to...

Event Type: Webinar

Date: 2/21/2024

What if you could talk with your data in Commerce7? Asking questions using natural language instead of queries or pivot tables? ChatDTC is the first-of-its-kind AI-powered assistant that facilitates a conversation between you and your data in Commerce7, turning every request about your data into a...

Inspiration from one of the World’s Top Restaurants – Don Julio One of our WISE employees, Tristyne, was traveling last month and filling up her ‘hospitality well’. She just returned from an amazing trip to Argentina and came back with some great insights. This trip was full of amazing wines and...

December’s conference kicks off with a new format to engage professionals in all sectors of wine. —Barbara Barrielle Wine Industry Network continues its tradition as a leader in wine and wine-related conferences with its annual Wine Industry Expo Trade Show (WIN Expo), scheduled for December 2,...

It's tough out there right now. COVID cases are on the rise, scaring both our customers and employees. Bank relief programs are ending, but the virus looks like it is just getting started. Even if we are in an area that can open a tasting room, we're not sure what the rules are this week, or...