Winery Professionals Gather in Napa May 21-22 for Industry Insights and Networking with Key Partners
April 16, 2025 — The Sovos ShipCompliant Wine Summit, which is celebrating its 20th year, is the premier conference for winery compliance, hospitality and owner/operator professionals. The Wine Summit holds one-and-a-half days of hands-on user training, learning, networking, one-on-one Sovos ShipCompliant staff interaction and more.

Who: Speakers include:
- Steve Gross, Vice President, State Relations, Wine Institute
- Aniko Kasprian, Industry Education Technical Advisor, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
- Robert de Ruyter, Assistant General Counsel, California Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Maggie Tillman, Owner/Sales & Marketing, Alta Colina Vineyard & Winery
- Lindsey Eddy-Cort, Senior Vice President, DtC, Foley Family Wines & Spirits
- Megan Currie, Executive Director, Memberships and Fulfillment, Lawrence Wine Estates
- Alex Koral, Regulatory General Counsel, Sovos ShipCompliant
Where: Napa Valley Marriott, 3425 Solano Ave, Napa, CA 94558
When: Wednesday, May 21 – Thursday, May 22, 2025. Registration is now open.
Program Highlights:
- Updates on the latest regulations impacting the wine industry
- Sessions focused on marketing, hospitality and customer experience
- Strategies for innovation and growth
- Perspective directly from some of the key regulating agencies governing the wine industry
- Insights from expert beverage alcohol attorneys as they discuss the history of DtC shipping, along with key regulatory topics impacting winery compliance professionals
- ShipCompliant product news and user training
- Networking and inspiration!
About Sovos ShipCompliant
Sovos ShipCompliant has been the leader in automated alcohol beverage compliance tools for 20 years, providing a full suite of cloud-based solutions to wineries, breweries, distilleries, importers, distributors and retailers to ensure they meet all federal and state regulations for direct-to-consumer and three-tier distribution. ShipCompliant’s solutions reduce risk, lessen the burden of compliance, accelerate bringing products to market and enable revenue growth. With 60 partner integrations, Sovos ShipCompliant leads a robust ecosystem of technology partnerships, enabling powerful complementary solutions. For more information, visit https://sovos.com/shipcompliant/ and follow us on LinkedIn and X.