Navigating the Regulatory Horizon: How Alcohol Merchants Can Adapt to Changing Compliance Landscapes
As regulatory frameworks shift throughout 2025, merchants of all sizes must prepare for still more change. By Kelly Martin Direct-to-consumer (DTC) alcohol sales have reshaped the alcoholic beverage industry,...
While comprising a relatively small percentage of total wine sales, DtC fuels the vast majority of wineries. By Jim Trezise In 1976, New York State passed a Farm Winery Act which allowed direct sales to...
A passion for tax compliance isn’t the primary reason most people enter the wine industry, but for Michael Dominguez, dedication to this discipline has been a consistent theme for almost a decade. His...
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Here are five arguments made against DTC that just don’t hold up under scrutiny. By Alex Koral Americans spent more than $4 billion on DTC wine shipments in 2021, and polls show broad support among...
A growing winery management software company with a unique and highly functional vineyard and cellar module, Process2Wine® is always on the lookout for savvy wineries that are taking technology to...
“We’re always talking about having a good climate to grow grapes, but we neglect to understand that we also need a good business climate to have a healthy industry,” Trezise affirms.
New technology tested as first wine grapes arrive: A new grape sorting system with the brains of a computer is giving Columbia Crest red winemaker Laura Sorge more control over the grapes that make it...
From winemaking to marketing; sales to accounting, every part of running a winery contributes to the success of the business. Part of ensuring success is keeping the business compliant. This is particularly...
Former Hanzell Winemaker Bob Sessions Dies at 82: Bob Sessions was perfectly tailored for Hanzell Vineyards. Quiet, humble, hardworking and skilled, Sessions became the winemaker at the historic Sonoma...
Fire damages Oregon's Carlton winery but does not hurt wine: A 2-alarm fire at Scott Paul Wines in Carlton Sunday night, May 12, 2014, caused an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 damage to the building but...
