direct wine sales management


How WELCOMING is your DTC Wine Brand?

As we prepare our Thanksgiving tables for time with family and friends, we also have an opportunity to thank long-term loyalists and top consumers. When we analyze key data points for a variety of winery clients across the nation, we identify key measures of success as well as areas for […]


Tasting Room Tip Lines – YEA or NAY?

[May 7, 2021 – Sandra Hess, DTC Wine Workshops Expert Editorial] Greetings wine industry friends! I have been asked to develop an article best approaches to developing tasting room tip policies. This question has come up quite often during the past five years as we have helped winery teams across […]


Three Pillars of DTC Wine Sales Success Virtual Session

DTC Wine Workshops founder, Sandra Hess, is set to moderate a lively discussion at this year’s Virtual Wine Industry Network Symposium. In an era filled with fires and illness, there has never been a better time to strengthen the personal relationships we have with our wine consumers. Sandra Hess, Consumer […]


DTC Wine Management Academy (4-Part Web Training)

Winery owners and managers will get hands-on training for how to build a direct to consumer sales strategic plan, manage DTC sales channels and build long-term consumer engagement strategies. 4-Part Web Training Program designed for direct sales teams.


Direct Wine Sales Case Studies #10 and #11

Direct Wine Sales Case Study #10 – July 11, 2018. What is the true return investment (ROI) when a wine brand uses telesales services to grow direct wine sales and convert customers to loyal club members? In the tenth episode of the DTC Wine Case Study Series, Sandra Hess, founder of […]


International Direct Wine Sales Workshop

Join DTC Wine Workshops founder, Sandra Hess along with Gliding Eagle co-founder, Adam Ivor, in this hands-on workshop session to explore direct to consumer sales options internationally. Find out how over 100 wineries have sold $2.7 million in wine direct to international consumers since 2015 using Gliding Eagle international direct […]


DTC Wine Sales News – November 2016

  CONGRATULATIONS to the winery teams who have worked strategically to GROW direct wine sales while RETAINING loyal customers this year. Your efforts have paid off according to the latest report in Wines & Vines!   Greetings! Well, the numbers don’t lie. Winery teams who have invested in direct to […]