tasting room management


Uncover Direct Wine Business Blind Spots to Boost Sales

[December 4, 2024 – Sandra Beals] Direct Wine Sales Teams across the nation now have access to best in class consulting services on a project by project basis. Sandra Beals, founder of DTC Wine Workshops and Consumer Engagement Specialist has just launched a new 90-Day Boost Direct Wine Sales Program […]


GOOD TO GREAT “Tasting Room Sales Training Webinars” Announced!

[August 29, 2024 – Sandra Beals] Winery owners in the US are experiencing the most competitive time in history to sell wine direct to consumer. Wine consumers are being a bit more conservative with how they spend their time and finances as we wrap up this summer season. Today, every […]


Tasting Room “Things to Do When Slow” Checklist

[July 31, 2024 – Sandra Beals] High performing hospitality teams actively care for the tasting room, even on the slowest days. Guests should see the staff polishing glassware in between visits to their table, tasting bar space, etc. Guests should not see staff sitting with their cell phone, making personal […]


Direct Wine Sales 101: Key Questions to Thrive 

[April 23, 2024 – Sandra Beals] In today’s competitive direct wine space, successful wine brands must have a laser-focused sales and marketing strategy in place to remain relevant. It pains me to hear winery leadership teams share that they simply don’t need a direct sales strategic plan. That sentiment may […]


Direct Wine Sales – Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid

[March 28, 2024 – Sandra Beals] In 2023, I shared a “Good to Great Blog Series” to showcase how our top-performing winery clients leverage the ideal blends of talent, tools, and technologies to grow their direct business. In today’s blog article, I share “Direct Wine Sales – Top 10 Mistakes […]


Get to the 2nd Direct Wine Sale with these Top Three Tools

[February 29, 2024 – Sandra Beals] How do high-performing winery teams across the nation, increase visitation, grow consumer contact lists and build brand loyalists year after year? At DTC Wine Workshops, we teach every member of the direct to consumer team to focus on the second sale and beyond to […]


Direct Wine Sales Specialists – 2024 Web Trainings

[January 24, 2024 – Sandra Beals] A group of Direct Wine Sales Specialists with the DTC Consultant Network have teamed up to provide live web training sessions in 2024. Winery owners, stakeholders, managers, and frontline staff will obtain much needed skills to remain relevant and grow consumer contact lists. Winery […]


2023 Direct Wine Sales Key Learnings & 2024 Training Tools

[December 27, 2023 – Sandra Beals] Our clients have much to celebrate as we wind down a year focused on strengthening and building in the direct wine space. I am pleased to share these 2023 Direct Wine Sales Key Learnings. We worked together to build “Wine Consumer Journey Maps” in […]


Tasting Room Sales Webinar: Connect-Qualify-Convert

The Tasting Room Sales Webinar “Connect-Qualify-Convert” is ideal for any winery manager responsible for direct wine sales and consumer engagement success. Proven models and tools. In this hands-on webinar, DTC Wine Workshops founder, Sandra Beals, will reveal lessons learned while teaching tasting room teams of all sizes across the nation. […]


Tasting Room Sales Webinar: Connect-Qualify-Convert

Join the Tasting Room Sales Webinar: Connect-Qualify-Convert. This webinar is ideal for any winery manager responsible for direct wine sales and consumer engagement success. Proven models and tools. In this hands-on webinar, DTC Wine Workshops founder, Sandra Beals, will reveal lessons learned while teaching tasting room teams of all sizes […]


2024 Direct Wine Sales Essentials Webinar

2024 Direct Wine Sales Essentials Webinar, Get Hands-On Instruction & Tools Ideal for Winery Owners, Stakeholders, and Managers. Leverage Proven Methods & Winning Formulas. REGISTER HERE Sandra Beals, wine consumer engagement specialist and founder of DTC Wine Workshops consulting agency will share winning formulas in this live webinar. Participants will […]


DTCWW Good to Great Series #8 – Rethink Winery Events

[November 29, 2023 – Sandra Beals] As our clients prepare for 2024 visitation, now is the time to rethink the WHY behind winery events. Today, most wine brands don’t have the luxury of hosting the same event five years in a row as loyalists want to be intrigued and inspired […]


DTCWW Good to Great Series #7 – Be an Admired Winery Brand

[October 26, 2023 – Sandra Beals] The luxury market is undergoing a significant transformation as it adapts to the growing spending power of Gen Z consumers. Along with Millennials, these individuals accounted for “the entire growth of the luxury market in 2022,” according to Bain & Company, and are predicted to […]


DTCWW Good to Great Series #6 – Define and Leverage Key Wine Brand Differentiators

[September 28, 2023 – Sandra Beals (NOT AI)] As the direct to consumer wine space has evolved over the past 10-12 years, we have helped leadership teams develop organizational structures, customized training programs, training manuals, hospitality service standards, and standard operating procedures. In doing this work, we walk business stakeholders […]