Wine Business

So what is it you do again?

We run the only private education for wine businesses owners and their senior management teams. We are just about to enrol the 1000th participant to attend a WBS workshop.

We have worked on Regional, State and National strategy for wine peak bodies across the globe.

In order to best inform our advice, we carry out original research into the On-Premise and Direct to Customer, the fastest growing channels for premium wine. We will shortly be expanding this offering significantly.

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Wine and Social Media

What if you were given a million dollars to promote your brand? What would you do? Would you create a television campaign like McGuigan just have or would you hire yourself an agency to create some killer content designed to go viral on social media sending your brand into the popular culture stratosphere? If you

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Global Best Practice in DtC Sales

What the world’s best practitioners in Direct to Consumer wine sales do so well

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Direct to Customer more than Half of Revenue for Small to Medium Wineries

Unbeknownst to many in the wine trade, a quiet revolution has taken place following the 2008 GFC. Many smaller wine businesses have completely reinvented their business models targeting direct to consumer sales. In a new report released this week – Taking the Direct Route 2014 – we revealed that wineries in Australia, New Zealand and

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New Wine Industry Direct to Customer Research

Wine Business Solution’s Direct to Customer Benchmarking Survey is now underway. This now the second year the research has been undertaken. It is designed to measure the importance of this fastest growing path to market, one that is normally eight to ten times more profitable than selling through three tiers of distribution. The project is being supported

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What will the New Zealand Wine Industry look like in 40 years time?

That was the question asked of me by Tessa Nicholson of NZ Winegrower magazine. If clients look to put together business plans that extend past 3 years, I usually suggest that they not to waste their time. Years 4 and 5 onwards typically descend into extrapolation and pure guess work as the mountain of things

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