[Updated May 31, 2019] Some people might say that summer is the “slow time” in our industry. It’s true that spring tends to be busy for us and for the DTC wine clubs we serve, and then things settle down during the summer months, picking up again as the holidays draw near. But just because things move more slowly in summer, that doesn’t mean this […]

Wine has always been a product that sells better to demographics with disposable income. This is part of the reason well-established baby boomers are still a large part of the market, and why gen Xers are still an untapped demographic, while millennials have not yet become the largest wine demographic despite being the largest buying population. (The SVB/Sovos 2019 State of the Wine Industry presents […]

Lesley Berglund is the Founder and CEO of ACT Coaching, which coaches wineries on change management, as well as Co-Founder and Chairwoman of WISE Academy. A third-generation Napa Valley native as well as a serial entrepreneur, Lesley has been at the forefront of selling wine DTC for decades. For our most recent Expert Series interview, our own Dave Dobrow sat down to talk with her […]