This definitive book offers the first focused guide for developing personal wine-selling skills. The authors’ approach is based on a clear understanding of the principles, strategies, and practices used by leading wine professionals. Step by step, the authors explain how to develop relationships, understand customer needs, and deliver both products and sales presentations in an efficient and effective way. Based on the authors’ over six decades of combined research, consulting, and teaching in personal selling skills, the book draws on their countless interviews and interactions with effective sales professionals in the wine and broader hospitality industries. Many of their ideas have been incorporated into the unique consultative selling skills framework they develop in this manual. The strategies they outline will be invaluable for all those seeking to start or enhance a career in wine sales. For anyone who wishes to pursue a career in the wine industry, whether their focus is distribution, retail sales, sommelier sales at a restaurant, or working in a winery tasting room, this book will be an invaluable launching point.

This is a practical guide to the specific issues that affect the marketing of wine at an international level. The author covers theory and the results of research but the focus is on the nuts and bolts of marketing based on case studies.

This expanded second edition includes new technologies and market changes post-COVID, this comprehensive book covers every element of consultative wine sales, from understanding the market and the customer to providing excellent customer service. It covers the principles, strategies, and practices employed by top-notch wine professionals.

How can a small winery possibly compete with the marketing ware chests of massive wine companies? How can it hope to capture the over-stimulated mindshare of the modern consumer? By being strategic. Many have succeeded at it. And by being educated so can the owner of even the newest and smallest startup. This completely revised and updated edition to the bestselling book puts the vast bank of wine marketing knowledge within reach of industry novices, and fresh, practical and powerful strategies into the hands of veteran brand managers and marketing professionals, with100 pages of new and expanded material in such topics as importing and exporting, logistical management, marketing your tasting room and wine region as a prime tourist destination, how to generate greater retail sales, and how to grab the benefits, while avoiding the dangers, of Wine 2.0, social networking and viral marketing. REVIEWS: "It's crucial to understand how to make a winery stand out from the crowd and yet fit into people's lifestyles in an enjoyable, meaningful way. This book does all of that and more. It is both credible and authoritative and very, very useful" - Robert Mondavi" Illustrated *

This book reflects the work of wine marketing experts as expressed in their presentations to the annual three-week Wine Marketing Short Course at the University of California, Davis. The course was initially organized in collaboration with the international wine management curriculum sponsored by the International Organization for Vines and Wines (OIV). We have been involved in this course since its inception a decade ago. This book is intended for students in wine marketing and management, enology, and viticulture who seek to broaden their understanding of the wine sector. It is also intended for those already working in wine market ing and management who seek new ideas and insights. Finally, this book should be of general interest to others involved directly or indirectly in the grape and wine sector. Each chapter was written from the oral presentations of the authors and reflects the spontaneity and informality of the classroom environment. The writing may lack the "gravitas" of academic material, but it accurately presents the thinking and conclusions of those who make a living by mar keting wine. There is some duplication that serves to emphasize important points, and there are several case studies explaining real-life experiences in the industry. Legal requirements and commercial practices cited by authors may differ between regions and among institutions familiar to readers. However, the underlying principles guiding marketing strategies can be applied in different situations, for example, where supermarket wine sales may be restricted or direct sales prohibited.

How can a small winery possibly compete with the marketing of massive wine companies? How can it hope to capture the over-stimulated mindshare of the modern consumer? By being strategic. This revised and updated edition to the bestselling book puts the vast bank of wine marketing knowledge within reach of industry novices, and fresh, practical, and powerful strategies into the hands of veteran brand managers and marketing professionals. With 100 pages of new and expanded material, this book addresses such topics as importing and exporting; logistical management; marketing your tasting room and wine region as a prime tourist destination; how to generate greater retail sales; and how to grab the benefits, while avoiding the dangers, of social networking and viral marketing.