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Consumer Issues & Organizations
International
Standard Wine Number a timely
idea and boon to both consumers and producers (especially for artisanal
producers or esoteric appellations) HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Economics, Operations
and Statistics
A.C.
Nielson Winescan - retail
economic data
Advanced Management Systems (AMS) wine industry integrated information systems to track, operate, and report everything from planting a vineyard to allocating bottles
American
Association of Wine Economists is a non-profit organization
that publishes a journal and could also qualify under the Marketing
category
Bergman
Euro-National - an excellent article on California vineyard
economics
California
Wine Institute - Industry background and statistics.
DISCUS
- The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States - excise
tax and revenue information
Gomberg-Fredricson
- monthly economic statistics and market analysis, as well as
related historical data
Motto,
Kryla & Fisher - vineyard and winery accounting
National
Association of Beverage Importers - monthly import statistics
Simmons
Market Research - demographic consumption surveys
UC
Davis Cost and Return Studies - downloadable California
regional info on costs and returns of establishing various types
of vineyards
Virtual
Winery - financial and production forecasting for winery
operations
General Publications
Beverage
Handbooks target on-sale,
off-sale, and compliance segments of the industry
Beverage
Network features news &
press releases.
Cameron
Publications is directed
to the hospitality trade.
Practical
Winery & Vineyard
Restaurant
Report
Small
Winery Magazine
Vineyard
& Winery Management
Wine
Business OnLine and
Wine Business Monthly provides news and information for
professionals in all aspects of the industry (subscription
required for full access). RECOMMENDED
WineMaker
Magazine
Wines
& Vines is
one of the oldest wine industry publications. Their website
homepage has many categories of wine news interest that branch
farther and delve deeper than mere wine consumption. Editor
Phillip Hiaring's column, "Wise & Otherwise" always contains
information of interest and amusement. The annual Wines &
Vines Directory is the master rolodex for wine commerce
in the US. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
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Legal
Beer
and Wine Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in
local, state, and federal compliance and offers a software package
for interstate shipping
Compliance
Service of America consults regarding local, state,
and federal licensing and regulation for all levels of
the alcoholic beverage industry, nationwide
Conformia produces "vine
to bottle" software for production and compliance management
Hinman
& Carmichael, Attorneys, dedicated to making the world
a safe place for fine wine.
Richard
M. Gahagan regulatory consultant for beverage alcohol,
winery compliance
Ship
Compliant allows
wineries to customize a FREE printable poster showing legal-to-ship
states.
US
Treasury, BATF
WineLaw:
US Compliance Information
(To
find information regardinjg specific state laws, use Google to
search for "(state name) Alcohol Compliance".)
Marketing
Firms (also see our links to Trade Associations and
Marketing
Groups)
Academy
of Wine Communications is a wine industry public relations
firm
AgriDesigns
are specialists in graphic and web site design for the agriculture
industry
Benson
Marketing does wine industry-only Public Relations, Direct
Marketing, Website Design, and Brand Consulting from their offices
in Napa Valley and New York City.
Cultivate
Systems offer a package
for winery-direct online sales
eSkye
- solutions, integration and outsourcing of beverage depletion
data
Intwine
Marketing - multiple advertising & marketing services
New
Level Group - sales, marketing, and management consulting
for small to mid-size wineries and nonprofit organizations
New
Vine Logistics - dedicated
to increasing consumer base through order fulfillment and compliance
Technology
Consulting Alliance,
developers of WineryPro™ software for small winery sales
and marketing management
VinterActive provides
wineries consumer-direct online sales research and solutions
Wines-Info
provides information about
the wine market in China.
Winetracker
logistics management and
tracking software for bottling and marketing
Politics
A few Distributor Megalo-glomerates have joined with Neo-Prohibitionist
Inquisitors to spread propaganda and promote foul-smelling protectionist
legislation; their agenda is pro-big business, anti-free enterprise
and anti-consumer. Learn the truth and fight back with the links
below.
Free
the Grapes promotes interstate direct shipping, so that
all consumers will have access to small-production wines.
Ship
My Wine, Kevin Atticks' advocacy site for wine consumers
in Maryland has information that should concern wine lovers
in any state with similar prohibitions on wine shipping, especially
on the "Who's Who - Pro/Con" and "Info and Resources" pages.
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