Our Sponsors

Since its founding in 1934, Wine Institute has helped guide the California wine industry through 90 years of growth and prosperity. Membership has increased from 42 wineries to over 1,000 today. Through the collective strength of this membership, Wine Institute works to ensure a favorable policy environment so wineries can focus on what they do best: producing world-class wines.

Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association promotes the area's leadership in the art, science, and business of winemaking. Our Monterey County story is bigger than wine, but we proudly let wine tell our story. Monterey Wine Country is a gem in a region known as a veritable treasure trove of fun and natural wonder. Monterey's breathtaking vistas, sprawling terrain, and coastal splendor perfectly complement our exceptional wines and unequaled hospitality. Discover, explore, and embrace the pride of the Monterey Wines Community.

Wine Service Cooperative offers an integrated suite of DTC and wholesale storage and fulfillment solutions that leverage best-in-class technology. More unique is our cooperative business model, which ensures that a percentage of every dollar spent is returned to you in dividends. 

Commerce7 empowers wineries with the right tools to deliver exceptional customer experiences every step along the way. From personalized experiences, to easy and intuitive commerce, and streamlined workflows, Commerce7 has all of the solutions you need. Ready to create better shopping experiences?

experi understands the unique power of travel. It etches key moments into your memory, helps you understand the world a bit better, and connects you to people along the way. Deep, meaningful travel experiences shared with friends and family are transformative. Time is short, which makes learning, connecting, and experiencing the world together with those that share your passion that much more precious. experi was founded to create and share these unique opportunities and experiences with others. Based on Bainbridge Island with partners around the world, our team of service-oriented professionals is focused on the same mission. We don’t go everywhere. We don’t do everything. But we believe the destinations and travel experiences we offer are the best in the world and many of our guests agree.

Thanks to its patented technology, Vinovae can transform a single bottle of your wine into 14 elegant miniatures, preserving its full organoleptic properties. Plus, we offer custom branding options, including personalized labels, tasting boxes, and gift packaging to showcase your wine in style.

Perfect if you’re looking to boost your wine club memberships, create more engaging group tastings, increase sales with unique wine gifts such as Advent Calendars.

VinesOS gives you a 360° view of your DTC sales. Manage all your channels in one winery software platform. Get insights on sales by location, channel, products, and customer. You can do it all with VinesOS! Simplify management across all DTC channels on a single platform: Point of Sale, Clubs, eCommerce, and Reservations. Gain valuable insights into sales based on location, channel, products, and customers. Built for your bottom line with flat-rate pricing, no hidden fees, and no extra apps required, VinesOS is the truly all-in-one platform for the wine industry.

Copper Peak Logistics specializes in the art of fulfilling your brand promise to your consumer. Our services are custom crafted to support you as you create, market, store, pack, and deliver your passion to people across the nation. Every varietal, every vintage has its own unique qualities. And every winery faces its own unique challenges. That’s why we tailor your fulfillment program to ensure you receive unparalleled service aligned with your business goals to exceed each winery patron’s expectations.

We are a privately owned business with over 40 years of experience in the logistics industry. Our shipping coverage reaches 90% of U.S. customers in just 1-2 days from facilities in CA and MO. We are a seamless extension of our wineries and winemakers, becoming one with them, and creating long lasting relationships.

As the premier regional carrier for the wine shipping industry, GLS is committed to providing a level of service that is superior to the national carriers. We are dedicated to delivering your shipments with the highest level of success, convenience, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Our advanced tracking technologies and upgraded infrastructure ensure that your packages are delivered on time and in perfect condition.

We serve thousands of customers in both the Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) and Direct-to-Trade (DTT) businesses, providing reliable and efficient solutions for all.

At GLS, we understand the unique challenges of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) wine shipping, and we have developed specialized point-of-delivery procedures to ensure that each delivery is exceptional and maintains the highest integrity for your shipments and customers. We know that the quality and condition of your wine is of the utmost importance, and we take every precaution to ensure that your shipments are handled with the utmost care and attention. 

Napa Valley Vintners is a nonprofit trade association that has been cultivating excellence since 1944 by inspiring its members to consistently produce wines of the highest quality, to provide environmental leadership, and to care for the extraordinary place they call home. Through its signature marketing programs, industry advocacy, and comprehensive member resources, they work continuously to be the voice of the Napa Valley wine industry. Napa Valley Vintners strives to be the essential trade organization for any vintner producing Napa Valley wine in the Napa Valley.

RedChirp™ was founded by a team of experienced SaaS entrepreneurs with a passion for—and a proven track record of helping—small- and medium-sized local businesses compete with the Big Brands.

WE BELIEVE the way consumers and smaller businesses communicate is fundamentally changing, and the global pandemic has accelerated that rate of change.

WE BELIEVE there are tools and technologies out there that provide little pieces of what you need. But we’re building the complete, all-in-one solution. 

And we’re building it specifically for small businesses.

WineDirect is the best all-in-one Ecommerce platform and Fulfillment services for wineries to start, manage, and grow their direct-to-consumer business.

From the outset, our mission has been simple yet profound: enable wineries to sell directly to their customers in a manner that best suits their preferences.

To that end, we offer comprehensive sales solutions that span the entire process, from ecommerce to fulfillment. In addition, we provide educational resources specifically tailored to empower our clients to expand their businesses.

We empower wineries to thrive, by leveraging the data that is already yours. We believe that data generates revenue, and that it is the deciding factor between wineries who succeed and those who do not. Our love for wine, and especially for the people of wine, drives these foundational principles of Enolytics.

Enolytics cultivates an ecosystem of powerful data sources from every sales channel, to provide 360-degree visibility about wineries’ own data, their business health and consumer behavior. We further enhance the data in order to provide granular visibility into consumer demographics. We also provide predictive analytics and forecasting tools that empower marketers, CFOs and owners alike.

The most comprehensive alcohol logistics network in the U.S. Wineshipping is a tech-enabled third-party logistics (3PL) provider for the wine industry. With reliable service, warehouses near your customers, and innovative technology powering our network, we help improve transit times, lower shipping costs, and delight your customers.

For over two decades, we’ve helped some of the industry’s best brands optimize their warehousing, transport, and order fulfillment to sell more, work less, and delight their customers. Fulfilling wine is more than moving boxes, just like making wine is more than growing grapes. When we started Wineshipping from our garage in 1998, we were driven to fill the gaps we saw in the wine industry. We built our business to empower you to maximize orders across all your routes to market. What makes Wineshipping unique? Our fast and reliable service, warehouses near your customers, personalized support, and the innovative technology that powers our network… and that’s just the beginning.

Ship with confidence with the leading direct-to-consumer logistics provider for the alcohol beverage industry. Benefit from our 20+ years of experience in providing shipping and customized solutions in this highly regulated space. WeShip Express is a technology-driven shipping company with end-to-end package tracking, consumer notifications, and client dashboards for easy updates. With over 40 connected carriers strategically designed for each product type, we offer reliable and secure delivery services across the US. Our obsession with customer experience has made us the largest connected network for regulated delivery services in the country.

WISE (Wine Industry Sales Education) offers a comprehensive curriculum designed specifically for wine industry professionals. Built from a belief that direct- to-consumer (DTC) results are the key to success in the wine industry, WISE offers the first wine industry education, training and certification program dedicated to DTC sales and marketing. Through its coursework and certification programs, WISE is committed to teaching the skill sets and general knowledge required of today’s wine industry direct-to-consumer (DTC) professionals. Although we are focused on this single sales channel, WISE takes a liberal arts approach – teaching our graduates how to think about DTC, what questions to ask, and various approaches to problem-solving. WISE graduates are not one-dimensional in their approach to the DTC opportunity. They are confident, decisive, and aware of the increasingly important role they play.

WinePulse is the leading direct-to-consumer analytics platform for wineries. Composed of WinePulse Analytics, a DTC reporting solution, and ChatDTC, a cutting-edge AI-powered assistant to analyze POS data.

Say goodbye to the frustration of spreadsheets and complex data analysis. WinePulse provides a comprehensive view into your DTC performance across all channels – tasting rooms, wine clubs, events, and eCommerce.

Optimize your marketing campaigns and personalize customer experiences to ultimately drive sales, build stronger customer relationships, and increase DTC team productivity.

Corksy is a full ecosystem of technology, services and channels to take your winery’s direct-to-consumer business to the next level. Built to drive more revenue and provide better customer experiences. Corksy sits where digital innovation meets the heart of winemaking. We're not just a platform; we're partners in your growth journey. Combining our expertise in Direct-to-Consumer dynamics, Software as a Service innovation, and the intricacies of the Wine industry, we craft experiences that help wineries thrive in the digital age.

What sets us apart? It's not just our industry knowledge. We're backed by forward-thinking venture capitalists and business accelerators, making us the fastest-growing platform out there. Corksy isn't just a tool; it's your ally, bridging tradition and technology seamlessly. Join us in cultivating success, one grape at a time. Welcome to Corksy, where your winery's story of growth truly begins.

vinSUITE's all-in-one winery software streamlines operations by bringing your winery experience online and connecting tools to help you manage customers. Founded by wine industry veterans, vinSUITE offers wineries of all sizes a software solution to meet their eCommerce and Wine Club needs.

What path do you take? From the epic coastline of Big Sur to the fairytale cottages of Carmel-by-the-Sea, each path in Monterey County takes you to something incredible. A visit to the iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium and a trip through time on historic Cannery Row merely scratch the surface of things to do on California's central coast. No matter what path you take, it's sure to lead to inspiration. Find your way here!