2027 Sponsorship Opportunities

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.

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.

WineDirect Fulfillment is the leader in direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine logistics, exceeding the industry standard for seamless, efficient, and reliable service. We specialize in best-in-class fulfillment solutions, cutting-edge technology integrations, and meticulous wine care to ensure every bottle reaches customers in perfect condition. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, we empower wineries to streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth in the competitive DTC market.

Endsight provides lightning-fast, worry-free IT support specifically designed for small and medium-sized organizations, including many leading wineries. Their strategic approach includes annual audits and dedicated service pods to ensure your technology infrastructure grows alongside your business. By focusing on root cause analysis and cybersecurity training, they help teams reduce IT disruptions and focus on their core mission.

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.

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.

Pacific IQ is a Shopify-focused agency committed to helping wine brands significantly expand their Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) operations. We excel at fast, reliable migrations to the Shopify platform, safeguarding your SEO and customer data while creating a performance-focused storefront. We design and enhance complex systems—including wine clubs, subscriptions, allocations, and compliant checkout processes—that improve site speed, boost conversion rates, and transform your digital tasting room into a powerful, consistent growth channel.

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.

Sovos ShipCompliant has been the leader in automated alcohol beverage compliance tools for 20+ years, providing a full suite of cloud-based solutions to wineries and other beverage alcohol companies to ensure they meet all federal and state regulations for direct-to-consumer shipping and three-tier distribution. Sovos ShipCompliant’s solutions reduce risk, lessen the burden of compliance, accelerate bringing products to market, and enable revenue growth. With 60+ partner integrations, our solutions are at the core of a robust ecosystem of technology partnerships, enabling powerful complementary solutions.

From the start OrderPort has been different. The partners recognized that small wineries needed the same software tools used by large wineries to manage their DTC business. The company mission is to build great software that’s easy to use, designed for wineries and affordable to wineries of every size.  OrderPort is not owned by a credit card processing company or venture capitalists. The OrderPort partners finance the business and work everyday as part of the OrderPort team. The partners have a personal stake in the success of each OrderPort team member and every customer. The partners understand the wine industry and are deeply involved in every aspect of the company’s product development and their customers' success. 

OrderPort is committed to delivering DTC success for wineries.

At Copper Peak Logistics, we deliver a best-in-class wine fulfillment experience—designed to support your direct-to-consumer (DTC) growth across wine clubs, eCommerce, events, telemarketing, and tasting rooms. Every bottle we pick, pack, and ship is handled with precision and care, ensuring your customers receive their wines in a way that reflects the artistry and devotion behind your brand.

We specialize in customization, brand-building programs, and corporate gifting, offering multiple ways to deepen customer engagement and elevate your brand presence..

Our team is made up of seasoned veterans from the wine, eCommerce, and logistics industries. We draw on this deep expertise to keep operations running smoothly and to proactively support our clients. With strategically located, temperature-controlled warehouses, we can cost-effectively reach 90% of U.S. households in two days or less. Our technology keeps you connected to your data and your business, streamlining DTC operations and collaboration.

At Copper Peak, we’re driven by a commitment to craftsmanship fulfillment—where human touch, white glove service, and honoring commitments still matter. Our goal is simple: to enhance your customer experience, one shipment at a time.

Commerce7 empowers wineries with the right tools and insights 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?

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.

Your technology partner.

Regulated industries face unique challenges when it comes to data integrations. Digimatic has the experience and know-how to help you succeed and navigate the complexities of the regulatory landscape.

We are a Napa based veteran-owned business that provides state-of-the-art innovative technical solutions and consulting for companies operating in regulated industries. Our integration platform is a robust, secure, and reliable way to connect online sales data with the most popular marketing and logistics tools available.

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.

Effortlessly manage wine clubs, loyalty programs and subscriptions with Winehub. Centralize your CRM, POS and online store while harnessing Shopify's robust eCommerce tools to drive your growth. Seamlessly migrate from your legacy DTC system and access unrivalled functionality across wine clubs, loyalty, museum releases and more.

Winehub is built from the ground up with features suitable for wineries, distilleries, breweries, nolo brands and retailers. Discover the features, data points and industry specific distinctions that separate Winehub from other platforms. With a rich meta-field system, Winehub ensures better targeted analytics and product or customer segmentation.

Proudly partnered with industry leaders like Shopify, Klaviyo, Vintrace, and WineShipping, Winehub offers seamless integrations to elevate your winery’s digital experience and logistics management.

WineSpot AI is a specialized customer support platform built specifically for wineries to automate routine guest inquiries across email, chat, and voicemail. By integrating directly with DTC platforms like Commerce7, members can instantly swap wines, skip shipments, or update payment methods without staff intervention. This technology handles up to 70% of support messages, significantly reducing team burnout and improving guest satisfaction.

Awtomic is a premium subscription app for Shopify that takes wine clubs to the next level with flexible "build-a-box" and prepaid subscription features. Their platform prioritizes customer retention through personalized "Awtomic Moments" and a user-friendly, passwordless portal. It allows wineries to streamline operations with automated batching and inventory controls while offering a highly customizable experience for members.

Small Lot Bottles empowers wineries to reach broader audiences through innovative "fractionalization" and small-format wine samples. They handle production, fulfillment, and distribution to over 40 states, providing an effortless way to get more "liquid on lips". Their mission is to create bespoke gifting experiences and approachable collections that encourage discovery and accessible, intentional sipping.

WineSpeak AI features "Sophia," a virtual wine educator and AI concierge designed to engage website visitors and convert them into loyal customers. This AI-driven tool provides personalized wine recommendations, food pairings, and membership guidance, seamlessly integrating with e-commerce platforms. By bridging the gap between tradition and digital hospitality, WineSpeak AI helps wineries create meaningful, lasting connections with their guests.

Zest is the modern online gifting platform giving ecommerce brands everything they need to sell more gifts and scale this channel right from their own site without growing headcount. Our product suite includes self-service gifting storefronts as well as a full-featured Concierge tool for your in-house team to capture white-glove orders. We work with 150+ of the most giftable brands in the USA, including: CLIF Family Winery, Dandelion Chocolate and Flamingo Estate.

Vinoshipper is a leading direct-to-consumer sales and compliance platform that helps thousands of beverage brands scale their business nationwide. The platform offers a unified system for mobile POS, flexible ecommerce, and robust wine club management with regulatory compliance baked into every transaction. With no upfront setup fees and a pay-as-you-go model, it provides wineries with an accessible way to manage everything from tax remittance to automated fulfillment.

Founded in 2003, Active Club Solutions, Inc. got its start in wine club software and has been building on market requests ever since. Today we offer Activ8 Commerce. This end-to-end solution includes sales software for specialty retail and tasting rooms, clubs, eCommerce, field reps, fulfillment, shipping, inventory, and accounting. It has truly become an entire retail commerce solution working as a single data-driven system. Our commitment to developing and continually improving our sales software and service has made us a leading and well-respected provider of direct sales software. Our diverse team brings a well-rounded understanding of the unique challenges that face consumer-direct businesses today, building into the success of our clients.