Wine Sales

3 Ways to Get your Team Making More Money

3 Ways to Get your Team Making More Money

When traffic is down, it’s important to make the most of every single guest walking through our door. While most wineries are hiring friendly staff with strong service hearts, sales skills continue to be an area of opportunity for our industry. Many people worry that selling wine is too pushy,…

Focusing on Quality over Quantity

Focusing on Quality over Quantity

Inspiration from one of the World’s Top Restaurants – Don Julio One of our WISE employees, Tristyne, was traveling last month and filling up her ‘hospitality well’. She just returned from an amazing trip to Argentina and came back with some great insights. This trip was full of amazing wines…

A Rose By Any Other Name…

A Rose By Any Other Name…

Imagine, out of all the fabulous wine growing regions in the world, out of the many wineries in our area, the guest has found their way into our tasting room – they have discovered us! Now is our chance. We have trained for this moment since the day we opened…

Corporate Gifting

Corporate Gifting

♫It’s the holiday season♫…well, almost!  But we need to start thinking about it now (yes, before summer is really here).  There are gifts and then there are corporate gifts.  What’s the difference?  REACH!  Chances are when companies purchase gifting options, these gifts will be distributed to 10+ recipients in one…

WISE Industry 2020 Tipping Survey Analysis

WISE Industry 2020 Tipping Survey Analysis

In a survey conducted in January through March 2020, there were more than 200 survey respondents from across the United States and Canada giving feedback on tipping. The results? Most wineries allow tipping. When we looked at all respondents, 78% allow tipping. This was even higher in Washington and Oregon…