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 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.

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.

If it seems like small wine businesses are getting crowded out of a vibrant US wine market by retail chains, entrenched distributors, and established brands, there's good news for little guys. There's a reason why these massive companies spend a fortune acting "small." In the new, wired realm of marketing and customer relations, the qualities that make small businesses distinctive, like personalized service, deep product knowledge and authentic interest, matter more than ever. Wine marketing consultant Bruce McGechan answers the question of how to put those built-in attributes in front of all those online customers with his new book Wine Marketing Online: Discover the secrets that successful wine businesses use to market their wines online; Learn how to increase your credibility and be seen as an expert by your local customers; Generate Traffic to your website using Google; Convert that traffic into sales through fine-tuned content and a positive user shopping experience; Utilize social media to effectively engage with new and existing customers on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter; Ride the coming wave of mobile websites, apps, advertising and location based services like Foursquare and Yelp; Analyze your wine eCommerce software options; 'Finally' turn one-off orders into repeat loyal customers; and last but not least share your enthusiasm for wine and really enjoy your business. Wine Marketing Online includes a winery internet marketing and brand plan, wine store internet marketing plan, wine store financial model and wine competitor and customer research.

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.