/ Marketing

Wine.com enters the Japanese market with a local partnership

Wine.com has launched a web site in Japan, through a partnership with SanSonoma Ltd., a Tokyo wine distributor. Wine.com’s products will be available at Japan.wine.com. SanSonoma has direct buying relationships with more than 50 wineries in California.

Posted 10/11/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

Wine Sites Merge, Bottle Retailers

Internet wine and spirits portal @wine.com has acquired eWine.com, and the company will change its name to eWine.com, effective immediately. In addition to gaining the more familiar and easily remembered URL, the San Jose, Calif.-based firm says the combined company also becomes the only retailer and winery-supported wine site on the Internet. Terms of the agreement were not announced. The company says Jessee Allread, former president and CEO of...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Wine’s online future may be settled by an appeals court

A three-judge panel last month heard arguments in New York state`s bid to overturn a lower court`s ruling last October that found New York`s ban on Internet sales of wine unconstitutional.

Posted 09/30/2003Internet RetailerPost a comment

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and a good idea from Harvard Business School

Winetasting.com’s CEO is not daunted by the constriction in the online wine market.

Posted 06/01/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ Press Release

Paid Inc. and Blackbird Vineyards Partner to offer Unique Experiences For Wine Enthusiasts

Boston, MA and Napa, CA (July 13, 2009)- Napa Valley’s prestigious Blackbird Vineyards has selected Paid, Inc., (OTCBB: PAYD) to develop and expand its online private client community while enhancing the brand experience of wine enthusiasts from around the globe. Through the creation of an active online community and exceptional wine collector events-in and beyond its luxurious Napa Valley surroundings-Paid will strengthen Blackbird’s online...

Posted 07/20/2009

/ Press Release

Cruvee for Wineries Acquires Scrugy.com Bolstering Internet Sales Opportunities for Wine Brands

James Jory Joins Cruvee as VP of Technology (NAPA, Calif.) March 6, 2009–Cruvee for Wineries™ the powerful, real time wine market intelligence platform that analyzes wine information from vast sources across the web for wineries, has acquired scrugy.com an online wine information aggregator that consumes and analyzes wine information such as tasting notes, reviews, wineries and influential wine blogs while connecting that collective information...

Posted 03/17/2009

/ Press Release

IBG Opens Its Trade-Facing E-Commerce Channel to all Wineries

09.19.07--Realizing that the vast majority of wineries can`t find traditional distribution help to get their wines in restaurants and retail shops across the country, Inertia Beverage Group announced today that it would open its revolutionary trade-focused e-commerce software platform to all wineries--including those not using the Inertia direct sales platform for their consumer e-commerce. The move by Inertia to liberalize access to their...

Posted 09/24/2007

/ Press Release

TFC, Inc. Chosen as Icon Estates’ POS Fulfillment Services Provider

Napa, CA, September 20, 2006-Marketing services provider TFC, Inc. today announced that Icon Estates, a Constellation Wines company, has signed on with TFC to be the key fulfillment provider for Icon Estates’ point-of-sale and marketing collateral. As part of the agreement, TFC will manage the distribution for the point-of-sale (POS) and marketing materials for all the Icon Estates wineries. Icon Estates is the fine wine division of Constellation...

Posted 09/22/2006