eWinery Solutions Achieves PCI Compliance Certification
Napa, California (PRWEB) January 12, 2012 
eWinery Solutions, the industry leader in fully integrated business platform solutions for the wine industry, announced today it has received Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard certification (PCI-DSS) for its consumer direct software platform. eWinery Solutions is responsible for securing information for millions of credit card members every year. PCI-DSS certification confirms eWinery Solutions has met security requirements for increased controls of consumer data providing enhanced protection from credit card fraud. Read more ...

Pierre & Bertrand Couly winery installs ShipItHomeUSA platform
Alameda, CA 12/14/2011
The Loire Valley, home to great chateaus and great wines, opened its second winery that enables American tourists to buy wine directly from the tasting room and have it shipped to their homes in the USA. Today, ShipItHomeUSA announced producer de Chinon, Pierre & Bertrand Couly installed the ShipItHomeUSA software platform becoming the second winery in the Loire Valley alongside Chateau Gaudrelle in Rochecorbon. “We’ve had plenty of American tourists visit us, but they normally only buy 1 bottle. Some of the bicycle tourists couldn’t even do that. Now they all can buy a case or two when they visit” said winery owner Bertrand Couly.
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Press Release - Wine Tourisme Brings People and Profit
Paul Franson, Michael Mondavi | Posted: November 26, 2011
Napa Valley, Calif.—North America’s first Wine Tourism Conference last week was snugly sandwiched between the first Napa Valley Film Festival and the first Flavor Napa Valley culinary festival, two prime examples of wine country touristic possibilities. The sold-out two-day conference attracted representatives from
wineries across North America as well as tourism organizations, service providers and others interested in the topic.
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Press Release - VinAccess International now Ship It Home USA.com
Posted: July 7, 2011
Alameda, California 07/20/2011 Based on a consensus of customers around the world, Ship It Home USA.com will be the new name of VinAcces.fr.
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Direct-to-consumer wine sales growing more than twice as fast as industry
Paul Franson | Posted: June 30, 2011
The ShipCompliant Direct Shipping Seminar at the Napa Valley Marriott last Tuesday provided a wealth of information about direct-to-consumer sales and shipping — from advice on how to improve customer relations to an update on state wine regulations from Alcoholic Beverage Control and Tax and Trade Bureau spokespersons.
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VinoVisit.com to Syndicate Winery Listings, Content and Reservation Widgets through CityGrid Media’s Ad Network, CityGrid®
Posted: January 17, 2011
VinoVisit.com today announced an agreement to provide winery profiles and listings to CityGrid Media’s CityGrid network. CityGrid® is the largest content and ad network for local markets, aggregating more than 800K paying advertisers, enhanced listings and content for 18MM businesses, and reaching more than 140MM unique users across hundreds of leading websites and mobile applications.
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10 millions d’oenotouristes dans les caveaux français
Posted: September 24, 2010
A l’occasion de la présentation du deuxième prix national de l’oenotourisme, l’organisme public Atout France a révélé quelques premiers chiffres d’une enquête à paraître prochainement. Depuis 2002, l’oenotourisme s’est fortement développé en France, tant du point de vue des infrastructures que du public.
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Wine Tasting Room Success Strategies
Paul Franson | Posted: June 17, 2010
Napa Valley, Calif. -- Many wineries have recently looked to tasting rooms and other direct sales to replace waning restaurant and retail business, but some have depended on direct sales all along. With that in mind, we interviewed the principals from three wine companies that are very successful at direct sales.
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Direct to Consumer Big for Small Wineries--Survey
Posted: April 26, 2010
As three-tier distribution has become increasingly difficult to obtain, wineries have become more focused on direct sales. That’s hardly a new trend, but it is a trend that continues to gain strength, according to Wine Business Monthly's 2010 Direct to Consumer Survey.
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