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Wine's New Playbook: What Golf, Casinos, and Betting Apps Teach Us About the Future of the Industry
A Tale of Two Comparisons My new friend and colleague Priscilla Hennekam (see our awesome webinar on decoding data for the wine industry...
Nathan Westfall
Jan 85 min read
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The Zero Commitment Wine Club
The concept of using data to improve winery marketing and increase wine club memberships has been a hot topic in the industry for quite...
Nathan Westfall
Dec 11, 20244 min read
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Continuing the Conversation: A Year of Innovations Since 'Innovate or Die'
It’s been just over a year now since I posted this little gem to the blog: Innovate or Die: How Tech Will Save Your Winery I’ll be the...
Nathan Westfall
Dec 4, 20247 min read
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Break Glass in Case of Luxury Market Collapse
During a recent morning dog walk/coffee meetup with a friend, our conversation drifted into the realm of industry knowledge. As I walked...
Nathan Westfall
Nov 27, 20245 min read
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The Global Angle: How to Unlock New Consumer Value in the Tasting Room
When I first started writing this blog, I pictured my target audience as a group of Northern California wine industry professionals and...
Nathan Westfall
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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The Hidden Upside: Why AI Could Be the Wine Industry's Best Ally
By this point, we’re all keenly aware of AI and its potential to revolutionize the way we work. Generative AI has brought new tools to...
Nathan Westfall
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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Using Big Data to Define New Markets for Wine
Wine has been a part of society for millennia. From its earliest traces in the modern-day country of Georgia around 6000 BCE, to its rise...
Nathan Westfall
Nov 6, 20245 min read
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The Winery Guide To Forecasting
Everyone wishes they could see into the future, right? If only we possessed some sort of magical power that allowed us to step forward in...
Nathan Westfall
Oct 30, 202410 min read
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Costco  -  Experimenting in The Microcosm of Affordability
With Costco’s Napa warehouse now open for business and boasting the largest selection of wine of all its US stores, I decided to take a...
Nathan Westfall
Oct 23, 20246 min read
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Broad Appeal is Killing Wine's Future
I’m proud to call myself a lifelong learner. In fact, I’m currently in the midst of a fantastic class on public speaking at the local...
Nathan Westfall
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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We Need To Talk About Duckhorn…
Well, Monday’s announcement from Duckhorn on their impending sale to Butterfly Equity for the tidy sum of $1.95 billion was certainly not...
Nathan Westfall
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Why Progress Matters
I’m not so naïve to think my particular methodology for data-driven winery strategy is everyone’s cup of tea. Hell, after over a year of...
Nathan Westfall
Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Why Do Wineries Ignore Veterans Day?
Why don’t wineries celebrate Veterans Day? I’ll admit, a blanket statement like that is a gross generalization, and won’t be true across...
Nathan Westfall
Sep 25, 20243 min read
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I’m A Millennial, And This is Why I Stopped Drinking Wine
Identifying why the vast cohorts of Millennial customers were fleeing away from wine has never been difficult for me. As the lion’s share...
Nathan Westfall
Sep 24, 20247 min read
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