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Jennifer Strachan Jennifer Strachan

Harvest Is Your Best Marketing Season. Most Wineries Waste It.

For about eight weeks a year, your winery's story tells itself. Crush, sorting, first juice, purple hands. Most wineries are too busy living it to capture any of it, and then spend December trying to manufacture something to post. Here's a simple playbook for fixing that.

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Jennifer Strachan Jennifer Strachan

Who Invented Champagne? It Wasn't Dom Pérignon

Every New Year's Eve, somebody raises a glass and repeats the line about a blind monk tasting the stars. It's a lovely story, and it's advertising copy. Here's who actually invented champagne, and why the real version is a much better thing to know.

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Jennifer Strachan Jennifer Strachan

Beginner Guide to Wine Tasting: How to Taste Wine

Wine tasting is not a test, and nobody is grading you on finding "blackcurrant leaf" in a glass of Cabernet. Here is a beginner guide to wine tasting that skips the jargon and helps you figure out what you actually like.

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Jennifer Strachan Jennifer Strachan

Wine Storytelling for Brands That People Remember

A bottle gets a few seconds to earn someone's attention, and the facts on the back label rarely do it. Wine storytelling for brands is about giving the right people a real reason to choose your wine, share it, and remember it later. Here's how to find the story that's already true about your winery, and where it has to show up.

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Jennifer Strachan Jennifer Strachan

The Future of Wine Education Is Less Intimidating

Most people buying wine aren't trying to pass an exam. They just want to enjoy the bottle and talk about it without feeling shut out. Here's how wine education is shifting from proving what you know to trusting what you taste.

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Jennifer Strachan Jennifer Strachan

Corporate Wine Events Aren't Parties. They're Tools.

The companies getting the most out of wine events don't throw parties. They use them as tools. Here's how client retention, team culture, and brand storytelling happen more naturally over a glass than in a conference room, and why now is the time to plan Q4.

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