Tagged: Wine

Winemakers
7:56 am
Tue January 29, 2013

Northwest Winemakers Hope To Entice China's Emerging Middle Class

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Dane Narbaitz is Long Shadows Wineries’ national and international marketing director. The Walla Walla winery has recently begun selling wine in China.

Northwest winemakers are trying to whet-the-whistle of China's emerging middle class. Demand for wine is growing significantly there. And that’s drawn Chinese business delegations, restaurateurs and tourists to the region. 

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Wine
2:06 pm
Wed November 14, 2012

Northwest Wineries Latch Onto Online Amazon Sales

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Northwest winemakers may be able to expand their customer base now that Amazon is shipping wine to more than a dozen states.

This holiday season, Northwest winemakers are hoping to expand their customer base with a new sales venue. Seattle’s online shopping giant Amazon.com is now shipping wine.

Tom Hedges is co-founder of Hedges Family Estate on Red Mountain in southeast Washington. He says his family has only been selling wine on Amazon.com for about a week. It will take a few months to truly see if selling bottles through the site will actually pencil out.

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