Weekly Member Memo

Weekly Member Memo - Aug. 19, 2025

Huge shout out to Ron Rubin and River Road Family Vineyards and Winery.

Once again, Ron has generously committed to financially supporting our Wine Road Podcast.

Without his support the podcast would have ended years ago. We are sincerely grateful for his support.

Personally, I am grateful for his insights, advice, and his encouragement.

Priceless!

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Tickets Are On Sale

We are holding at 20 tickets sold, not one ticket sold last week :-(

Please spread the word via social and your newsletters.

Toolkit provided with ideas.

For the Harvest Wine Trail,

wineries will offer some sort of fun, "only during harvest" type of opportunity and have three wines for attendees to sample.

We have mailed or delivered Wine Trail posters and postcard to participating wineries, our lodging members and local visitor centers.

HELP - Annual Membership Renewals

Are Now Overdue

You are the Wine Road - our members! The more members we have, the more programs we can offer. There is strength in numbers.

Hosting influencers in the region, buying ads, boosting social posts, printing, mailing - it all costs money. Your assessments pay those bills.

The links are set up so you are able to make multiple payments.

Click HERE to download the payment links.

"Sip Into The Weekend"

Extended until Nov. 21

We are going to extend this promotion of FREE wine tasting every Thursday and Friday

now through Nov. 21.

Let me know if you want to be added to the list.

You can also be added as 2 fore 1 tasting

on Thurs and/or Fri.

If you only want to participate for a few months, I will remove names from the list on Sept. 26, and Oct. 31 or you can stay on until Nov. 21.

We have 50 wineries participating

You have until TOMORROW to upload your complete recipe.

You will not be listed as a check-in location, unless your recipe has been uploaded - ticket buyers want to know what is being served.

Tickets on sale Aug. 27th for Insiders, 28th for the public.

Today you should log onto YOUR event calendar on YOUR website and add this event.

That is a requirement for your reimbursement. The sooner its added the better for all of us

Responsible Beverage Service

We are working with Jerry Jolly to provide the Training via his online course.

We have paid for 50 people to take this course - each person will have to pay the $3. fee to the state, in order to register. Instructions in the links. There are now 16 spaces left.

Use this link for 1st Time Training

Use this link for RENEWAL Training

Use CODE wineroad25 - to cover the class cost. (all lower case)

HELP - Inquiring minds want to know -

What are you using for your DTC software?

Is there anything new that wineries are working with, any great advice for another winery? Pros/Cons of what you are using.

Let me know and I'll pass it on.

Thanks - Beth

Thank you to our partners along the Wine Road for their financial support.

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