PressNew Vine to Resume Operations With Inertia Beverage Group Funding - Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) has agreed in principle with Silicon Valley Bank to acquire its debt position in New Vine, subject to due diligence and definitive agreements. Inertia on the Move - Software program opens Direct-to-Trade channel for small producers. Inertia Unveils Enhanced Direct-to-Trade Wine Distribution Platform - Inertia Beverage Group announced today the release of a new Beta version of its Direct-To-Trade wine distribution platform (www.winerevolution.com), giving wine retailers and restaurateur’s access to a selection of boutique, artisan and limited-production wines not widely available through traditional distribution channels. The Beta site, showcasing 60 brands and more than 300 products, allows participating suppliers the ability to reach buyers in up to 12 states, representing more than 50% of the American marketplace. Additional states are set to open later in 2009. Inertia Beverage Group Appoints New CFO - Inertia Beverage Group announced today the appointment of Paul Roberti as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. A 20+ year finance veteran with public and private high growth technology companies, Roberti joins Inertia immediately and will lead the company's financial, human resources, legal and risk management functions. Out of State Wine Retailers Face Threat - Napa-based Inertia, which has developed a system for automating order handling and regulatory compliance through the three-tier system, now is more actively promoting its program for direct-to-trade shipping, commonly called self-distribution, to a dozen U.S. markets with seven pending, according to Kristi Taaffe, vice president of marketing. BoutiqueWineCellar.com Expands Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales Platform - BoutiqueWineCellar.com (www.boutiquewinecellar.com), a direct-to-consumer, online wine sales platform, has completed the next phase of expansion by enlarging its site with comprehensive information on over 1,000 wines, as well as the ability to purchase directly from member wineries; a new feature fully powered by its partner Inertia Beverage Group. Direct Shipping - The Last Frontier - Interview with Ted Jansen, CEO of Inertia and Wine & Spirits Daily. The Latest Buzz on... E-commerce - It's finally getting easier to buy alcoholic beverages on the web. Though many states have lifted barriers to online wine sales, it has still been a headache to negotiate the complex rules for shipping booze across the state lines. Inertia Beverage Group, Napa, Calif., provides software to online wine sellers that ensures all state rules are met. Or it can assume the hassles itself, taking orders and handling shipments. Expedia Exec New CEO for Inertia - Ted Jansen will replace Paul Mabray as president and CEO of winery direct-sales software developer Inertia, it was announced today. Investor-backed Inertia provides Web-based technology to help wineries manage direct sales and marketing. The company was founded by Mr. Mabray, who remains as Inertia's chief strategy officer and board member. Compliance Tool - Napa-based Inertia Beverage Group announced today that it has made available an online winery tool free of charge to any winery, fulfillment house or compliance company. Access to Inertia's REthink Compliance tool does not require use or subscription to Inertia's direct shipping platform. Wine and Marketing Professionals Gather for Newsletter -- Heavy hitters in the wine and marketing game come together in a new newsletter from Wine Marketer. Inertia Strengthens Efforts to Deliver on “Demand Delivery” Strategy -- Leading Wine Direct Sales Firm Takes Steps to Enhance Demand for Winery Clients’ Products -- Creating a Direct Sales platform which provides wineries with greater exposure and demand from a critical mass of qualified buyers has long been a strategic focus for Inertia Beverage Group. Inertia Provides Wine Shipping Compliance Solution to Clients Inertia Beverage Group announced that its new automated wine shipping compliance service, REthink Compliance, has been released for use by all... Inertia Automates Wine Shipping Compliance Inertia Beverage Group, which sells the REthink Engine wine distribution platform, is releasing REthink Compliance, an online direct-to-consumer wine shipping compliance service for free use by all of its clients... Inertia Provides Shipping Compliance Solution to Clients Inertia Beverage Group announced today that its new automated wine shipping compliance service, REthink Compliance, has been released for use by all Inertia clients... Consumer Direct Sales Continue to Grow Direct sales are an emerging category as wineries look to bypass the restrictive, costly and time-intensive three-tier system and reach out directly to consumers. For many small wineries, tasting room and direct sales can account for the largest percentage of profits, ahead of traditional distribution channels. Still, unrest about the health of the economy has affected how (and how much) those sales are being made... Inertia and Winery Clients See Impressive Growth in 2007 Inertia Beverage Group CEO Paul Mabray announced today that gross margin sales through its REthink Engine Direct Sales platform increased 111% in 2007... Inertia Beverage Group Appoints Veteran Direct Marketer: Kristi Taaffe to VP of Marketing. Scion Advisors - 10/19/07 IBG Opens Its Trade-Facing E-Commerce Channel to all Wineries Realizing that the vast majority of wineries can't find traditional distribution help to get their wines in restaurants and retail shops across the country, Inertia Beverage Group announced today that it would open its revolutionary trade-focused e-commerce software platform to all wineries--including those not using the Inertia direct sales platform for their consumer e-commerce. Forbes.com/businesswire - 09/19/07 Inertia Bev Group to Offer Free Compliance for Wineries Inertia Beverage Group announced today its development of a new, comprehensive web-based compliance tool for the wine industry that will be offered to everyone without cost or fees. The burden of complying with different wine shipping ... Wine Marketer - http://winemarketer.com - 08/08/07 A talk with Paul Mabray and his compliance solution WSD had the opportunity to sit down and talk with the CEO of Inertia Beverage Group, Paul Mabray, earlier this week, during which he gave us deeper insight into his company’s new Rethink Compliance tool. In a nutshell, the tool will be available to everyone in the wine industry without fees or costs, and will make it easy and affordable for wineries to get compliant with states laws when shipping directly. www.winespiritsdaily.com - 08/03/07 Napa company working to increase direct sales of wine Even though direct sales of wine are still a relatively small part of total wine sales, selling directly to consumers is the fastest-growing segment of the market. A speaker at a recent seminar said direct sales of wine increased by 31 percent in the first quarter of 2007, compared to the same period last year. Paul Mabray, a Napa native who is CEO of Inertia Beverage Group, is doing his best to increase those numbers. Napa Valley Register - 08/03/07 Software assists wineries REthink complianceAs more and more states adopt the permit system [rather than the reciprocal method] for state-to-state wine shipments, wineries are faced with an ever increasing complexity of rules, regulations and reporting requirements that could force smaller houses to completely abandon out-of-state shipments. To help remove this new barrier to shipment, the Inertia Beverage Group has spent approximately 5000 man-hours in development to create the industries first [and only] web based compliance tool called REthink Compliance. consumerscorner.blogspot.com - 07/27/07 RethinkCompliance.com Inertia Beverage Group (IBG) announced the development of a FREE web-based compliance tool for the wine industry (click here to read the announcement in Forbes). IBG's "Rethink Compliance Tool" will lower the barriers wineries face in shipping direct to consumers, mainly the time and expense required to comply with the rules and regulations in 50 different states. The tool will launch to the public at the end of Q3 2007. It is a web-based tool (of course) that promises greater access to wine for consumers and greater access to consumers for wineries. Way to go IBG! A Napa company is set to launch an Internet-based system that can cut through the bureaucracy separating American producers and consumers. Decanter.com - 07/19/07 Building a Direct Sales Vehicle pt 2 We recently started a series on getting your online sales vehicle rolling. Today, we are going under the hood to talk about the e-commerce engine used to power your shopping cart. At Grape Thinking, we have an established relationship with Inertia Beverage Group, as Paul, Andrea, and crew, in our humble opinions, have the best grasp and influence on the changes in the industry and are truly “Powering the Wine Revolution”. As such, they rank as our recommended engine. Grapethinking.com 07/18/07 Breaking Down Barriers: IBG Introducing Free Winery Direct Compliance Tool Inertia Beverage Group (IBG), a technology company that assists wineries selling direct to consumers, is poised to announce the launch of a free tool aimed at removing the burdens and complexities of direct shipping compliance. IBG will be announcing the launch during the July 17, 2007 Wine Industry Technology Symposium in Napa, California. Wine Business Insider - 07/17/07 Inertia Beverage Group to Offer No-Fee, No-Cost Compliance Service to Entire Wine Industry Inertia Beverage Group announced today its development of a new, comprehensive web-based compliance tool for the wine industry that will be offered to everyone without cost or fees. Forbes.com/businesswire - 07/17/07 Inertia Beverage Group and CalWineries.com Partner on Content and Access Deal Inertia Beverage Group announced today a partnership with CalWineries.com that will deliver more in-depth information to CalWineries.com readership. Winery and wine information originating on IBG-partner wineries' websites will be fed into the CalWineries.com site. In addition, IBG will help provide the technology that allows CalWineries.com readers to instantly access winery mailing list and wine club sign-up pages. www.forbes.com - July 16, 2007 New Features on Calwineries are Officially Live Since Calwineries launched in November, we have been trying to connect our users and visitors to California’s wine country. California is a huge state, and is considered by many to be its own independent wine producing country. To help bridge the gap, we have recently launched a couple of new features to foster a deeper connection to California and its wine. www.calwineries.com/blog - June, 27, 2007 Wine Industry "I.T. Week" Sprouts up around July 17 Technology Symposium in Napa "The week surrounding WITS is quickly turning into 'I.T. Week' for the wine industry," said Lesley P. Berglund, WITS co-chair. "User group meetings and demos are sprouting up and we encourage other companies to join in to make the week even more productive for the industry," she added. Inertia Beverage Group on Wine 2.0 Inertia Beverage Group announced today the appointment of wine industry veteran George Vare to the company's Board of Directors. http://www.forbes.com/businesswire- May 16, 2007 Unfiltered 4 - Inertia Beverage Inertia Beverage Group Adds Wine Industry Leaders Motto, Shelton and Tsai to New Advisory Board Snooth partners with Inertia Beverage Group Inertia Beverage Group Names Allen O. Hunter to Board of Directors Inertia gets $8 million Inertia Beverage lands $8 million in second-round financing Napa's Inertia Gains More Funding For Wine eCommerce Platform Wine Business Insider Wine Industry's Inertia Beverage Group Raises $8 Million in Series B Financing Led By Allegis Capital and Sid R. Bass Associates Tasting Terroir... at reasonable prices! Napa Life Appellation America and Inertia Beverage Group Partner to Define Next-Step in Direct to Consumer Wine Sales Inertia Beverage Group Announces BoutiqueWineCellar.com Creates Online Marketplace for Wineries to Sell Direct-to-Consumers Inertia Beverage Group Announces Partnership with POS Resources For POS Integration into its Leading E-commerce Engine
California’s Wineries can Ship Direct-to-Restaurants Thanks to Inertia Beverage Inertia Beverage Group Opens Revolutionary New Wine Distribution System in Three States New Ways of Buying and Drinking The future of wine sales My Top Wine Stories & Wine Trends of 2006 Small California wineries gain entry to N.Y. restaurants New Technology to re-shape US Wine Market? New York Wineries Can Buy Direct from Merchants - almost “Virtual Inventory” Facilitates Three-Tier Internet Orders How Good Winery Websites Work A Toast to Wine Web Shops Wine Collectors Imbibe New 'eBay Meets Woot' Website Bankrupt Legacy Estates to be Bought by Joint Venture Report: Online Wine Sales Increasing Dramatically Online Wine Sales Increasing Dramatically Shipping Discounts Propel Fine Wine Sales New Wine e-commerce site offers just one wine per day New Sales Channel for IBG Clients Wine's Digital Land Grab The Art of Online Wine Sales Retailing Wine Online Plug & Pay Announces Partnership with Inertia Beverage Group IBG Builds Sales Channel More Than 1.5 Billion Emails a Month Bear ISIPP Accreditation as Fortune 500, Wine Industry Signs On Startup Inertia makes splash in wine shipping IBG Builds Sales Channel: Software Connects Restaurants, Wineries New internet service connects wineries with restaurants Inertia Beverage Group's REThink Wine Trade Puts Wineries & Restaurateurs in Direct Contact New venture aims to bring wine to nation's tables Inertia Beverage Group unveils ReThinkWineTrade.com Press ReleasesFor press inquiries, please email PR@inertiabev.com.
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