Warner is the Certified Sommelier, wine educator, and content creator behind @ConfidenceUncorked. Based out of Sonoma County, CA, she’s dedicated to making wine education fun, accessible, and approachable. Through creative content, reports on the state of the wine industry, travel resources, and more, she’s on a mission to help everyone enjoy wine without judgement, regardless…

Chris Bitter, Ph.D., is Terrain’s senior wine and grape analyst. As a part of the Terrain team of economists, he delivers expert analysis to the customers of American AgCredit, Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit. Chris is responsible for the Winescape™ report series, which shares research and insights for the business of…

Adam Bird is a marketing strategist dedicated to helping wineries build stronger brands and drive direct-to-consumer sales. As a partner and Director of Strategy at Highway 29 Creative—a Deksia company—he leads branding, messaging, and campaign development, ensuring wineries connect with their ideal customers while standing out in a competitive market. Adam works closely with clients…

Kim Badenfort is the Director of Business Development for Wine Industry Network (WIN) and is dedicated to continually improving the services WIN offers the wine industry, as the business resource, making valuable information, news and educational content more accessible to wine industry professionals as well as helping suppliers communicate their expertise, innovations and practical solutions…

Jennifer is an industry professional with 24 years of experience, including 12 years with WISE. She began her career in the wine industry working for Lesley Berglund (Co-Founder & Chairman of WISE) at Ambrosia Wine Catalog/The Winetasting Network shortly after completing her BA in English Literature. Over the course of her career, she has developed…

Mike Wangbickler is President of Balzac. With nearly 30 years of experience in marketing and public relations, Mike is a trusted advisor and strategic consultant to his clients. While others are frozen when faced with barriers, Mike is energized by it. He relishes analyzing problems for his clients, finding what is wrong, and providing them…

Karin Strykowski has been in the wine industry for over 18 years where her journey began in Navarro Vineyards’s tasting room and evolved into management where she developed a passion for DtC wine sales and customer success. From Navarro, Karin joined VinoPRO as the Director of Operations where she helped wineries achieve their DtC sales…

Dale Stratton brings over 40 years of experience in the Beverage Alcohol Industry to his role as an industry consultant. Dale retired from Constellation Brands in May of 2019 where he was the Vice President, Commercial Insights working across their Beer, Wine, and Spirits divisions. While at Constellation Brands he oversaw consumer and shopper insights,…

Eric Schwartzman is a search engine optimization (SEO), public relations, DTC, and green marketing consultant to wineries. He helps clients boost their wine tasting room rankings on Google Maps and drives traffic to their Product Landing Pages (PLPs), Product Detail Pages (PDPs), and unique content offerings through Google’s universal, news, image, and video search algorithms.…

Jacqueline Rullman is the Vice President of Marketing at Corksy, the all-in-one DtC platform helping wineries sell more wine. With 15 years of winery experience spanning from managing tasting rooms to overseeing wine club operations and leading e-commerce initiatives, most recently as the Director of Sales and Marketing for one of Virginia’s largest wineries, Jacqueline…