Dtc Wine Symposium

The Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium is the wine industry's premier conference on direct-to-consumer wine marketing and sales. Why Attend? This is the national wine industry’s only annual conference on direct marketing and sales - a must-attend event for every level in the company, and the only conference organized by vintners, for vintners. Why Return? The Steering Committee constantly reinvents the Program with thought-provoking keynote speeches, relevant workshops providing useful ideas, and legislative updates from across the country. Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium is presented by and as a fundraiser for Free the Grapes! This campaign works with industry representatives and winery associations to increase the market for winery-to-consumer shipping from 17 to 47 states since 1997. About Free The Grapes! Free the Grapes! is the national grassroots coalition of wine lovers and wineries seeking to ensure consumer choice by removing DTC shipping bans and streamlining onerous restrictions that prevent consumers from purchasing wines directly from wineries. The goal is to augment, not replace, the three-tier system with legal, regulated direct shipments.