I am truly surprised that WineWeb is not listed in your top tier of e-commerce providers. We directly compete with the 3 you’ve listed, and once prospective clients get below the IBG hype and do a direct comparison with our solution, we usually win out, both on features and of course on value.

Let me point you to some things:
- Wines & Vines discussed our direct-to-trade solution along with Inertia’s in June 2006.
- Practical Winery is publishing an article I wrote on the Hosted Services Model in the July/August issue.
- We list all the details of our services, including pricing, at services.wineweb.com.

Ron Kreutzer, President and Founder
WineWeb Enterprises, Inc. – http://www.wineweb.com – Wine e-Marketplace – 34,000 wineries, 100,000 wines e-Commerce, Website services for wineries and wine merchants
Tel: 888-236-0058 – Fax: 888-236-1439 – Cell 505-577-9597

I am truly surprised that WineWeb is not listed in your top tier of e-commerce providers. We directly compete with the 3 you’ve listed, and once prospective clients get below the IBG hype and do a direct comparison with our solution, we usually win out, both on features and of course on value.

Let me point you to some things:
- Wines & Vines discussed our direct-to-trade solution along with Inertia’s in June 2006.
- Practical Winery is publishing an article I wrote on the Hosted Services Model in the July/August issue.
- We list all the details of our services, including pricing, at services.wineweb.com.

Ron Kreutzer, President and Founder
WineWeb Enterprises, Inc. – http://www.wineweb.com – Wine e-Marketplace – 34,000 wineries, 100,000 wines e-Commerce, Website services for wineries and wine merchants
Tel: 888-236-0058 – Fax: 888-236-1439 – Cell 505-577-9597

Guys at Grapethinking. Thank you very much for the kudo’s. We’ve been working hard and truly embrace and believe in the future of Direct. Our free compliance is just another indication that we want wineries to succeed in direct at all cost.

We truly think all the companies you listed are working hard to help wineries and they provide excellent services but we are also confident that our vision is about helping the entire industry succeed in direct sales and marketing and the response from WITS represented that leadership.

Thank you again guys and keep up the great work.

Inertia – Powering the Wine Revolution

—Paul Mabray – CEO

Guys at Grapethinking. Thank you very much for the kudo’s. We’ve been working hard and truly embrace and believe in the future of Direct. Our free compliance is just another indication that we want wineries to succeed in direct at all cost.

We truly think all the companies you listed are working hard to help wineries and they provide excellent services but we are also confident that our vision is about helping the entire industry succeed in direct sales and marketing and the response from WITS represented that leadership.

Thank you again guys and keep up the great work.

Inertia – Powering the Wine Revolution

—Paul Mabray – CEO

Ron,
It sounds like you have sour grapes (pun intended) about Inertia beating you in the market. I looked at your site and you have nowhere near the wines you claim and not even close to the caliber of clients that Inertia seems to have. Based upon their success, I find it hard to believe that you usually win customers over Inertia.

From all appearances and your pricing, you seem to be the mobile hot dog stand version and Inertia is the French Laundry version. There is always room for the bottom feeders as well as the top but you should accept your place in the pecking order.

I am very familiar with Inertia’s system and I also read your direct to trade solution and to be fair, called some regulators who clearly stated that you did not get permission and your system was illegal in their eyes. I think you are a “me too” company and a bad copy at that.

I think you have Inertia envy and based upon your tone, you seem to be very focused on them. This is the sign of insecurity and everyone I know in the wine industry seems to think you are smoke and mirrors. Perhaps you should look in the mirror and be more honest with yourself instead of attacking or comparing yourself to Inertia (a good company) or any of the other vendors, you should just focus on trying to win market share. Again, your comments sounds like a poor loser and sour grapes on Grape Thinking. Shame on your Ron Kreutzer.

Jason Mann

Ron,
It sounds like you have sour grapes (pun intended) about Inertia beating you in the market. I looked at your site and you have nowhere near the wines you claim and not even close to the caliber of clients that Inertia seems to have. Based upon their success, I find it hard to believe that you usually win customers over Inertia.

From all appearances and your pricing, you seem to be the mobile hot dog stand version and Inertia is the French Laundry version. There is always room for the bottom feeders as well as the top but you should accept your place in the pecking order.

I am very familiar with Inertia’s system and I also read your direct to trade solution and to be fair, called some regulators who clearly stated that you did not get permission and your system was illegal in their eyes. I think you are a “me too” company and a bad copy at that.

I think you have Inertia envy and based upon your tone, you seem to be very focused on them. This is the sign of insecurity and everyone I know in the wine industry seems to think you are smoke and mirrors. Perhaps you should look in the mirror and be more honest with yourself instead of attacking or comparing yourself to Inertia (a good company) or any of the other vendors, you should just focus on trying to win market share. Again, your comments sounds like a poor loser and sour grapes on Grape Thinking. Shame on your Ron Kreutzer.

Jason Mann

can’t we all just get along?

can’t we all just get along?

JB – LOL – Actually we at Inertia respect all our competitors and try to get along with everyone. However, we are only 1/2 of the equation.

Inertia – Powering the Wine Revolution

—Paul Mabray – CEO

JB – LOL – Actually we at Inertia respect all our competitors and try to get along with everyone. However, we are only 1/2 of the equation.

Inertia – Powering the Wine Revolution

—Paul Mabray – CEO

Jake, thank you for inviting us to respond to your blog posting. Nexternal does indeed meet all of the requirements that you define above for a good ecommerce engine. The landscape of selling wine online continues to evolve and we at Nexternal do our best to ensure our technology keeps up with those ongoing changes. You can learn more about the benefits that Nexternal offers to the wine industry here:

http://www.nexternal.com/ecommerce/wine-club-software.asp

If any one has any specific questions about the features or benefits that Nexternal offers to the wine industry, I invite you to either post a question here or contact me directly.

DOREEN DAVIS

dwoo@nexternal.com
(800) 914-6161 x415
(760) 730-9031 fax
785 Grand Ave Ste 216
Carlsbad, CA 92008
http://www.nexternal.com

Jake, thank you for inviting us to respond to your blog posting. Nexternal does indeed meet all of the requirements that you define above for a good ecommerce engine. The landscape of selling wine online continues to evolve and we at Nexternal do our best to ensure our technology keeps up with those ongoing changes. You can learn more about the benefits that Nexternal offers to the wine industry here:

http://www.nexternal.com/ecommerce/wine-club-software.asp

If any one has any specific questions about the features or benefits that Nexternal offers to the wine industry, I invite you to either post a question here or contact me directly.

DOREEN DAVIS

dwoo@nexternal.com
(800) 914-6161 x415
(760) 730-9031 fax
785 Grand Ave Ste 216
Carlsbad, CA 92008
http://www.nexternal.com

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The initial comment was my response upon reading a draft of this post, and was intended to provide supporting references for consideration in being added as a company on Grape Thinking’s list.

Jason, please disclose your affiliation to any of the vendors. You’ve said some very negative things about my company, and your tone is similar to comments that have appeared on the WineWeb blog.

That said, WineWeb was founded in 1995, and since then has grown to include a comprehensive suite of services for winery and wine merchant website and e-commerce functions. Our services meet the requirements for a sales engine as listed in the article. We invite you to compare the benefits, features and value of our services. Details of all our services, including pricing, are available at services.wineweb.com. We have recently published a position paper on our direct-to-trade sales, and this can be found at the above link.

Ron Kreutzer, President
WineWeb Enterprises, Inc.
888-236-0058
WineWeb.com

The initial comment was my response upon reading a draft of this post, and was intended to provide supporting references for consideration in being added as a company on Grape Thinking’s list.

Jason, please disclose your affiliation to any of the vendors. You’ve said some very negative things about my company, and your tone is similar to comments that have appeared on the WineWeb blog.

That said, WineWeb was founded in 1995, and since then has grown to include a comprehensive suite of services for winery and wine merchant website and e-commerce functions. Our services meet the requirements for a sales engine as listed in the article. We invite you to compare the benefits, features and value of our services. Details of all our services, including pricing, are available at services.wineweb.com. We have recently published a position paper on our direct-to-trade sales, and this can be found at the above link.

Ron Kreutzer, President
WineWeb Enterprises, Inc.
888-236-0058
WineWeb.com

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Paul,

I may be committing a cardinal business sin right now, but I’m close to launching an e-commerce DTC & DTT wine business myself. I realize that this will potentially make us competitors, but I’m hoping you’ll realize that more responsible players in this sandbox will not only be good for everyone in the wine e-commerce business, it’s likely to be positive for everyone in the wine industry.

I’m anxious for your opinion regarding your vision for the future and space in the marketplace for this business model. Any thoughts?

Chris

P.S. – I DO believe in responsible and ethical business dealings, fo what it’s worth, so I hope you’ll recognize my genuine desire to acquire information for the betterment of our industry.

Paul,

I may be committing a cardinal business sin right now, but I’m close to launching an e-commerce DTC & DTT wine business myself. I realize that this will potentially make us competitors, but I’m hoping you’ll realize that more responsible players in this sandbox will not only be good for everyone in the wine e-commerce business, it’s likely to be positive for everyone in the wine industry.

I’m anxious for your opinion regarding your vision for the future and space in the marketplace for this business model. Any thoughts?

Chris

P.S. – I DO believe in responsible and ethical business dealings, fo what it’s worth, so I hope you’ll recognize my genuine desire to acquire information for the betterment of our industry.

Chris, I am more than happy to share with responsible and ethical business competitors my vision and we enjoy more people getting wineries into the space as long as they are genuine with their product and business messages. Please feel free to email me directly paul@ to chat.
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Chris, I am more than happy to share with responsible and ethical business competitors my vision and we enjoy more people getting wineries into the space as long as they are genuine with their product and business messages. Please feel free to email me directly paul@ to chat.
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