Author: John Keleher

Community Benchmark Launches New Partnership with Napa Valley Vintners 

Napa Valley, CA (January, 2024) – Community Benchmark announced today a partnership with Napa Valley Vintners (NVV), the official trade and marketing organization for the Napa Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA) representing more than 550 wineries in Napa Valley. Community Benchmark will work with Napa Valley wineries to help them and their members find growth […]

Lodi Town Hall: How To Improve Our Tasting Room Average Order Values

Community Benchmark partnered with WISE Academy to host Lodi Town Hall on July 26th. In addition to presenting the latest Lodi & Industry Trends, we had a LIVELY discussion of Strategies & Tactics to improve Tasting Room Average Order Values. Below are the highlights of what Lodi wineries discussed as their favorite ideas of what […]

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Developer Martin Jakal Joins Community Benchmark Team

NAPA, CALIFORNIA JULY 2021. The Community Benchmark team is very excited to introduce our new Developer, Martin Jackal! 2021 has been a year of growth within the company. Earlier this year we doubled our Support team and now we have doubled our Developer team as well! This substantial growth allows us to increase product development […]

Community Benchmark Presents: Lodi Launch Event

Lodi Launch 2021! A Power Partnership: Lodi & Community Benchmark Thursday June 17th @ 10:00 AM A Virtual Launch Event   Please join John Keleher (Founder) and Nick Rood (Member Executive) at Community Benchmark, along with Lodi Wine for a lively conversation on how your participation will lead to growth opportunities previously unknown.   With […]

Amador Town Hall With Community Benchmark & WISE Academy

Navigating 2021  A Compass To Grow DTC sales Including Key Amador Insights To Date Thursday May 20th @ 9:00 AM ~ A Virtual Conversation ~ Please join Amador Vintners Association, John Keleher, Founder, Nick Rood, Member Executive at Community Benchmark, and the WISE Academy for a data driven and lively conversation on how wineries overall […]

wineshipping Presents: State Of 2021

Navigating 2021  A Compass To Grow DTC sales Including Key Insights To Date Thursday June 3rd @ 10:00 AM ~ A Virtual Conversation ~ Please join John Keleher, Founder, Nick Rood, Member Executive at Community Benchmark, Lesley Berglund, Chairman of the WISE Academy , and Wineshipping for a data driven and lively conversation on how […]

PRWCA Sponsored Town Hall With Community Benchmark & WISE Academy

Navigating 2021  A Compass To Grow DTC sales Including Key Paso & Central Coast Insights To Date Wednesday April 28th @ 9:00 AM ~ A Virtual Conversation ~ Please join John Keleher, Founder, Nick Rood, Member Executive at Community Benchmark, and the WISE Academy for a data driven and lively conversation on how Paso & […]

Special Update: August Regional Visitation Differences

For details in any of the following regions: Sonoma Valley Paso & Central Coast Amador

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You asked…we’re ON it! v2 of Community Benchmark to roll out in January 2020

Knowing where your tasting room stands relative to your peers is key.  We’ve been listening to the requests you’ve made to make Community Benchmark even more useful as a strategic tool.  Hold on to your hats ladies and gents, because good things are just around the corner! Here is a quick sneak peek: 1) Total […]

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Member Executive Nick Rood Joins Community Benchmark Team

NAPA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 2019. The Community Benchmark team is very excited to introduce our new Member Executive, Nick Rood. His curiosity in the wine world was first piqued when his family started their own high-end label in 2005.  Since then, he has helped with everything from establishing a vineyard, to making the wine, to selling […]