The WineWeb — Showcasing Wine from Around the World
A Service of WineWeb Enterprises, Inc.

(Santa Fe, NM, USA) The WineWeb™ is a service that provides information on wineries and wines to consumers. It houses the largest database of information on wineries from all over the world. The WineWeb is envisioned to become the first stop on the Internet for anyone looking for wine.

The WineWeb is a service of WineWeb Enterprises, Inc., which was founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1995 to provide Internet marketing services to wineries. The WineWeb maintains an electronic marketplace of over 32,000 wineries from over 50 countries around the world, provides value-added services to wineries and wine merchants, and provides a consumer-friendly method of integrating thousands of wineries and wines into a searchable environment. All wineries are allowed to update information on their winery, wines, vintages, and shipping methods as part of the free service. Wine merchants/retailers are able to load their product catalogs into the site so visitors can find and buy their wines. The company was one of the first commercial database-enabled Web sites and one of the first sites dedicated to the wine industry.

The WineWeb gives wineries and wine merchants many opportunities to increase their on-line exposure, increase Web site traffic and drive sales. The WineWeb has one of the most robust wine databases on the Internet today, which brings value to both the wineries, wine merchants, and consumers. A winery may use the WineWeb site to supplement their existing web site with more information on vintages, awards, news, and suppliers. In addition, wineries without a web presence or a minimal site may elect to create or enhance their Web presence utilizing the services available through The WineWeb.

How We Began

We had been researching the feasibility of a service such as this since the early 1990's, but until late 1994, could not find a suitable medium for presenting the information. With the shift of the Internet to a more commercial environment, and with the increased use of the World Wide Web portion of the Internet, this service became feasible. In early 1995, the concept was brought on-line with a service allowing wineries to market their wines. We were one of the first sites, and definitely the first wine site, to build a database-enabled web site that hosted dynamic pages. Although it seems commonplace now, the web environment back then was quite primitive.

We have watched as other wine sites came and went, several after making a splashy entrance and a fiery exit. Through it all, The WineWeb has continued to adapt to the changing environment, and continues to provide a powerful database of information for the wine consumer.

The WineWeb continues to enhance its Internet services to provide value and appeal to a large number of wineries. Ron Kreutzer, the President of WineWeb Enterprises, Inc., explained, "We provide a very innovative and customizable method for any winery in the world to showcase their products on the Internet." A winery can leverage their existing investment in their web site and provide links from The WineWeb into various places on their web site. For wineries that have yet to establish a web site, The WineWeb can function as their web presence, with information provided on the winery, the wines, awards, ratings and shipping information. A winery or wine merchant can choose to have the WineWeb process orders for wines and can link to other order processing services.

The WineWeb is a site focused on the wine consumer. Access to all the information on this site is free to consumers -- always has been and always will be.

For more information, visit the Web site: www.wineweb.com.