Wine &

What Wine & does

Wine & Co. is a boutique communications and marketing agency founded in 2013 by Constance Chamberlain and headquartered in New York, with a stated focus on promoting wine, beer, spirits, and other fermentable beverage categories in the US market. The firm offers a unified suite of professional services rather than discrete products, including brand building, strategic development, social media management, public relations for both trade and consumer audiences, event planning and execution, education and staff training, advertising planning and buying, content creation and copywriting, positioning tastings, and national sales initiatives. Each engagement is customized per client with no standardized service packages, and the firm specializes in representing wine region marketing boards and trade associations seeking US market penetration.

The agency's client base is concentrated among enterprise trade associations and premium beverage brands, including the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (a six-year engagement), Alto Adige Wines, Wines of Chile, Ridgeview Winery (England), the Hungarian Consulate, Pernod Ricard's wine portfolio (Brancott Estate, Jacob's Creek, G.H. Mumm Champagne), and most recently Billecart-Salmon. Its go-to-market is event-driven and relationship-led, anchored by signature activations such as the Austrian Uncorked sommelier competition, Race to the Top, and the Undercover Awards program. The business is founder-led and operates with a small core team of approximately two principals plus contract support, with no external funding, parent company, or disclosed revenue.

The agency generates revenue through professional service retainers and project-based engagements, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Distribution is entirely direct-to-client, and the firm markets itself through its own social channels, press relationships, and case studies. The underlying technology stack is limited to standard productivity and creative tools, and the competitive position rests primarily on founder expertise (WSET Diploma, 15+ years in beverage marketing), Director of PR experience (14 years in global brand communications), and long-tenured client relationships rather than on proprietary technology or scale economics.

Name

Wine &

Legal name

Wine & Co. LLC

Website

https://wineandcollc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wine & Co. is a New York-based boutique communications and marketing agency founded in 2013 that provides customized PR, event, social media, and brand-building services to wine, beer, spirits, and fermentable beverage trade associations and premium producers in the US market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marketing and Communications Services

akta.pro primary industry

Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours (THAJAGAD)

Keywords

• Wine marketing services
• Beverage public relations
• Trade association marketing
• Brand communications agency
• Event marketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Marketing and Communications Services: Boutique agency providing customized marketing, PR, event planning, and brand building services to wine, beer, spirits, and fermentable beverage clients. Revenue generated through professional service engagements including brand building, strategic development, social media, PR, event planning, education, and ad planning services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wine & Co. is a boutique communications and marketing agency providing integrated brand building, strategic development, public relations, social media management, event planning and execution, education, copywriting, and advertising planning services for wine, beer, spirits, and fermentable beverage clients. Services are customized per client rather than sold as a fixed product menu, with a specialization in supporting trade associations and wine regions seeking US market promotion.

Product overview

Wine & Co. is a boutique communications and marketing agency founded in 2013, offering a unified service offering rather than a modular software product. The company provides integrated marketing services including brand building, strategic development, social media management, public relations, event planning, education and training, advertising, content creation, and national sales initiatives. Services are customized per client rather than sold as a fixed product menu, with specialization in trade associations and promotion of wine, beer, spirits, and fermentable beverage brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Communications and Marketing Agency Services Unified boutique agency engagement covering brand building, strategic development, market research, social media strategy and execution, trade and consumer public relations, event planning and promotion, education and staff training, advertising planning and buying, content creation, copywriting, marketing materials, positioning tastings, and national sales initiatives, customized per client for wine regions, trade associations, wineries, and spirits brands.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significantly grown Austrian wine imports to US over six years, surpassing other export countries in value
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SophienwaldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWine & Co. facilitated a partnership between client Ridgeview Winery (England) and Austrian glassware company Sophienwald for the 'Undercover Awards' program that rewards sommeliers and trade members for achievements.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Colangelo & Partners: Leading US boutique PR and marketing agency specialized in wine, spirits, food, and lifestyle brands. Directly comparable to Wine & Co. in client vertical (wineries and trade associations), service mix (PR, events, media relations), and boutique positioning.
• RPMC (Rhodes Public Relations & Marketing Communications): Boutique US communications agency specializing in wine, spirits, food, hospitality and lifestyle. Closely mirrors Wine & Co.'s service model (PR, media relations, brand-building campaigns for premium beverage and lifestyle clients).
• Sopexa: French-origin food and wine marketing agency with US operations that runs country/region promotional campaigns for trade boards — directly analogous to Wine & Co.'s work for Austrian, Alto Adige, Wines of Chile. Same trade-association client archetype.
• MacMillan Communications: Boutique communications agency with wine and spirits practice. Overlaps in target customers (wineries, regional marketing bodies), service scope (PR, media relations, events), and boutique scale.
• Swift Current Communications: Wine and spirits PR and marketing agency serving premium beverage brands. Comparable client type (producers and importers seeking US awareness) and service offering (PR, events, influencer and trade outreach).

Emerging players

• Teplin+Nussbaum Wine & Spirits Consulting: Wine and spirits marketing consultancy focused on brand-building and PR for emerging producers. Same boutique positioning and trade/consumer audience as Wine & Co., though typically smaller engagement scope.
• Vine Connections: US importer that markets and distributes boutique wine producers, blending brand-building with US distribution. Overlaps with Wine & Co. in building US awareness for foreign-origin wine brands and engaging the sommelier/trade audience.

Broad incumbents

• Winebow Group: Large US wine and spirits importer/marketer with broad portfolio. Touches Wine & Co.'s world through brand-building and trade activation for its producers, but operates at much greater scale across distribution rather than purely marketing services.
• Frederick Wildman Imports: Major US importer of fine wines and spirits with in-house marketing that builds US brand presence for European producers. Comparable in subject matter (US promotion of Old World wine regions) but as an importer-distributor rather than independent agency.
• Edelman (Wine, Spirits & Lifestyle practice): Global PR firm with dedicated wine, spirits and beverage practice serving major brands. Reaches Wine & Co. on larger enterprise beverage accounts (e.g., Pernod Ricard tier) where clients may choose incumbency over boutique specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wineandcollc
• Facebookfacebook.com/wineandcollc
• Instagraminstagram.com/wineandcollc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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