The Winery Growth Lab — Bread & Butter Digital Marketing
The Winery Growth Lab · Founding Cohort · July 2026

Good wine isn't enough anymore.

You know it. The industry data confirms it. Wine sales dropped 6% in 2024, the steepest decline in decades. The wineries still growing aren't making better wine. They have a clearer, more consistent way of reaching the people who want it.

You're running a good operation. But you don't have a clear path forward for getting in front of more customers, consistently, on purpose, in a way that builds something instead of just filling the calendar.

"There was no execution plan."

"We're thin on staff."

"We don't have a clear path forward."

Real things real winery owners said.

One Virginia winery. The right system.

$120K in DTC revenue · 10.44x return on ad spend · 4 months
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$120K DTC Revenue
One Virginia Winery
10.44x Return on Ad Spend
Industry median is 2x
$1.88 Cost Per Lead
Platform avg: $21.98
4 mo. Timeframe for
Those Results
Molly teaching during a workshop
Sound familiar?

Marketing is happening.
It's just not working.

You're running the winery. Managing the tasting room, overseeing harvest, watching the margins, handling everything that can't wait.

And somewhere in between all of that, marketing is supposed to happen. So it happens reactively. A post here. An email when there's something to promote. A promotion when the numbers look soft. You've tried handing it off. You've tried an agency that delivered a beautiful strategy document and then disappeared.

This is not a wine problem. It is a system problem.

There was no execution plan.

We're thin on staff.

We don't have a clear path forward.

I just want someone to tell me exactly what to do.

"The wineries growing right now aren't making better wine. They're doing better marketing."
— Molly Bossardt, Bread & Butter Digital Marketing
Introducing

The Winery Growth Lab

A 6-month guided marketing program where I walk you through the exact system I used to generate $120K in DTC revenue for a Virginia winery, step by step, call by call, with me in the room.

This is not a course. Not a video library you start and never finish. Not generic marketing advice dressed up for the wine industry.

It's a small group of winery owners, no more than 8, working through the same focused curriculum on the same timeline, with direct access to a marketing strategist who has documented results in the exact industry you're in.

You bring the winery. I bring the system.

What's Included

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

01 / Weekly Calls

Live Group Sessions

One hour every week for six months. Alternating between The Strategy Session and The Lab, where you bring your real work for direct feedback.

02 / Direct Access

Private 1:1 Coaching

Two private 20-minute sessions with me over the six months, focused on your specific winery, your goals, and your situation.

03 / Community

Office Hours and Chat

A private channel with structured office hours twice a week. You're never stuck between calls without somewhere to bring a question.

04 / AI Tools

Monthly Prompt Library

Tested AI prompts built around each month's topic so you can draft newsletters, social content, and campaigns faster.

05 / Deliverables

Concrete Monthly Outputs

Every month ends with something built: a customer profile, a newsletter system, a content calendar, a paid campaign. Work done, not just notes taken.

06 / Recordings

All Sessions on Replay

Every call is recorded and available. Harvest happens. Events happen. You won't fall behind if you miss a week.

6-Month Curriculum

Built around the wine calendar.

Every module follows the rhythm of your actual wine year, so what we're working on is always immediately applicable to what's happening in your business right now.

Month
Focus
What You'll Build
01
Who You're Actually Selling To
Ideal customer profile, brand voice guide, messaging foundation
02
Email and Newsletter System
Functioning newsletter, one month of content planned, email flows
03
Wine Club Sales and Retention
Club positioning, retention strategy, reactivation campaign
04
Social Content That Converts
Content system, 30-day calendar, content capture process
05
Paid Social That Actually Works
First or optimized paid campaign using the 10.44x ROAS framework
06
Measuring What Works
Analytics dashboard, KPI benchmarks, 90-day roadmap
How It Works

Two calls a month.
One system that builds.

Twice a month we meet live. You learn the framework, then you apply it, then I give you feedback on the real work.

Weeks 1 & 3

The Strategy Session

I present the month's framework and exact action steps. You leave knowing what to focus on and why. Not a theory. A directive you can act on immediately.

Weeks 2 & 4

The Lab

You bring your actual work: a newsletter draft, a social post, a wine club offer. I review it live and tell you exactly what to fix. This is where the real progress happens.

Plus two private 20-minute 1:1 calls and ongoing access through the community channel during set office hours.

Molly Bossardt
Your Guide

Molly Bossardt

I'm a wine and hospitality marketing strategist who has spent years inside the industry, building DTC programs, running paid campaigns, managing wine club strategy, and watching wineries run hard without a real system behind it.

My work generated $120,000 in DTC revenue for a single Virginia winery in four months, with a 10.44x return on ad spend and a $1.88 cost per lead on Facebook against a platform average of $21.98.

I've spoken at the Unified Grape and Wine Symposium, built an industry LinkedIn presence of 5,700 followers, and worked with wineries and beverage brands across Virginia, California, and Europe.

This program is me teaching you exactly what I know.

$120K DTC revenue in 4 months, one Virginia winery
10.44x ROAS. The industry median is 2x.
Speaker, Unified Grape and Wine Symposium, Sacramento
5,700+ LinkedIn followers in the wine and beverage industry
Master's in Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art, London
Is This For You?

Right for some.
Not for everyone.

This is for you if...

  • You own or run a small-to-mid family winery, primarily Virginia and the Eastern US, and you're responsible for DTC growth
  • You're already selling but growth has stalled or feels unpredictable
  • Your marketing is reactive and inconsistent and you know it
  • You've tried handing it off and it didn't work the way you hoped
  • You want someone with proven wine industry results to tell you exactly what to do
  • You're ready to commit six months to building something that actually works

This is not for you if...

  • You want someone to do all the marketing for you. That starts at $2,000 a month.
  • You want a course to watch on your own without accountability
  • You're not willing to show up and do the work between calls
  • You're at a large winery with a full marketing department
  • You're not ready to make marketing a real priority for six months
What Wineries Say

Clients on working
with Molly.

"Molly helped me clarify our positioning, define our differentiators, understand our audience, and create a roadmap I could actually implement immediately. What stood out most was that her work didn't live in a slide deck. I've already implemented her recommendations across social, email, and positioning and it changed how I talk about the brand."
Preston Thomas — Founder, Tirage Sparkling Wine
"Molly provided a fresh perspective for what small winery marketing could actually look like. She took time to understand our brand, audience, and goals, and brought ideas that genuinely moved the needle. We've seen significant growth in engagement and brand awareness, and for the first time, we have a clear direction."
Katherine Gomez — Co-Owner, Delaplane Cellars, Virginia

Results from the founding cohort will be documented and published here. If you want to be one of those case studies, this is the cohort to join.

Investment

Founding Cohort Pricing

A marketing agency retainer starts at $2,000 a month. This gives you direct access to the same expertise, applied to your specific winery, at less than a third of that cost.

The Winery Growth Lab · July 2026 Founding Rate
$650 /month
6-Month Minimum · Paid Monthly · Total: $3,900
  • Weekly live group calls, alternating Strategy Session and The Lab
  • 2 private 20-minute 1:1 sessions with Molly
  • Community access with twice-weekly office hours
  • Monthly AI prompt library for each curriculum topic
  • All sessions recorded and available to members
  • 6 months of focused, sequential implementation support
Book Your Free DTC Audit Call

Enrollment happens through a free 20-minute call so we can both confirm this is the right fit before anyone commits. Cohort 2 pricing: $800 to $997 per month.

8 spots total · Founding cohort closes when full · Next cohort October 2026 at higher price
Questions

Things people always ask.

An agency does the work for you and charges accordingly. Done-for-you marketing from a specialist starts at $2,000 a month. This program gives you direct access to the strategy and live feedback at less than a third of that cost, while building a system your winery will own permanently. You're not renting marketing. You're building it.
Often this is the best fit. Most people running winery marketing are working hard without a real strategic framework for how wine is actually sold. This gives them exactly that, along with language they can use to explain to ownership why certain things need to change.
Plan for the one-hour weekly call plus two to three hours of implementation. Built around real winery operations, not theoretical schedules. If you can't attend a session live, it's recorded.
No. You implement. Molly provides the strategy, the frameworks, and the direct feedback. You own everything you build, which is what makes the results last.
A genuine 20-minute conversation, not a sales pitch. We look at where your DTC marketing currently stands, what the biggest gaps are, and whether this program is actually the right fit for you right now. If it's not, you'll hear that honestly.
You have the option to renew at a loyalty rate or roll into a future cohort. You'll also leave with six months of built-out marketing infrastructure: a functioning email system, a content process, a paid campaign, and a clear 90-day roadmap. The work doesn't disappear when the program ends.

Stop guessing.
Start growing.

Book a free 20-minute DTC Marketing Audit. We'll look at what's working, what isn't, and whether The Winery Growth Lab is the right next step.

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Founding Cohort · July 2026 · 8 Spots · $650/month