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09/11/2025

Garagiste Wine Festival Celebrates 15th Anniversary in Paso Robles, November 7th-8th.

America’s Best Wine Festival comes home to America’s Best Wine Region with 50+ of California’s most innovative, micro-production wineries; a dedicated rare and reserve tasting; live music, an ‘Oak and Barrel’ tasting seminar and bonus ‘Passport Day’ with local winery discounts

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America’s Best Wine Festival comes home to America’s Best Wine Region with 50+ of California’s most innovative, micro-production wineries; a dedicated rare and reserve tasting; live music, an ‘Oak and Barrel’ tasting seminar and bonus ‘Passport Day’ with local winery discounts America....

09/11/2025

Got tix? Come celebrate 15 years in Paso with The Garagiste Festival!

More than 50 wineries will pour over 200 wines – The Garagiste Wine Festival will return to Paso Robles on Nov. 7-8 to celebrate its […]

04/16/2025

We're proud to share this powerful Forbes article from mWEBB Communications client Matthew Phillips, CEO of Car Pros Automotive Group, who outlines “4 Ways Diversity Can Strengthen Your Business.” Drawing from real-world experience and proven best practices across his dealerships, Matthew highlights how embracing diverse perspectives can unlock meaningful gains in customer service, employee retention, and the ultimate measure—sales and profitability.

As Matthew puts it: “We all see the world through the lenses of our dreams, fears, beliefs, experiences and culture… These prisms are a business opportunity.”

👉 Read the full article in Forbes here:

Whatever label is on initiatives that have inclusion at their core, we have found it to be good for business and our values.

05/30/2024

mWEBB is proud to help develop strategies for clients that showcase their thought leadership. From a feature in Forbes discussing the role of car dealerships in local economies, to pinpointing the transparency gaps between dealers and lenders impacting the vehicle sales and finance process in CBT News, to an analysis of in-vehicle listening that tracks Jelly Roll's crossover from rap to country to Automotive News commentary on what younger consumers want in their vehicle dashboards, mWEBB's clients are shaping critical and future thinking in the automotive industry. Check out the articles below:

The Last True Main Street Business: What Is The Role Of Car Dealerships In Local Economies, published on Forbes Business Council. By Matthew Phillips, Car Pros Automotive Group
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/05/24/the-last-true-main-street-business-what-is-the-role-of-car-dealerships-in-local-economies/?sh=fa530c32c42d

Automotive finance: the adverse impact of declining transparency, published on CBT News. By Pete MacInnis, eLEND Solutions
https://www.cbtnews.com/automotive-finance-the-adverse-impact-of-declining-transparency/

DTS Artist Impact Report: How Jelly Roll ‘Rolls’ with In-Vehicle Listeners, blog by Joseph D'Angelo, Xperi Inc.
https://xperi.com/blog/dts-artist-impact-report-how-jelly-roll-rolls-with-in-vehicle-listeners/

Young car owners want radio, video and personalization in the dashboard, Automotive News guest commentary by Jeff Jury, XPERI
https://www.autonews.com/guest-commentary/what-young-car-owners-want

02/29/2024

America's Best Wine Festival, The Garagiste Festival: Northern Exposure, returns to Sonoma's historic downtown for the sixth year with over 40 micro-production wineries from Northern California, pouring 100+ wines, from 20+ grape varieties. Read more and get your tickets here:

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- America's Best Wine Festival[1], The Garagiste Festival: Northern Exposure, brings new wine discoveries from over 40 micro-production...

02/24/2024

More glowing post-Festival coverage from Santa Barbara Independent of The Garagiste Festival Southern Exposure in Solvang.... and onto Sonoma, April 27th! Got Tix?

Garagiste Winemakers from the Central Coast gather for the 10th annual Garagiste Festival.

02/08/2024

Great feature in the Santa Maria Sun on Casa Dumetz founder Sonja Magdevski, whose winemaking journey began in her garage. And she was among the pourers at the inaugural The Garagiste Festival, held in Paso Robles in 2011. Casa Dumetz will be pouring Feb 9-10 in Solvang at the 10th Annual Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure event. Join us there this weekend!

https://www.santamariasun.com/food/casa-dumetz-founder-discusses-early-ties-with-two-local-long-standing-wine-traditions-15449661

For up-and-coming winemakers and small-production vintners without a brick-and-mortar to call home, the Garagiste Wine Festival provides a temporary setting to hold tastings and interact...

02/08/2024

Artisan Santa Barbara County winemakers join the weekend’s events.

02/06/2024

Check out The Garagiste Festival feature in the Santa Barbara Independent. Who's joining us in Solvang this weekend? Get your tix asap. We will sell out soon. https://www.independent.com/2024/02/05/new-faces-at-garagiste-wine-festival-in-solvang/?

Artisan Santa Barbara County winemakers join the weekend’s events.

01/31/2024

A new snapshot survey of auto dealers and lenders reveals that 90% believe that AI-based pricing is contributing to inaccurate online payment quotes which, the vast majority say, is having an adverse impact on the buying experience. This new survey by mWEBB client eLEND Solutions underscores challenges of delivering accurate online payment quotes, including reduced lender transparency, mismatched desking/lender decisions, consumer-provided credit scores, all of which results in anything but ‘penny-perfect’ payment quotes. Read more here: https://www.prweb.com/releases/90-of-auto-dealerslenders-link-ai-based-pricing-to-inaccurate-quotes-302046510.html

01/04/2024

Garagiste Wine Festival: Southern Exposure celebrates 10th anniversary in Solvang, February 9th and 10th. Discover over 30 small-production winemakers pouring at the festival - get your tickets today:

https://www.prweb.com/releases/garagiste-wine-festival-southern-exposure-celebrates-10th-anniversary-in-solvang-february-9th-and-10th-302025958.html

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- America's Best Wine Festival, The Garagiste Wine Festival, kicks off its 2024 line-up of events with the celebration of the 10th...

11/21/2023

Still wondering what to pour at Thanksgiving? Check out the latest article by our very own, Melanie Webber, on one of her favorite wines, Madeira, and find out why it is a perfect holiday wine and very food-friendly -- and, by all means, Have Some Madeira, M'dears (you really have nothing to fear....)
https://www.melaniewebberwine.com/post/have-some-madeira-my-dear-you-really-have-nothing-to-fear?

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Blandy's Madeira Wine Cossart Gordon Madeira Wine , Madeira Wine Company Broadbent Selections Inc.

Madeira with its long history, complex flavors and food friendliness is the perfect holiday wine!