Block 41
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Heli Suokko
Business Genre


Block 41 is one of downtown Seattle’s newest and most unique private event venues.  Located in the heart of Belltown, the impeccably renovated former ice warehouse offers three discrete indoor spaces on two levels, plus a landscaped outdoor courtyard. Block 41 combines the best of old and new – massive old growth timber, exposed brick walls, and vintage car decking merge gracefully with blackened steel, leather column wraps, and state-of-the-art building systems. Award-winning architecture firm Graham Baba, along with other local artists and craftsmen, collaborated to repurpose this vintage industrial building into a unique and elegant multi-purpose event venue.

Capital Benefit Group
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Will Compton
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The Nation’s Leader in Association Health Plan Management
With over 30 years of expertise in brokerage and consulting services, Capital Benefit Services provides affordable, high-quality employee benefits through the association health plans under our management.

Simplifying the complex world of employee benefits

Capital Benefit Services has a long history of serving customers in the right way. Our team brings a diverse background of knowledge and industry experience, making the complicated world of employee benefits easy. Since 1986 our team has been the exclusive consultant of some of the Northwest's largest association health plans.

Strategic Partnerships Provide Access to Top-Tier Benefits for Companies across the Pacific Northwest
Our company prides itself in helping employers of all sizes find affordable health insurance options for their employees. We do this by providing employers access to association health plans in which we administer and manage.

 

Columbia Label
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Katii Deaton
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Columbia Label is the largest and newest wine label printing facility on the West Coast. Having invested millions in its digital technology, innovative printing capabilities, and expanded facilities, and being located in Eastern Washington’s wine growing and production region, Columbia Label is the sustainable label source for wineries who want to reduce transportation-related carbon emissions. 

Ekos
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Rob Byrd
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Ekos is a comprehensive business management solution that helps wineries track data across production, inventory, sales, and accounting. With Ekos, you'll save time, improve visibility, and understand your costs with a cloud-based platform you can access anywhere. Ekos is the only end-to-end solution on the market for wineries — its inventory, production, sales, and accounting functions are boosted by integrations with POS, ecommerce and accounting solutions like QuickBooks, Commerce7, Square, and Shopify. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Ekos is the leading business management technology platform powering — and empowering — craft beverage businesses. With more than 18,000 users on six continents, Ekos helps beer, wine, and cider makers drive efficiencies, power growth, streamline communication, and improve visibility across their businesses. As a digital hub for all critical business information, Ekos makes it easy to manage day-to-day operations in inventory, production, sales, and accounting. To learn more, visit goekos.com.

El Cerrito Liquor
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Jazz Patel
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El cerrito Liquor is a family owned fine wines and spirits establishment in Corona, California. 

The El cerrito team strives to bring quality advise and products to our customers. If there are any further questions please feel free to contact us.

Elutriate Systems
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Elutriate Systems is a complete solution company, offering design and installation, start up and training and operations of biological treatment system, designed for treating winery effluent. Elutriate offers a world class control group. We design and maintain remote monitoring systems which offer real time control and reduced labor cost for both our systems as well as existing systems.

FedEx
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Contact Name
Tony Lane
Business Genre

As a Washington Wine Institute member, you’re entitled to significant savings on select FedEx® shipping services. You also benefit from more than a decade of experience and expertise in wine shipping. That’s the FedEx Advantage® — another great advantage for members of the Washington Wine Institute. Enroll today and pour on the savings.

Save more with fee waiver and bonus discounts.
As an added bonus, you can save 67% on the Adult Signature Required (ASR) fee with your Washington Wine Institute membership. You may also be able to save an additional 2% on FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipments if you average more than $20,000 in annual shipping with FedEx. (Contact your FedEx account executive to see if you qualify.)

Getting started with FedEx Delivery Manager® is free, quick, and easy.

Take a closer look at all the options available to your residential customers at fedex.com/delivery.

Foster Garvey PC
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Emily Gant
Business Genre

Foster Garvey PC was established through the combination of two storied Pacific Northwest-based law firms, Foster Pepper PLLC and Garvey Schubert Barer, PC, in 2019. Foster Garvey is now one of the largest firms in the region with 180 attorneys in six offices in Seattle, Portland, Washington, D.C., New York, Spokane and Beijing, offering an extended national and international reach to serve several of the most influential and innovative companies, governments and individuals in the country across the full-spectrum of legal services. The firm's attorneys are consistently recognized for their deep industry knowledge and superior client service by prominent legal industry publications including Best Lawyers in America©, Chambers USA and U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” In addition to providing efficient and effective counsel, Foster Garvey will continue to provide a strong commitment to community service, pro bono work, diversity and inclusion efforts, and a collegial and equitable work environment.

Gravity Payments
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Contact Name
Marshall Rambo
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The Payment Processing Company Merchants Trust
We created Gravity Payments because thousands of hard-working business owners were being overcharged and underserved by credit card processors. Today, we serve over 13,000 merchants across America, saving them millions in fees and hours of frustration. Though we’ve grown substantially over the years, we treat each of our clients as if they’re our first client. We are devoted to complete transparency. We don’t confuse our community business owners with credit card gibberish or hide anything in the fine print. Instead, we strive to make credit card processing as simple as possible.
We owe our values-based philosophy to our founder, Dan Price. In 2004, it was his commitment to level the payment processing playing field that launched Gravity.

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Johannes Wang
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Kahn’s Fine Wines
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Manbir Sandhu
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Kahn's Fine Wines & Spirits has been the premier destination for Fine Wine since 1978. Occupying a 2,500 sq ft space in the early days, the shop was full of wines from around the world with emphasis on Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, and California wines. In 2007, the move happned to the current location. A 15,000 sq ft. warehouse style store filled to the brim with the best wines in the world, the hottest craft beer, and one of the finest selections of spirits in town. With over 5,000 wines, 2,500 spirits, and 1,000 beers, there is something for everyone.

Moss Adams
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Contact Name
Ben Sappington
Business Genre

The wine industry faces significant business challenges: rapid industry consolidation, unprecedented levels of international competition, changing consumer preferences, and increasingly complex risk management issues. We've been there every step of the way as advisors to more than 300 wineries and vineyards across the United States. Each has its own unique challenges and we're eager to help find the right solutions.

Here are some of those time-consuming challenges that we can help with:

- Environmental, labor, and safety regulations
- Competitive industry intelligence
- Effective management of growth and opportunity
- Financing and lender relationships
- Financial reporting and financial planning
- Federal, state, and local taxes

We serve more wine clients than any other CPA firm. As the nation's largest wine accounting and consulting practice, we stay ahead of critical issues by immersing ourselves in the information stream and playing an active role in the industry. Our goal is to help equip your business with the fundamental financial and operational strength it needs to grow and thrive so you can focus on what you love most—the art of creating great wine. Learn more at www.mossadams.com/wine

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Hunly Chy
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ODP Business Solutions
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Darrin Quillen
Business Genre

Office Supplies, Furniture, Print Services, Promotional Products & More Program Highlights
 

-1300+ deeply discounted high-use commodity items
-Ability to customize your own list of 75 discounted items specific to your organization
-Fast and free delivery on qualifying orders of $50 or more within our local delivery areas
-Dedicated Account Manager supported by product specialists and an award winning customer service team
-Convenient, one-stop purchasing for all your office essentials, as well as copy and print services, furniture, promotional products, cleaning supplies technology, and more
-Discount program for all your employees

WWI Members can register for this program online at: https://wwi.wine/odp-business-solutions

On Point Accounting
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Rachel Smith
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Small business accounting service you can count on. 
We operate 100% virtually. That means that we can serve clients located anywhere.
However, North Central Washington is our home and most of our clients are local to the area. It helps that we know the industries, the vendors, the economic climate, and, yes, lots of the people!
 
SERVICES

System Set up
Bookkeeping
Tax
Management Reporting
Part-time CFO

 

Paul Richardson Agency
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Phil Obert
Business Genre

Paul Richardson Agency is a member of the local community and we understand the needs of our diverse customers. As an independent agent, you can trust that we work for you — not for the insurance companies.  We have your best interests at heart, and will work with you to find an insurance plan that meets your needs.

As an independent agent, we offer insurance policies from many insurance companies, which means we can "shop" a variety of insurance options for you.  We take pride in our diversity of insurance options and work hard to tailor policies to meet the needs of each and every unique customer.

Once we've found the right insurance policy for you, we'll provide you with exceptional and reliable service. You can count on us to be there for you if you have a claim, or simply a question or concern.

Whether you are looking for insurance for yourself, your family, or your business, Paul Richardson Agency has a solution that will meet your needs.

 

Sovos ShipCompliant
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Contact Name
Barbara Fusco
Business Genre


Direct To Consumer Wine Shipping


DtC Shipping is Critical to Your Business – So is DtC Compliance


WWI members enjoy a discount with Sovos ShipCompliant


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Direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping is a critical part of many wineries’ success. In 2022, DtC shipments in the U.S. were valued at $4.1 billion and made up 12% of total off-premise sales of domestically made wines. The channel only grows in importance as consumers continue to migrate to online shopping and direct shipment.


While DtC wine shipping is a great way to bring your products to a wider audience, there are a variety of compliance considerations to keep in mind so that your business doesn't run afoul of regulators, especially as the last several years have seen increased scrutiny by regulators including audits and enforcement actions. There are serious consequences to non-compliance with laws surrounding licensure, age verification, labeling, carrier handling and more. Initial violations bring cease and desist letters, but fines and monetary penalties are also common. If noncompliance becomes habitual, DtC licenses can be revoked, which can have a domino effect and lead to the loss of production licenses.


Our partner Sovos ShipCompliant can help make sure your DtC shipping is always in compliance and you experience smooth sailing as your wine club and other shipments head out the door. Their cloud-based software offers real-time compliance checks and tax determination so your DtC shipping operations stay healthy (not subject to penalties, fines, or worse) for the long haul. On top of that, their Delivery Experience solution helps you deliver top-notch customer service around shipping in this age of Amazon and a new level of comfort/desire to have wine delivered to a customer’s home.


Washington Wine Institute members that are new or renewing Sovos ShipCompliant customers receive a 10% discount off a one-year contract of any Sovos ShipCompliant product.


Want to learn more? Reach out to your existing Sovos ShipCompliant account executive, or you can send a note via their website, or directly to shipcompliantsales@sovos.com.

Stoel Rives LLP
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Contact Name
Susan Johnson
Business Genre

Winery & Vineyard Law

We know our wine…law, that is. As counsel to more than 250 wineries and vineyards, Stoel Rives is a trusted advisor and advocate for the industry. The Stoel Rives Winery & Vineyard Law practice group has advised West Coast wineries and vineyards for 30 years through all phases of their business cycle. From start-ups to mergers and acquisitions, we counsel clients on issues facing their business. At Stoel Rives, we help each client turn their vision into a reality.

Winery & Vineyard Services

Our lawyers keep in step with the complexities and trends of the wine industry and focus their attention on the issues that matter. Our broad experience allows us to advise clients on a wide range of legal matters affecting the industry, including state and TTB permitting, trademark registration, employment policies and procedures, water rights, land use and ADA compliance. Whether you are producing 600 or 600,000 cases of wine, our attorneys provide solutions to the challenges wineries face as they develop strategies and deliver their products.

For further information regarding the services offered by Stoel Rives, please contact Susan Johnson at 206-386-7684 or Claire Mitchell at 206-386-7698.

Synergy By Association LLC
Contact Name
Darrin Quillen
Business Genre

Synergy by Association is an extension of your state trade association, providing association members with superior products and services through partnerships with industry-leading suppliers. Synergy by Association partners WWI with our Office Depot Program

Office Supplies, Furniture, Print Services, Promotional Products & More

Program Highlights

- Up to 80% off Manufacturers Suggested List Price on a core list of 700+ frequently ordered, deeply discounted products featuring many high use commodity items.
- Save 10% off retail on any other product in the Business Services Division catalog (excluding technology products).
- Free, next-day delivery on orders over $50, depending on your location.
- Discounts on office furniture, print/copy services, custom business forms, stationery supplies, promotional products, and lunchroom/janitorial provisions.
- Discount program for your company’s employees.

WWI Members can register for this program online at: http://bit.do/WWI-OfficeDepot

Take Your Pick Liquors
Contact Name
Frederick Shadbolt
Business Genre

We are a family-run business.

Take Your Pick Liquors (TYPL) is a family-run online liquor store business that operates out of Washington, DC.

We provide unique and quality products.

Our barrel picks are hand selected by the owner, who also partners with local bourbon groups for barrel picks. We value the comradery that bourbon has to offer. One of the picks you buy could be one picked by us, fellow bourbon connoisseurs and/or barrel groups from partnering states.

TYPL works closely with several distilleries to offer you one-of-a-kind bottles available only through us. We have a great working relationship with them, and in return, these distilleries offer us exclusive products and the first chance at some amazing picks.

Since we operate out of and have liquor licenses in DC, we are able to acquire bottles not normally available in other markets. TYPL can also find almost any vintage or rare bottle you are looking for. Just reach out to us through our Contact Us page or email us at info@takeyourpickliquors.com, and we will help you find exactly what you want, if we do not already have it.

We are different.

We use real photos of our bottles taken by a professional photographer, unless they are current-production bottles.

Our TYPL employees are put through an extensive training program, so they are knowledgeable about the products we sell and how to properly ship them. We take pride in our employees!

We support many local business, from local photographers, to local T-shirt companies and web developers. We value the relationships we build with them and strive to support our local business partners.