Terlato Wine Group’s supply chain ensures that the grapes, glass and other materials it sources are up to its high standards.
By Jim Harris
The Terlato Wine Group (TWG)’s supply chain operations play an important role in ensuring the company fulfills its mission to “put quality first, as quality endures.” For TWG, this means sourcing and producing the finest grapes for its super premium/luxury wine brands and partnering with best-in-class suppliers.
TWG owns and operates three California wineries. “The unique thing about the wine business is that if you have to plant a new vineyard, it can take four or more years before you achieve quality grapes for supply,” says Greg Newton, director of supply chain and contract services for the Napa, Calif.-based company’s family owned wineries division. “When you own your own vineyards, the crop or harvest is variable, which affects your ability to predict and supply the market so you have to be an exceptional communicator.”
