Wine Direct (formerly Inertia Beverage Group) edges out Winc for #7

Note: An update in WineDirect funding bumped Winc to the #8 position.

Previous WineDirect/IBG Wine Industry Insight Coverage

• Inertia Beverage Group Acquires/Merges With New Vine June – 4, 2009
• Inertia Beverage Group Secures New Vine Assets – July 27, 2009
• Inertia Beverage Group Raises $14MM in New Capital – December 17, 2009
• IBG Buys WTN Services Division of 1-800-flowers.com, Creates WineDirect – September 6, 2011

Today’s Charticle

Previous Wine Industry Insight/Wine Executive News winetech funding profiles:

• Winc (Formerly Club W) comes in at #7 In WII’s Winetech funding survey

• Lot 18 funding: $44.5 million good enough for 6th place in winetech venture funding

• At $53 million, Drizly places #4 in winetech funding, but #1 in the total number of investors.

• Vivino surfs to online prominence atop a wave of Euro Cash

• Wine.Com’s $140 million funding foundation takes #1 position in WII’s wine venture funding series

• List of top 50 wine business venture fundings + Coravin #1 in total financing

• Chinese wine venture capital investments blow away United States efforts

• Wine industry missing out on investment due to its lack of financial transparency