1. Strategy - Vision, Goals, Values
Vision
A Plus Company will be the first winery to produce real organic red wine by providing no additive- and preservative-free-“Pureissimo” in California State. A Plus will sell real organic red wines in California and export into Chinese market, and build reputation for “Pureissimo”.
Value
A Plus will provide healthy red wines, which are no additive- and preservative-free. The red wines will taste more pure than regular red wines that with chemical flavor.
A glass of red wine a day keeps the doctor away. In 1992, Harvard researchers suggested that specifically red wine is the most beneficial to your heart health, to reduce coronary heart disease risk and may inhibit tumor development in some cancers1.
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A Plus will keep on updating, meeting market demands, and providing new, environmentally friendly high-tech products to its clients.
By doing this, A Plus will be establishing and subsequently increasing its visibility and its business as a worldwide company.
2. Strategic Objectives
Objectives
A Plus 's objectives for the next few years are:
• Update A Plus Winery equipment and set up;
• Produce premium California organic grape wines to export to China;
• Attain and increase an annual gross revenue from $530,000 to $2.2M by the fifth year;
• Conduct extensive market research;
• Set up relatively mature sales channels;
• Create a service-based company with its #1 goal being to continually exceed the customer 's expectations;
• Increase their initial client base by 100% each year for the first two years.
3. Background
Wines
Grape wine is colorful and beautiful containing rich glucose, fructose, pentose, multiple amino acids, vitamin C, vitamin B, multiple organic acids, polyphones and other nutrients, which help digestion, soften the blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis.
In China, wine has become a more common drink rather than solely a special occasion one, which is the consequence of market expansion, segmentation and westernization. The fast-growing market has brought new opportunities to wine
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North Georgia is an area in which grapes are grown for wine making that is rich in a number of elements that make the region one that develops good quality wine. Though not quite as large as other regions in the United States, there are a number of elements unique to Georgia that in turn helps these grape growers develop wines with unique flavor characteristics. This paper will address many of those elements, as well as various techniques used for grape growing, diseases grape growers have to battle, the benefits to viticulture in this region, among a number of other components. The goal of this paper is to help with an expansion of knowledge of the components explored about what it means to grow grapes for winemaking in North Georgia.
To complement these outstanding facilities, the Sales & Marketing Strategy is designed to ensure that award-winning Watershed Premium Wines reach the most discerning consumer.
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