Our mission is to advance and strengthen the Wine and Craft Brew and Spirits Beverage Industry throughout North America and Internationally by bringing together Buyers, Suppliers, Distributors, Manufacturers, and Sellers with diversified incomes connecting all geographical markets.
Our editorial content is industry specific from first hand sources providing current, in-depth, innovative, educational and valuable information for producers in their day-to-day operations and future planning.
Bricker Publishing provides innovative, superb quality, and the most cost-effective marketing solutions of any similar publication.
We are a complete digital marketing platform which also includes our free Digital Publications that combined have been requested by 17,000+ commercial wineries, vineyards, craft breweries, distilleries and hard cider producers in the US, Canada and worldwide.
Digital advertising formats are rapidly evolving from traditional static advertising to immersive, interactive experiences. We combine traditional publishing expertise with innovative and engaging non-static (animated) marketing strategies to provide unique marketing solutions to businesses and brands serving the wine and grape grower producers.
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History
We first published The Grapevine Magazine™ in 2007 and it is now the largest read Viniculture Publication in North America. With 10,000+ readers, we bring your business directly to Wineries, Vineyards, and Nurseries, in addition to hundreds of educational institutions, professionals, researchers and industry leaders.
Our “sister” publication Beverage Master: Craft Brew & Spirits Magazine™ published in 2014 as a natural addition to our Publishing group. Beverage Master’s target audience are the producers of Craft Brew, Spirits, and Hard Cider and has grown to over 9,000 readers, making it the largest read Brewery and Spirits Digital Magazine in North America.
Both publications feature original and timely editorial content provided by dozens of Contributing and Staff Writers. In addition, each issue contains the latest advances in products, trends, new equipment, plus, reoccurring columnists sharing their business expertise in the Legal, Marketing, Tax, Financial, Production and Technical fields.
Talk to one of our experienced marketing specialists at (515) 604-6410 or email us at: editor@brickerpublishing.com.
Who we are
JEFF BRICKER, PRESIDENT, FOUNDER
Jeff served in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1982 to 1988, afterwards beginning his career as a Graphic Designer in 1988, establishing Bricker Publishing with over 40 years of Graphic Design, Marketing, Advertising and Publishing experience. Prior to founding Bricker Group, LLC in 2007, Jeff was the Art Director and Sr. Graphic Designer at several other major publishing companies. From 1990 to 2000 Jeff was also the co-founder of Media Associates, a Graphic Design and Commercial Photography studio located in Des Moines, Iowa.
Jeff grew up on a farm near Boone, Iowa where he obtained a vast knowledge of agriculture. His love for the land, along with his deep appreciation for the craft beverage, wine industry and publishing arena, made it a very natural progression to form his own publishing company.
CYNDI BRICKER, VICE PRESIDENT, CO-OWNER
Cyndi has more than 40 years of Marketing, Legal, Human Resources, Accounting, Digital Marketing and Editorial experience. She was born and raised in Iowa and began honing her sales support career with Monsanto. Cyndi later moved to Texas for warmer weather, found work in the legal field, moved on to the Executive Headhunter business and finally a Real Estate Agent and Director with the largest hospital system in the state. In 2010, Cyndi reconnected with her high school sweetheart, Jeff, and moved back to Iowa where they married!
With Cyndi’s vast knowledge and experience in multiple arenas, she brings a fresh perspective and new and challenging ideas to our customers every day. It’s a fast moving and changing world and Cyndi knows the cutting-edge marketing innovation that is needed for our advertisers to reach our readers. She’s a wealth of knowledge so give her a call!
