# eCommerce Wine Brands King Estate Winery Developed NEXT with Amazon for Amazon Wine By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2017-07-07 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/king-estate-winery References: [prnewswire](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/introducing-next-a-new-brand-from-a-new-division-of-king-estate-winery-300481523.html) & [kingestate](http://www.kingestate.com/) [King Estate Winery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/magflap) recently introduced NEXT as one of its five new brands. What's particularly noteworthy about NEXT is that it is being described as "the first wine ever developed from conception to release with [Amazon](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/perfect-anytime) Wine." NEXT includes a red, a red blend and a white wine, and with the wines available through both Amazon Wines, the winemaker aims to create a more direct connection to consumers in what it calls "today's digital village." Across multiple industries, consumers are looking to become part of larger communities via the brands they support. Amazon's work with the King Estate Winery on NEXT is just the beginning of its collaborations with other wineries, especially when it comes to introducing consumers to [new brands and products](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/curated-icons). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.4/10 - Popularity: 47% | Activity: 47% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Drinking](https://www.trendhunter.com/drinking) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Direct-to-consumer Wine Brands:** Wineries are increasingly partnering with eCommerce platforms to create direct-to-consumer wine brands, creating disruptive innovation opportunities in the online wine retail industry. - **Digital Marketing for Wine Industry:** Collaborations between wineries and eCommerce platforms like Amazon are creating opportunities for digital marketing in the wine industry, opening up new channels for customer engagement and brand building. - **Wine Brand Communities:** As wine consumers seek out larger communities through the brands they support, wineries can create disruptive innovation opportunities by leveraging digital platforms and social media to foster wine brand communities. ### Where This Applies - **Online Retail:** eCommerce platforms like Amazon are disrupting the traditional wine retail industry by partnering with wineries to offer direct-to-consumer wine sales. - **Wine Production:** Wineries can benefit from partnering with eCommerce platforms like Amazon to develop new direct-to-consumer wine brands, creating opportunities for disruption and innovation in the wine production industry. - **Marketing and Advertising:** The partnerships between wineries and eCommerce platforms like Amazon are creating opportunities for disruption and innovation in the wine industry's marketing and advertising landscape, particularly in the development of digital marketing strategies and customer engagement tactics. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sophisticated Handcrafted Wine Lines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/handcrafted-wine.md) - [Oregon Wine Expansions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oregons-willamette-valley.md) - [Collectors-Edition NFT Wines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blind-horse-winery.md) - [Web3 Wine Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grtwines.md) - [Contemporary Accessible Wine Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bink-wines.md) - [AI-Blended Wines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/von-stiehl-winery.md) - [Cheeky Alcoholic Ranges](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/browne-family-vineyards.md) - [Curated Wine Selections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/curated-icons.md) - [Next-Gen Wine Clubs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rookie-club.md)