About Us
DIGITAL MARKETING MASTER, WINERY GROWTH
Sue Wollan Fan, CMO
Sue is currently CMO at Coursey Graves Estate Winery. She brings modern marketing, innovation, and AI to the wine world. With a background in management consulting, tech, and digital strategy, she helps wineries drive traffic, boost revenue, and build lasting customer relationships. Her work spans startups, scale-ups, and industry leaders—including Ancestry, Accenture, and Best Buy.
She’s known for up-skilling GM’s, developing teams, and building digital confidence—especially for women in wine.
612.860.7318 | suewf@irving-ventures.com | LinkedIn
WINERY OPERATIONS, STRATEGY, & FINANCE EXPERT
Ryan Watson, COO
Ryan brings deep financial and operational expertise to wineries ready to evolve. With a background at BCG, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, and Kraft Heinz, he combines cross-industry best practices with hands-on winery experience—most notably helping lead the restructuring of Vintage Wine Estates.
He’s known for diagnosing complex problems quickly, building actionable plans, and partnering with leaders to modernize operations and improve profitability.
872.221.3313 | info@blairhallpartners.com | website | LinkedIn
Our Team
We’re more than just advisors. Behind our playbook is a trusted network of digital and financial experts—vetted specialists in website design, marketing, PR, email, and analytics—ready to help wineries execute with speed and confidence. Whether your in-house team needs added capacity or targeted expertise, we recommend people we’ve worked with ourselves and know can deliver. Our network includes everyone you need to move fast—and feel good about it.