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Delicato Family Wines

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Started off great, then true colors exposed - Sales Manager Delicato Family Wines Employee Review

1.0
Aug 2, 2016
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Pros

Family-run company that seemed to care about their employees. Good quality wines that have a strong presence in the market.

Cons

My experience at DFV started off great and I had extremely high hopes. However, while "family owned," this company is actually run by a select few individuals who act unprofessionally and love to throw money around. You claim to treat your employees like family, yet don't listen to their concerns. This is probably why there has been such a high turnover in the past year.

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Delicato Family Wines Response
9y
We appreciate your feedback, and are sorry to hear that you feel this way. As you mentioned, we are a family-owned company and the family is committed to providing a productive, fair, and enjoyable environment for all employees. We have experienced tremendous growth and success in recent years, which comes with some growing pains. However, our employees continue to be our greatest asset and we value their feedback. The leaders of the company are held accountable for delivering business results and our finance department regularly reviews budgets to ensure that spending limits are adhered to. In fact, managing spending to target is a company metric that is shared at our All Employee Meetings. This is one example of how the company is embracing a more transparent and communicative culture. Another aspect of our positive culture is ensuring that we have policies that are clear, fair, compliant, and easily accessible. In addition to recently revising and distributing our Anti-Harassment policy, we also have mandatory harassment prevention training for all employees, with additional training specifically for managers and supervisors. We know that we are not perfect, but we continue to take proactive measures to cultivate a positive culture and our continued growth speaks for itself.

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5.0
Feb 23, 2026
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Pros

I am almost 6 months into my time with Delicato and it's been amazing to be a part of this organization. From the start of the recruitment process, through onboarding, and fast forward to now - it's clear to see that leaders here care about their people.

Cons

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2.0
Mar 26, 2026
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Pros

They have a generous employee discount.

Cons

Delicato runs on fear and demands conformity. Rather than admit they have no idea what they are doing in running certain "new-to-them" areas of the industry, and seek internal wisdom and counsel of those who have been for years, they choose to rely on "consultants" who have no interest beyond lining their own pockets. Management within departments is purely top-down, and any attempts to innovate or be creative are shut down. Company refuses to provide tools or solutions for people to do their actual jobs, but squash work-arounds, instead prioritizing "figure it out for yourself" as a philosophy, until you actually do.

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Delicato Family Wines Response
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We strive to create an environment that balances operational discipline with room for innovation and independent thinking. Expectations and structure are important in a winery of our scale, but so is listening to our people and improving how work gets done. Feedback like this is taken seriously as we continue to refine how we lead, invest in our teams, and support meaningful progress across the organization.
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