{"id":7828,"date":"2020-03-20T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T02:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=7828"},"modified":"2022-03-30T15:55:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:55:54","slug":"yellow-tail-wines-blue-ocean-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/yellow-tail-wines-blue-ocean-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Tail Wines &#8211; Blue Ocean Strategy Example"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How did Yellow Tail Wines use the blue ocean strategy to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/market-leader-company\/\">market leader<\/a> in the ultra-competitive wine industry? Learn how Yellow Tail built a unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/strategy-canvas-blue-ocean-strategy\/\">strategy canvas<\/a> and used the eliminate\/reduce\/raise\/create actions to build a truly unique wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>First, let&#8217;s review what a blue ocean strategy is. In short, <strong>you create a blue ocean by focusing on the factors that customers really care about, while discarding factors they don\u2019t<\/strong>. This creates a new product offering that doesn\u2019t currently exist. Because it doesn\u2019t exist, you don\u2019t have competitors competing directly against you. Furthermore, you attract a new type of customer the industry hadn\u2019t previously supported, thus growing the market.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>[yellow tail]&nbsp;Wines&nbsp;and&nbsp;Blue&nbsp;Ocean&nbsp;Strategy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1990s, wine in the United States occupied two segments: high value fancy wines vs mass-produced budget wines. Fancy wines tried to offer more of everything \u2013 tasting complexity, refined image, aging, vineyard history and prestige, and price. Budget wines simply offered less of everything. Here\u2019s their strategy canvas:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas2.png 586w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas2-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though 1,000+ premium wineries tried to differentiate from each other, they were strategically very similar. To customers, they were largely all different from box wines in the same way.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian firm Casella Wines examined the wine industry from a different perspective: <strong>how do you make wine that\u2019s easy to drink and fun?<\/strong> Wine alternatives like beer and spirits accounted for the majority of sales, so clearly most Americans saw wine as a turn off. It was intimidating and pretentious.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Casella Wines created a new brand, [yellow tail], that <strong>subverted traditional wine thinking:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It was sweeter and softer than existing wines, making it easier to drink compared to the more acidic and tannin-rich traditional wines.<ul><li>This also reduced the heavy operational costs of wine aging.<\/li><li>While traditional vineyards scoffed at this approach, [yellow tail]\u2019s customers didn\u2019t care.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>It had fun, vibrant labels popping out on shelves, compared to masses of traditional labels causing choice fatigue.<\/li><li>It created only two wines to start: Chardonnay and Shiraz, simplifying the choice for the customer. No longer would a customer have to stand puzzled at the grocery store shelf, navigating 20 different varieties of red wine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All these produced a distinctive value chart:&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas3.png 787w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas3-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blueocean-strategycanvas3-768x389.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The differentiating factors pulled customers from all groups \u2013 non-wine drinkers found wine more approachable without needing to develop an acquired taste; box wine drinkers moved up; premium wine drinkers moved down. It even enabled secondary effects, like retail staff feeling unintimidated themselves and whole-heartedly recommending [yellow tail]to customers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, reducing industry factors like aging and variety simplified operations. They even offered white wine in the same bottle shape as red, a break from convention.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Ocean Strategy tagline for [yellow tail] might be \u201ca fun, simple wine that can be enjoyed everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, [yellow tail] wine became the fastest growing brand in US wine history and by 2003 became the #1 bottled red wine in the United States. Despite offering wine that was \u201clower quality\u201d relative to traditional wine, [yellow tail] wine charged higher prices than budget wine because of superior customer value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put on the Eliminate-Reduce-Raise-Create Grid:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Eliminate<\/strong><br>Wine terminology<br>Marketing<br>Aging qualities<br><\/td><td><strong>Raise<\/strong><br>Price (vs. budget wines)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Reduce<\/strong><br>Vineyard prestige and legacy<br>Wine complexity<br>Wine range<\/td><td><strong>Create<\/strong><br>Easy drinkability<br>Ease of selection<br>Fun and adventure<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did Yellow Tail Wines use the blue ocean strategy to become a market leader in the ultra-competitive wine industry? 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