SVB on Wine

I have a role that puts me in contact with winery owners, analysts, entrepreneurs and occasionally even people with checkmarks next to th...

I'm not fond of looking at pictures of myself. It's even worse when I try and grab a screen shot like the above from last year...

    Over the last couple of months we've discussed some of the results from the SVB/WBM tasting room survey . There have been som...

Ridding the World of Melon Squeezers Melon Squeeezers One dark and stormy night (yes I used that one) ...early in my banking career in M...

Never Bet Against A Dog That Tells You They Can't Play Pool     "If you aren't starting to make some adjustments in your...

  In our second live video broadcast of the year, we focused on the Tasting Room, Wine Clubs and Direct Sales with a panel of industr...

  ... and your rice pudding sucks The other day I  stopped in at Wal-Mart to get some things. While checking out, a very larg...

I'm probably not the only man around that has a hard time giving gifts. As Dirty Harry aptly put it, " A man's got to know his...

I had a good meeting with one of my longest tenured clients this past month. We were talking over strategy and the discussion evolved to...

You've heard the saying that one man's trash is another mans treasure. How is it possible that two people can view the same object c...

I f you are like me, you get offers of reports on trends in the wine business about every day. Several years ago I saw a synopsis of an ex...

MJ Dale, KLH Consulting This is part II of a piece on DtC by that most awesome of awesome women, Mary Jo Dale of KLH Consulting in Sant...

Do Ya Feel Lucky ... Punk? A s Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to know his limitations." I know mine. I also know the impo...

You are a with-it kind of person so you probably recognize the acronyms in the title stand for Social Media and Customer Relationship M...