SVB on Wine

  The beginning of change is understanding. Each January in California, we are all enlightened by the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium , the...

The answer to the title question is yes, DTC is holding up, but as most in the industry will attest, it's a nuanced response that requir...

    Register here  for the videocast, replay, and copy of this year's report. In 1992, I wrote the original SVB Wine Division Business P...

  Photo by  Maksym Kaharlytskyi  on  Unsplash During the SVB meltdown last month, I wrote each of the first three weeks regarding the ordeal...

     I'm not dead yet! Fear of the unknown is a real thing. I think it's a self-protection response. Fear puts all of your senses on...

Inspiration is the substance of undiscovered strategies. It can come from almost anywhere if we stay positive and are open to it, but it...

The above chart from the USDA is a little cluttered, but the dotted lines show how US consumers have been moving from eating at home,...

The Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales Survey closes March 23   Take the survey How do you know you are performing at the top ...

Putin Claus This is a wonderful time of year to be a banker in the wine busines...

The business world moves in cycles, and if you live long enough you start to see them repeat. Today the popular press is replete with arti...

Stupid mistakes and do-overs. Come on. Admit it. You've made your share. I made a similar mistake to the lumberjack in the above v...

This week we're moving off the normal marketing, economy, and business issues and asking a basic question anyone working ...

I saw the above video last week referencing demand for wine and the title got my attention. Is the demand for wine really falling? Whe...

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

Immigration is a hot topic bracketed by views from the right and left that aren't predictable based on party affiliation.... maybe b...

  I will get to the topic at hand but first, a moment of silence .......... <that's enough> because last Friday Jonathan Wint...

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...

Price and Returns of CA Grape Crop Total Value of CA Grape Crop Mario Draghi was in the news this past week concurrent with th...

What are the key ingredients for success in business? In my mind its defining effective strategy, having a sense for timing in execution,...

Talking to a US producer the other day about his Chinese exports, I asked what I should tell others about selling in China. He said tell t...