SVB on Wine

Is tourism a problem? It depends who you ask, but it's impact has been feared and debated for a very long time as an issue...

The Annual SVB Wine Report and the Live Broadcast is complete. For those that missed either one, the replay and report can now be access...

The Reward of Struggle "What is worth savoring that isn't worth toil. Is...

Somewhere early in the year 2000 my mother-in-law was moving things out of a vacation home in Mariposa CA. I volunteered my help....

  Can I have Seconds?   It's that time in the cycle again. We are between balanced and long on grape supply...

Louis B Shrimperton III "LB3" I have a large degree of respect for Tom Wark 's dog Louis B. Shrimperton III. "LB...

Pig in a Python Here's a late edit to this post: If there are 6 pigs in a 7 pig python and the python doesn't ....er ... pass on...

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

The Best View of the Housing Bubble Pre-Crash I recall giving a speech in August of 2008 to about 125 growers and winery owners. The sp...

My mom used to go to the Day-Old Hostess bread store. She would get apple pies and Ho-Ho's and freeze them for our school lunches...

There are several thingies (......that's a technical economic term) that are happening right now that all link together in some f...

Everyone likes Fridays. This Friday is a little more special so I decided to post a non-Sunday blog for the first time. Why the deviation? ...

  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...

   ABC. It's Easy As 1-2-3   The vines flowering this time of year remind me of seventh grade. Maybe its the Aqua-Net hairspr...

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...

Last week I had the opportunity to head off to the Bloomberg studios in San Francisco and participate in a wine panel with the still some...

Click To Enlarge According to the SVB Wine Conditions Survey we ran in late 2012, direct sales in different forms represented three o...

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...

Many in business view another competitor moving into your territory as an affront to all that is fair and decent. Its the moral equivalen...