SVB on Wine

Change Creates Opportunity The 2019 SVB State of the Industry Report helped change the narrative in the wine business this year...

   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...

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,...

Changing Patterns: You're Mad if you Don't React. The wine industry is made of family owned companies. Family owned companies s...

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...

Each year I take out my crystal ball, put on funny clothes and after my eyes roll into the back of my head for a sufficient amount of time,...

Middle Class Mashed Middle Class Wealth Back to 1983 Levels That is a question all wineries are asking: When will they be abl...

    "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt" It's not easy deciding on ...

Up to the spring of 2010, I wasn't the most popular of prognosticators. Prior to the crash I started handing out predictions as I...