SVB on Wine

      Doesn't Everyone Hate The Wine Business? While Napa is the current poster child for the debate, whether Sonoma, Santa Barbar...

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....

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...

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

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? ...

   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...

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...

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...

What is the long-term outlook for the US wine business? Having been around the business for more than 30 years now, I can remember differ...

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

Women's Syncronized Swimming Team Drowns Trying To Signal Help with their Legs I thought I'd tip my lid to the upcoming Olym...

As a native Californian, we were forced in grade school to make the pilgrimage to Sutters Mill in Coloma to see where John Sutter and James ...