SVB on Wine

Rabbit Island Sunset, Hawaii I enjoy looking at vacation photos, especially now that COVID is no longer a problem. I’m presently taking a mu...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Have you ever found yourself disbelieving your own eyes or being flabbergasted at a decision that defies logic? For instance, what would h...

SVB Wine Industry Report Plus Video Chat & Q&A The 2013 Wine Industry Report is out with the first ever Live Video Confere...

When life is confusing, we all have to have a moral compass. For me, I look to the immortal Yogi Berra to make some sense out of things. L...

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...

I go crazy hearing about all the idiotic lawsuits that get thrown out there. One such suit was Overton vs Anheuser-Bush in which the plaint...

Don Draper, the Middle Class, and the Mad US Wine Consumer Economically speaking, a luxury good is one with a demand curve that'...

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...

There is a lot of talk around the concept of 'sustainability' so much so that it loses its meaning. What makes a business - any bu...

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