SVB on Wine

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...

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...

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? ...

Selling commodities is difficult because people buy on emotion, or instinct if you will. Want and desire are powerful emotions that ca...

  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...

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...

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...

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...