SVB on Wine

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....

  Thirty-seven states have liberalized the 1970 Federal Controlled Substance Act with respect to marijuana use. Thirty-five now a...

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

  While away on vacation the past few weeks, I've had some time to catch up on Dilbert which is a muse for all business revel...

  The Winter of Our Public Discontent     John Steinbeck Consistent with the farming traditions...

  Its been pretty amazing to see the changes in the wine business in the past 20 or so years. The ways in which the business is di...

    Over the last couple of months we've discussed some of the results from the SVB/WBM tasting room survey . There have been som...

This is the time of year when we all hold our breath. In California, some vines are flowering and some are about to. We are mostly out o...

Is Anyone Looking? The wine business is filled with hard-working owners who are passionate about their craft. Never has there been an in...

The psychology and dynamics of consumer choice is complex. Economists can make it even more complex but one of the theories that I...

“Today, our bodies are breaking down from obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, depression and the cascade of health ills and...

Ridding the World of Melon Squeezers Melon Squeeezers One dark and stormy night (yes I used that one) ...early in my banking career in M...

Another year of the SVB Wine Conditions Survey, the Annual State of the Industry Report, and the live video cast is complete. For those ...

  The Annual State of the Industry report that Silicon Valley Bank produces takes a shrimp load of work to pull off and a lot more assi...

Right about this time of the new year we're wiping off the gravy from the corners of our mouths, sending thank-you notes to those who...

Beringer Vineyards & Winery I had some really intriguing calls the past 6 weeks that all come out of activity in Australia and Trea...

The business world moves in cycles, and if you live long enough you start to see them repeat. Today the popular press is replete with arti...

Each year I get to write a State of the Industry report that's pretty well received in the wine business. Its even used as part of...

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

Stupid mistakes and do-overs. Come on. Admit it. You've made your share. I made a similar mistake to the lumberjack in the above v...