SVB on Wine

   Its fair to say that I've been involved in the wine business for a long time. I'm old enough to remember Italian Swiss Col...

  Follow the Yellen Brick Road        O n March 16th I was invited to be  THE keynote speaker at the 21st Annual Central Coast Insi...

I used to work in retail when I was a young man. It can be fun when you have a good dialogue with a customer but when alcohol is involve...

The Annual SVB Wine Report and the Live Broadcast is complete. For those that missed either one, the replay and report can now be access...

Live Video Conference Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Pacific Time   Please join SVB on Wine,  ...

Buying More or Less Tonnage in 2015? Self-Imposed Marooning   I know the above chart is a little hard to read. When I start w...

Putin Claus This is a wonderful time of year to be a banker in the wine busines...

  The Annual Wine Conditions Survey will close this Friday. Thus far over 300 of your fellow wineries have participated from across t...

    I always love this time of year. Harvest is winding down for many and past mid-point for everyone. Fermentation is moving throu...

  I'd like to get your thoughts and comments on something.   As most know, each year I author the SVB State of the Wine Industr...

  On occasion I get suggestions about something on which to blog. I really appreciate the ideas and use them when I can. This past wee...

The Reward of Struggle "What is worth savoring that isn't worth toil. Is...

    I had a request from an industry friend who asked me to talk on this blog about the thought proc...

  I've been asked to help calculate a damage estimate of the losses of the Napa Wine Business Community which will then be used ...

The answer to the title this week is: It depends on how its done because the stakes are raised and if you screw...

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...