SVB on Wine

One year ago Monday, I woke to a bit of a shaking. Having been 18 miles from the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 19...

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

A Technical Issue? I spent an inordinate amount of time over the July 4th weekend on the Blog that was released on Monday which discu...

  ECommerce Payments   I've always thought the wine industry should be the most uninteresting industry for cybercrime. Wineries ...

Another live videocast is in the can and has already hit summer re-runs on YouTube. Somebody will soon be sending you some popcorn for ...

  Live Video Conference:   Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time   Please join us for an int...

  I'm betting nobody knows who Thorstein Veblen is. Like this picture, you have to be a little cockeyed to know him; be a Jeopardy ...

Federales posing during the 1910 Mexican Revolution I am a closet genealogist so when I began dating my wife, I started kicking cans in he...

   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...