Silly Sensimilla Survey
A company I won't name in order to deny them the attention they do not deserve published a survey purporting to show that legalization...
NPR Article on Sideways
Kristen Hartke quoted me a bunch for a good article about the "Sideways Effect" for NPR's The Salt: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2...
Grape Data Tool Tutorial
Lew Perdue has been kind enough to repeatedly remind me that, though my Grape Data Tool is both free and useful, that people in our...
Advanced Grape Data Tool Now Available for Download
The most recent version of the Advanced Grape Data Tool is now available for direct download, thanks to Microsoft. By downloading it you...
Will the Crush and Acreage Reports be Cut from the USDA Budget?
So, Lew Perdue reported on something that's been keeping me up at night - the fact that possibility that the federal government may...
Grape Data Tool 2017 v0.1
Today I posted to my site an updated Grape Data Tool. If you haven't used this thing yet, you need to. It allows you to very easily...
Where Are We in the Wine Grape Market Pricing Cycle?
Historically, our industry has been cyclical. Prices rise, we start planting. Then the new vines start producing. Prices fall, we stop...
Price Forecast for El Dorado Wine Grapes for 2017 Harvest
Recently, I've had the chance to focus a bit on the El Dorado AVA. I did work for a client there and also put together a presentation...
The Economics of Growing Wine in El Dorado
Last month, I presented to the El Dorado Winegrowers’ association. The topic of the presentation was the economics and pricing dynamics...
Crush Report Is Out - Here's My Schedule
So, the Crush Report is out now: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Grape_Crush/Final/index.php. For...
