A tool so you can easily and quickly look up acreage data by variety and geography
I made a tool on Excel that allows the user to rapidly retrieve acreage data by inputting the variety and region. As readers of this...
The Preliminary Crush Report is Here!
So, the Preliminary Crush Report came out today and I’ve been comparing it to my predictions. Overall, I’ve been really on point for...
Projections vs. Forecasts
Projections vs. Forecasts On this blog, I regularly use the terms “projection” and “forecast.” Unfortunately, I use them rather...
Product Review: Vintel
Product Review: Vintel Vintel is a piece of software made by a French company called ITK that predicts vine water potential, “by mapping...
Product Review: Wines & Vines Wholesaler Database
So, we’ve got a week until the crush report comes out and I am going to try to do a light blog post every day or two until then. The...
Deflategate, Data and Debate: A Football Scandal as a Learning Opportunity for Winegrowers
WARNING: This post is long, may be offensive to Patriots fans and also includes math. Sometimes little things in this world drive me...
The relationship (or lack thereof) between scores, prices and appellations
Summary: Scores, prices and appellations of wines from a subset of premium wines, continue to be unpredictable. No statistical modeling...
AVA Appraisals: The Best Return on Investment for your Vineyard Operation
I know I haven’t posted anything for quite a while, but I’m still very busy with work. I’m thinking of writing an article about AVA...
Wines & Vines Article
So, I haven't posted anything for quite a while. I've just been too busy with new clients lately, so sorry about that. But Wines &...
Sideways 10 Years On: The Cost to Merlot Farmers Has Been More than $400M
In the last post, I shared a one-year projection for Napa Merlot prices. The model only worked when a variable was created to measure...
