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USDA Pricing District 5 has the same borders as Solano County.  The problem is that the region is really two different markets: the west and the east.  As the borders are set now, the pricing indications from the Crush Report are difficult for growers to make much use...

In 2015, I presented at the Vineyard Economics Seminar.  At that point, we only had acreage data through 2014.  The presentation was made publicly available.  At that time, I predicted that, for the next several years, Napa County Cabernet Sauvignon acreage would incre...

The Grape Data Tool is my most popular public resources.  It distills every Acreage and Crush Report since 1991 into a single Excel workbook with a quick and easy interface.  I have also added a variety of tools to make it easy to pull out a great deal of derivative da...

The Grape Data Tool is my most popular public resources.  It distills every Acreage and Crush Report since 1991 into a single Excel workbook with a quick and easy interface.  I have also added a variety of tools to make it easy to pull out a great deal of derivative da...

The recently-released Acreage Report indicates a 20% increase in non-bearing acreage over last year.  That is possibly an enormous jump in supply.  But it isn't unexpected.  Assuming that acreage is reported in its second leaf, it was planted in 2017.  Anyone planting...

Download the USDA-NASS Grape Acreage Report right here.

So, I have posted many forecasts and scored many forecasts on this blog.  But it may be difficult for you to determine if my forecasts are good.  For one, humans are bad at judging forecasts, because we rarely keep records. 

For instance, you may hear someone...