Regional Shares of California's Wine Grape Market by Yields, Acreage and Grape Sales Revenue
My last blog post included a new tutorial video showing how to use the Grape Data Tool to create charts depicting the what share of the...
Using the Grape Data Tool to Assess Market Share by Region
Now and again, it's useful to try to take big picture views of our industry. One thing I like to look at is the way market share shifts...
Fully-Updated, Fully-Functional Version of the World's Best Grape Data Tool is Now Available
As many of you know, several years ago I built out a dashboard for accessing much of the Grape Crush Report and Grape Acreage Report data...
First update of the Grape Data Tool
The nice folks at USDA-NASS took a bit longer than usual, but they finally got the Acreage Report up on Friday. For me, that heralds a...
Recommended Prices for El Dorado Wine Grapes - 2017
I was recently asked by the El Dorado Wine Grape Growers Association to produce recommended prices. Not exactly forecasts, more of an...
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...
Expert Judgment vs. Statistical Forecasting: Lake County Sauvignon Blanc Update
In August, I had predicted a price of $1300 per ton for Lake County Sauvignon Blanc for 2016. Single-year forecasts are the riskiest...
Grape Prices Are Not Too High, (Yet)
Are grape prices too high? I have heard many producers claiming that they are. Vineyard guys tend to think they aren't. In the end,...
Updated Grape Data Tool (1991-2015)
I finished updating my grape data tool and am again making it available to the public. With this tool, you can quickly and easily pull...
Hungarian Millennium
Do the words Hungarian Millennium mean anything to you? They mean nothing to me. Or at least they meant nothing to me yesterday. I was...
