Interested in Protecting your Workforce from Deportation?
Today, the North Bay Rapid Response Network is launching to try to reduce the threat of deportation to local, undocumented residents. ...
The Greatest Threat to the Wine Industry in the Post-Firestorm World
Not that long ago, my main concern was whether Healdsburg and my home would be intact as I drove away and whether we could find clean air...
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...
Americans are NOT Abandoning Wine!
So, saw this post from the Wine Curmudgeon the other day: Are Americans turning away from wine? In the post, the Wine Curmudgeon cites a...
Quoted in WBM Article on Grape Prices
I was quoted in the August Wine Business Monthly. Here are the quotes: 'As an example, Gabriel Froymovich of Vineyard Financial...
More People Are Using Cannabis - Are Fewer People Drinking?
I've noticed that our industry loves to panic about outside forces coming to harm us. The latest panic is that marijuana legalization is...
Crush and Acreage Reports Behind the Scenes: How to Make this Great Data Even Better
Last week I drove to Sacramento to speak with the folks who put together the Crush Report and the Acreage Report. It’s so essential to...
Article in the Press Democrat
Bill Swindell quoted me in his article about cannabis and wine in the Press Democrat. It's a good article about a subject that's easy to...
Maybe Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Prices Aren't That High!
My two favorite people from Uppsala are both named David. The first is David the Gnome and the second is David Morrison at The Wine...
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...