Marc Cuneo & Mike Needham will be presenting at the Vineyard Economics Seminar on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the Napa Valley Marriott. For more information, click here.

Written by Erica Moyer Monterey/San Benito Warm spring temperatures and spring showers are a making for happy vines but canopy growth does not equal more clusters.  The cluster counts are a reflection of last spring where cooler, grey weather dominated the spring for an extended period of time.  These factors are not optimal conditions for Read more

Interior: Written by Marc Cuneo The beginning of the year has brought a lot of change to the market for broad California appellation or interior wines.  Last year at this time the majority of bulk wine sellers in the world were feeling that inventory was a liability.  Now due to the challenges of harvest, as Read more

Written by Steve Fredricks Last year, my conversations with our strategic partners around the world centered on when the market was going to turn around and when buyers would need to buy bulk wine again. Today those conversations are about how we are going to find the volume that bulk wine buyers most likely will Read more

Turrentine Brokerage is proud to announce the hiring of Bryan Foster as the National Sales Manager of Strategic Brands. Bryan Foster will be responsible for building the Strategic brands business platform, specifically facilitating the sales of Turrentine’s Global partners finished goods into the US. His experience in wholesale distribution, winery logistics, and his extensive networks Read more

Written by Steve Fredricks, President Prowein in Dusseldorf, Germany continues to grow. In order to accommodate about 1,500 more wineries and countless more visitors, the show moved to a whole new set of buildings in the expansive Messe Center. Prowein is now being housed in 9 separate buildings each seems to be the size of Read more

Marc Cuneo, a high-energy and high performing Bulk Wine Broker for Turrentine Brokerage has recently gained Partner status. Marc joined Turrentine Brokerage as a Bulk Wine Broker in 2010, bringing industry experience ranging from grower relations to wine marketing. Since joining Team Turrentine, Marc has gained experience with a diverse client list ranging from large Read more

The 2015 Preliminary Grape Crush Report, as released by the National Agriculture Statistics Service, announced a California statewide winegrape crop of 3.7 million tons. This is the lightest California wine grape crop since 2011 – down 5% or about 32 million gallons from 2014. Please click the link below to see our full analysis of the Read more

Did you miss the Unified State of the Industry presentation? See Steve’s presentation below.

The Crush Report is published every year by the California Department of Food and Agriculture on February 10th at Noon. The Preliminary Grape Crush Report includes all grape tonnage crushed during the 2015 season. It also includes purchased tonnage and pricing information for winegrapes. Stay tuned for our press release on February 10th. For any Read more