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

Attending Unified? We would love to see you. Stop by our booth: Booth #1311 – First Floor – Exhibit Halls A-E Steve Fredricks, President, will be presenting at the State of the Industry. Details about this session, click here: http://www.unifiedsymposium.org/session/state-industry-1

Turrentine hopes to see you at the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ Annual Dollars & $ense Seminar and Tradeshow on Thursday, January 14, 2016. Brian Clements and Marc Cuneo will be presenting. Please stop by our booth at the Tradeshow!   To register for the event: https://sonomawinegrape.ticketleap.com/

“By the end of October, when California’s North Coast wine grape is expected to conclude, growers are likely to bring in their lightest crop in the last four years.” Western Farm Press just published an article titled, ‘Down-sized North Coast wine grape crop offers growers an upside’. To read the entire article, Click Here. Article Read more

Turrentine President, Steve Fredricks, collaborated on an article for Vineyard and Winery Management Magazine. To read the entire article, download the PDF below. Wine Industry Remains Positive as 2016 Approaches (Vineyard and Winery Management Magazine – September/October 2015; posted with permission)  

The Operations & Grape Sales Administrator performs extensive data management, customer service and administrative tasks. This position assists brokers who focus on Grape sales as well as assists the Executive Management Team in coordinating office needs. This position, based out of our Novato office, provides a central hub of information and communication. This includes preparation Read more