The Buck Stops Here – by Steve Fredricks Presently, I am celebrating my twentieth anniversary of working for Turrentine Brokerage, selling wines and grapes to and from clients all over the world.  In the last millennium when I was hired, I had a degree combining fermentation science and agricultural economics from U.C. Davis, as well Read more

Brian Clements, Vice President / Partner here at Turrentine Brokerage was quoted in the Press Democrat on June 13th, 2011. The article titled, ‘Vineyards Hit Hard by Rain,’ discusses the recent wet growing conditions in Sonoma County and its effects on the grape market. Read the article »

  NOVATO, CA– This week, the highly trusted bulk wine and grape brokerage company, Turrentine Brokerage, is releasing their eleventh issue of The Turrentine Outlook©. A strategic reflection and analysis on the future of the wine and grape market, Turrentine’s publication reveals some interesting finds. Predictions of a dramatic shift in grape and bulk wine Read more

Brian Clements, Vice President / Partner here at Turrentine Brokerage, just published an article in the North Bay Business Journal. It discusses the Pinot Noir market, specially Sonoma County. To find out more, read the full article here.   (Article posted May 23rd, 2011) Brian Clements Vice President / Partner

Turrentine Brokerage has joined a terrific group of North Bay companies to sponsor a half-day workshop on the most crucial topic facing businesses these days: How to increase cash flow.   Lary Kirchenbauer, President of Exkalibur Advisors will be leading this half-day workshop, “It’s almost midnight.  Do you know where your cash is?” on Wednesday, Read more

Brian Clements, Vice President / Partner here at Turrentine Brokerage, just published an article in the North Bay Business Journal. It discusses the current grape market and what changes we anticipate. To find out more about the current grape market and helpful marketing strategies, read the full article here. (Article posted April 25, 2011) Brian Read more

Matt Turrentine just gave a presentation on the “8 Steps to Better Marketing” to the Independent Grape Growers of the Paso Robles area, and now we have his presentation online in the Presentations page (in Microsoft PowerPoint format). Have a look »

Turrentine Brokerage announced today that Daniel Tugaw has joined the company as Market Researcher and Analyst.  Daniel is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder with a degree in Business Management.  He grew up in Los Altos and attended Sonoma State for his first two years of college before transferring to finish at Boulder.  Read more

Brian Clements, Vice President / Partner here at Turrentine Brokerage, just published an article in the North Bay Business Journal. It discusses the Crush Report for 2010 and how it relates and affects Sonoma County Growers. To find out more about the current grape market and helpful marketing strategies, read the full article here. (Article Read more

Introductory Note  The Final Grape Crush Report released March 10th, shows no significant changes from the Preliminary Report.  The total crop of winegrapes harvested statewide in 2010 was 3.58 million tons, down only 3% from 2009, making 2010 the third largest crop in California history. There were dramatically different results in different regions of the Read more