Turrentine Brokerage announced today that Marc Cuneo has joined the company as a broker.  A member of the Sebastiani wine family, Cuneo has managed vineyards, crushed and fermented grapes, and has worked in sales for both Sebastiani Vineyards and for a major distributor.  At Turrentine Brokerage, he will put his experience to work helping wineries Read more

You cannot have a strong market without strong sales.  These days, the wine business boasts strong sales only for a few items and select brands, most of them in the bargain category.  For many brands retailing more than $10 per bottle, volume has recovered substantially, but margins are under severe pressure due to sales that Read more

Matt Turrentine, Central Coast Grape Broker, was quoted in the San Luis Obispo Tribune where he discussed the recession’s effect on the Central Coast grape market. Click on the link to read the original article posted Friday, October 22, 2010. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/10/21/1338199/biz-buzz-tough-market-for-grape.html Matt Turrentine Grape Broker

Just how much tender loving care can there be for your wine sample?  Not enough! What really happens to your samples that pass through the doors of Turrentine Brokerage? By the time your samples are received at Turrentine Brokerage, we are hard at work marketing them. We process them in an accurate and timely manner Read more

While the rest of the world baked, spring refused to give way to summer in California this year.  But on those few days that summer managed to break through, it blasted and blazed.  One could forgive grapevines – and their human attendants – for being confused.  In the coolest growing regions of the North Coast, Read more

In true David Letterman fashion, these are (comical) statements said to grape buyers by growers while walking through vineyards in California.  In a buyers’s market, these things should never be said: 10. I think this is Cabernet Sauvignon, and I think this is the block. (grower was not sure of variety or location) 9. These Read more

Turrentine Brokerage President, Steve Fredricks, gives his expert insight into the Wine Industry’s Supply Cycle. Wine and Grape Supply Cycle from Rob Olmsted http://www.rgoadvertising.com/.

As a grape broker in the North Coast, I often hear the same question from our grape growing clients… “Can you sell my grapes this year?”  While it seems like a simple question to answer, it is actually not.  Every grower’s situation is different and each of those situations requires specific considerations in relation to Read more

Picture a pendulum, swinging one direction then the next. There is a moment in time, less then a millisecond, when that pendulum stops – appearing almost weightless – before the forces of gravity regain control, changing course and swinging in the opposite direction. When the plumb crosses dead center, it is moving at its greatest Read more

In researching the next issue of the Turrentine Outlook and in preparation for my presentation to the Wine Industry Financial Symposium on September 21st, I am once again reminded of two issues within the Wine Industry: how quickly the market can change and then also how dangerous the perceptions of market conditions can be compared Read more