Turrentine in the News: California Wine Market with Marc Cuneo Marc Cuneo was interviewed by Malocom Media, discussing the California wine inventories and market projections.  Watch this brief interview with Marc Cuneo, Broker/Partner at Turrentine Brokerage. Click here to watch the video.

Turrentine in the News: State of the Wine Industry, Lodi/Interior with Mike Needham Mike Needham, Broker/Partner with Turrentine Brokerage was interviewed by Malcom Media. Watch this brief interview with Mike Needham as he shares some insights of what he’s been seeing in California’s interior wine grape regions based on his recent presentation at Malcolm Media’s Read more

Are you attending Unified this year? Don’t miss Steve Fredricks present at the State of the Industry on Wednesday, January 26th. The State of the Industry session provides a comprehensive look at every aspect of the wine industry, from what’s being planted to what’s selling. This 2½-hour session features highly regarded speakers and delivers incredible Read more

William Goebel and Audra Cooper will be presenting at Central Coast Insights on March 30th, 2021. What’s Happening with Central Coast Grapes and Bulk Wine? | Audra Cooper & William Goebel – Turrentine Brokerage A short crop and wildfires evened out the bulk market, which was long prior to the 2020 harvest. Now that inventories Read more

Mike Needham and Marc Cuneo are presenting at the Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association. The event will take place March 17th at 4pm. Event details to be announced shortly.  

Winegrape Crush Report published February 10th, 2021. The 2020 Preliminary Winegrape Crush Report, released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, detailed a California statewide wine grape crop of 3.404 million tons. This is the lightest California wine crop since 2011, down 13% or about 88 million gallons from 2019. The crop was light due, in Read more

Growing Forward is a ½-day, online conference focused on preparing Grapegrowers for the year ahead. The conference will kick off with a session highlighting key takeaways from the 2020 California Crush report and consider potential implications for the 2021 bulk and grape market. Following, we’ll discuss Regenerative Farming: what makes it different—some say, superior—than other Read more

The Wine Grape Broker, under direction from the Vice President, will be in charge of managing Turrentine Brokerage’s relationships with clients in the North Coast regions of California. The Wine Grape Broker will need to keep accurate track of our clients’ current program needs, available grapes, and anticipate how current and future supplies could affect Read more

Unified 2021 will be held virtually. Steve Fredricks, President, Turrentine Brokerage, will be moderating the below session. Business/Operations Breakout Session The past year delivered profound disruptions to the global wine market: a pandemic induced recession, wine consumers unable to travel to wineries, market channels beset by business closures and failures, tariffs and wildfires. These events Read more

The San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association is hosing their annual event, Wine and Grape Industry Forum. Speakers include: Stephen Rannekleiv of Rabobank: The Market and Economics of the Wine Industry Jeff Bitter of Allied Grape Growers: 2020 Crush and What Happened Brian Clements of Turrentine Brokerage: Winegrape Market and the Fallout from 2020 Senator Andreas Borgeas Read more