Navigating a path forward amid the headwinds Welcome to the Ciatti Global Market Report on Substack – a new home, but with the same incisive and actionable market intelligence as before. The latest pricing tables, collectively now called the Global Pricing Grid, will be published separately in a...

In a down market like the one the wine industry faces today, wineries are taking different paths to adapt. Some pull back, reducing production or pulling vineyards. Others seek to acquire struggling wineries, consolidating to broaden their portfolio and leverage their production facilities. Another...

February 9, 2024 – Novato, CA – The California Department of Food and Agriculture Preliminary Grape Crush Report, containing tons crushed and prices of wine grapes sold during the 2023 harvest, has been released. The Crush Report provides growers and wineries insight into the inventory position of...

In October 2021, as the world started to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic amid the vaccine rollout, we reported: “The global recovery is spurring inflationary pressure across supply chains and compounding a shortage of shipping containers, shipping vessels, and efficient port operations”. A year...

The bulk market globally can be characterised as slow, even for what is a traditionally slow time of year when the Northern Hemisphere summer holidays are is in full swing. As well as there being few buyers, some already-acquired wine is being put back on the market by those who no longer need it;...

Event Type: Conference, Trade Show

Location: SAFE Credit Union Convention Center 1301 L St Sacramento, 95814

Date: 1/25/2022

January 25, 2022 - January 27, 2022 Developing the Unified’s program, which drew on the expertise of the 30-plus program committee members, are co-chairs Mike Boer from Grow West and Leticia Chacón-Rodríguez from the University of California, Davis. In addition to Unified hallmark...

ConeTech’s efforts to create a smoke taint removal process that could remove both free and bound compounds began in 2016. In 2018 after 2 years of research, a commercial solution was offered to winemakers throughout California. Utilizing a combination of technologies and new methodology, ConeTech...