Last Wednesday Rob McMillan from Silicon Valley Bank hosted a webcast to discuss the annual wine industry report that he and his team put together. The report is a good read, really. I recommend that you at least read the Executive Summary.

Rob has valuable insights for the wine industry, however many of his comments are aimed at the larger wineries because the small wineries do not bank at Silicon Valley Bank. Right at this moment I have to climb down off the ledge due to a few comments made by the panel during the webcast that, if taken out of context, the team at a small winery might take the wrong way. I will make some comments, but first I I am going to digest the report.

They will be doing a follow-up webcast on January 23rd. Check out Rob’s blog for information on how to join that webcast Rob’s Blog

Have a look for yourself:

2019 SVB Webcast Replay

2019 SVB Annual Wine Industry Report

 

Cheers!

Jeanette

While you have been busy pressing and punching down the grapes, we have been busy pressing the keyboard and punching down code (trust me, you had more fun), and we rearranged things on the website. Some key changes are:

• Go directly to all the courses from the Courses tab in the top menu
• The webinars are now mini-courses and are listed under the Advanced courses
• Access our all-new My Favs page under the Account tab for all of the courses you have favorited
• Find the Blog/Quickies link in the footer

Most importantly …. drum roll …. we are launching Office Hours, the last Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am Pacific.

Here is a video to show you around…

Cheers!

Jeanette

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