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

Steve Fredricks, President, Turrentine Brokerage was quoted in the article published by WineBusiness.com titled ‘Buyers Could Hit Pause Button on Bulk Wine Purchases’.  The article is written by Erin Kirschenmann, March 19, 2020.  

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Preliminary Grape Crush Report for 2019 has been released. It is a summary for the supply of the wine and grape industry, containing tons crushed and prices of wine grapes sold during the 2019 harvest. The below are articles Turrentine Brokerage contributed analysis. Napa Valley Register: ‘California’s grape Read more

In an article written by Ross Courtney titled, ‘Growers switch gears after grape glut’ Brian Clements, Turrentine Brokerage, discusses the 2019 Grape Market and reviews the Turrentine Wheel. To read the article, Click Here. ‘

Grape Market Update North Coast – Mike Needham Sparkling wine producers are reporting that Chardonnay is picking out on estimates which are close to the five-year average, but below last year. Sauvignon Blanc harvest is well under way in Lake County, and while yields appear to fluctuate from vineyard to vineyard, it appears to be Read more

Winebusiness.com published an article titled ‘Grape Growers Without Contracts Face Challenging Year’ written by Kerana Todorov on September 18th, 2019. Brian Clements, Turrentine Brokerage Vice President, discussed current harvest dynamics. To read the full article, click here.