Listen now: Ciatti's Glenn Proctor speaks to Liquid Assets Glenn Proctor, partner at the Ciatti Company, was a guest on Rabobank’s latest Liquid Assets podcast – titled “Will the US wine industry ever recover from the current glut?” – discussing the current and future state of the Californian wine industry with Jeff Bitter of Allied Grape Growers and podcast hosts Stephen Rannekleiv and Bourcard Nesin. Listen Now Glenn set out bulk-wine inventory levels as of the month of March 2026 and the 12 months to March (“it has been extremely high as to where we would usually sit”), delved down into bulk inventory by vintage year (“inventory isn’t going down but some of it is getting older, making it less marketable as you go into the future”), and outlined the tough realities of the current marketplace: “One of the biggest challenges we have: Those who’d be a buyer in a normal market are currently a seller, they’ve got grapes or bulk wine to sell.” With Jeff, Glenn discussed the recently-publi

Listen now: Ciatti's Glenn Proctor speaks to Liquid Assets Glenn Proctor, partner at the Ciatti Company, was a guest on Rabobank’s latest Liquid Assets podcast, discussing the problem of wine oversupply with Jeff Bitter of Allied Grape Growers and podcast hosts Stephen Rannekleiv and Bourcard Nesin. “I’ve been in the business since the late 80s, and it’s definitely the worst I’ve experienced in terms of the imbalance and where the industry feels,” said Proctor. “What we’ve experienced over the last three years is, with the declining sales, we are adjusting inventory around that to try to get back to a balanced situation.” Proctor gave the latest figure in gallons for bulk inventory listed for sale with Ciatti, how it compares with previous years, where the inventory is located and at what pricing, and discusses the wine industry’s situation more broadly. You can listen to all 49 minutes of the Liquid Assets episode absolut

Is It Time to Kick the (Wine) Can?

Canned wine seems to have plateaued in the U.S., despite many opportunities for growth —Jeff Seigel What does it say about canned wine’s future that one of the most successful products comes from a beer company? Not much, says Rabobank analyst Stephen Rannekleiv, pointing to Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Babe. The brand’s general manager, Chelsea Phillips, has […]

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By Elizabeth Hans McCrone We’re all familiar with the saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” but for an industry that was turned on its head this last year by the ravages of Covid-19, the better adage might be “adapt or die.” That’s at least according to Stephen Rannekleiv, the Beverages […] The post Business “Resiliency” Critical to Economic Success for Wine Industry During COVID-Era Challenges and Beyond appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/12/21/business-resiliency-critical-to-economic-success?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=business-resiliency-critical-to-economic-success Published Date:Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:39:47 +0000 

June 3, 2020, the Ciatti Company hosted a session to discuss the current market conditions that exist in our industry as we go through this unprecedented time.  Below is the recording providing you with our insight about the current wine and grape market, and also comments from some outstanding outside speakers Stephen Rannekliev and Tony Correia who will give you their thoughts. Speakers: Glenn Proctor – Wine/Grape Domestic Market Greg Livengood –Wine/Grape Global Market Stephen Rannekleiv, RaboBank – Market Observations and Consumer Insight Tony Correia, The Correia Company – Vineyard Market Update You can find the presentation slides here.

Insight about the current wine and grape market, and also comments from some outstanding outside speakers. Glenn Proctor – Wine/Grape Domestic Market Greg Livengood –Wine/Grape Global Market Stephen Rannekleiv, RaboBank – Market Observations and Consumer Insight Tony Correia, The Correia Company – Vineyard Market Update