general Observations on the 2015 Preliminary Grape Crush Report February 17, 2016 | December 3, 2025bw166 The wine grape crush declined from 3.9 million tons to 3.7 million tons (excluding raisin and table grapes), a 5% decline from last year. Generally, there were declines in coastal areas while the central valley had another strong harvest. Despite the decline in coastal areas, with the three preceding strong harvests, current forecasts do not […] Read more »
general Report Timing May 19, 2015 | December 3, 2025bw166 Question: Why do you wait so long to release your reports? Answer: Our reports are dependent on various government data sources and we minimize the use of any estimates. Our goal is to release each report within three business days of the receipt of the last data sets required for any report. Read more »
general bw166 Publication Advantages May 18, 2015 | December 3, 2025bw166 Question: Why have you started publishing beverage alcohol industry data? Answer: There are 3 key factors that our reports address: As we watch consumer interaction with the beverage alcohol category we are seeing much more cross-over of consumption. Most industry data focuses on either beer, wine or spirits. We are producing industry data across all […] Read more »
general Shipments vs. Depletions May 18, 2015 | December 3, 2025bw166 Question: Why do you focus on volume entering distribution? Answer: The source of our data is varied government reports at both the federal and state level. These reports primarily focus on tax collections which tend to occur when goods are shipped from a producer to a distributor. We believe this is a good measurement of demand in […] Read more »
general Data Verification May 18, 2015 | December 3, 2025bw166 Question: How can a subscriber be certain that your data accurately reflects the market? Your wine data especially has some significant variances from other published reports Answer: We have gone back over a decade evaluating our methodologies on a month by month basis. As a cross check we have tested our volume calculations versus actual taxes collected […] Read more »
