Private Equity Expected to Step Up M&A Participation in Wine

And so another Wine Financial Symposium has come and gone. Aside from how healthy the wine business is, the most popular topic of conversation was mergers and acquisitions. A consistent reprisal from industry experts was that the pace of M&A is not likely to slow any time soon. Though, we may see some new players in 2017.VALUATIONS ON THE RISE. Roger Nabedian, Gallo's svp and general manager, said there are a couple of factors driving the uptick in M&A activity