Wine Execs Weigh in on Consolidation, Premiumization and The Next Big Issue

Every year at the Wine Industry Financial Symposium, Bob Smiley, director of wine studies at UC Davis, gives a great presentation on what wine industry executives think about important issues facing the category. Some of the chief participants this year included Bob Torkelson at Trinchero, Joe Gallo, Brian Vos at The Wine Group and Mel Dick from Southern Wine & Spirits among many others.(1) Are you concerned about the continued consolidation at the Distributor and Retailer level and the impact