Winery ceos Sound Off on Industry’s Biggest Challenges

Dear Client:Every year Robert Smiley, director of wine studies dean and professor at UC Davis, surveys ceos of several of the most prominent wineries in the US. Topics for the survey this year include strategies for dealing with the grape shortage, margin compression and price increases, as well as what they believe will be the biggest issues in the next five to ten years. Survey respondents included Bruce Cakebread from Cakebread Cellars, Peter Mondavi from Charles Krug Winery, Chris Indelicato