March, 2023 - The Wine Data Researcher

What is the Future of the Silicon Valley Bank’s Wine Reports?

Former Executive Vice President of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Wine Division, Rob McMillan, tried answering that question this weekend on his personal blog. He said if the SVB Wine Division is not reinstated in the next few weeks, the Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) benchmarking information can’t be produced this year. His Read more…

By Alice van Ommeren, 2 yearsMarch 12, 2023 ago

Datasets Journal Viticultural Area Wine Maps

The AVA Boundary Dataset Used by Academic Wine Researchers

I was creating an AVA map for a regional association when I realized there are multiple data sources for mapping boundaries. Besides TTB, there is another source for spatial files of boundaries, the American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) Digitizing Project. It was 2017, and wineries were using designated grape-growing regions on Read more…

By Alice van Ommeren, 2 yearsMarch 4, 2023 ago

March 2023

What is the Future of the Silicon Valley Bank’s Wine Reports?

The AVA Boundary Dataset Used by Academic Wine Researchers