James Silver·Sep 8The Volume Trap(I used no AI for this article at all. After more than 30 years in the wine industry, I have plenty to argue without asking AI what I…
James Silver·Aug 24A Seat at the TableI’m lucky to have so many followers and subscribers, but for some reason I’m kind of invisible to the algorithm. If you don’t mind, if…
James Silver·Aug 7Nothing Happened. Everything Happened. The Post-Reset Wine Business.For a long time, years now, our wine business has talked about this disruption as though it were the weather: a low-pressure system moving…
James Silver·Jul 20Do it, and Hope17 July was a good night, better than most. Claire and I got to attend a “Study of Hermitage” featuring the superb, seriously magnificent…
James Silver·Jul 12The Reset is OverWhen I published The Post-Pandemic Wine Market, I thought I had finished writing about the changes reshaping our industry, but I guess I…
James Silver·Jul 3When the Bank Starts Asking Questions, PART III OF IIIThese three articles are co-authored with Dan Aguilar, a recently retired banker who specialized in wineries, vineyards, and wine…
James Silver·Jun 27When the Bank Starts Asking Questions, PART II of IIIThese three articles are co-authored with Dan Aguilar, a recently retired banker who specialized in wineries, vineyards, and wine…
James Silver·Jun 20When the Bank Starts Asking Questions, PART I of IIIThese three articles are co-authored with Dan Aguilar, a recently retired banker who specialized in wineries, vineyards, and wine…
James Silver·May 26We Standardized SuccessTed Hall, in his collection of recent essays, is right about many things. Napa Valley does face real structural pressure. The valley is…
