The Wine Economist World Tour is picking up steam. I’m in Salem, Oregon today speaking to a wine industry group and I will be back home tomorrow doing a fund-raiser for the World Affairs Council of Tacoma.

Valpolicella and Prosecco

Sue and I head off to Italy in early September to evaluate some programs that the Valpolicella Corsozio are working on. While we are there we will also meet with winemakers and wine economists from the Procecco region.

We are really looking forward to getting to know this region in greater depth and to learn more about the ambitious wine tourism initiatives being developed there.

Wine Industry Financial Symposium

I’ll be speaking at the Wine Industry Financial Symposium in Napa, California on September 23.  The program’s theme is “Let the Good Times Roll”  and it will be interesting to see what the speakers have to say.

Economists tend to worry when the good times roll, but I’ll make an effort to keep my “dismal science” skepticism in check!

Wine Vision 2014 

November is a global-local month. I’ll be speaking to a local book group before heading off to London for Wine Vision 2014. Wine Vision is shaping up to be an outstanding program. I’ll be opening the program on the first full day, talking about the unexpected forces and events that have shaped today’s world of wine.

I’m followed by Jean-Guillaume Prats,President and CEO of Estates & Wines, the Moët Hennessy Wine Division that includes Domain Chandon wineries in California, Brazil, Argentina, China, Australia and India, as well as wines from Cloudy Bay (New Zealand), Cape Mentelle (Margaret River, Australia), Newton (Napa California), Numanthia (Toro, Spain), Terrazas de los Andes and Cheval des Andes (Mendoza, Argentina). Is that global enough for you!

Looking forward to greeting old friends and meeting new ones at these events. Cheers!