@CyrilPenn: 3 companies account for 70 percent of recent growth in CA wine shipments notes Jeff O'Neil #wineconference

@CyrilPenn: Industry needs 15K extra acres per year to meet 3.5% annual growth or 130K tons says Jeff O'Neil #wineconference

@CyrilPenn: "they'll screw it up for everybody" - Mark Couchman - #dumbmoney #wineconference

@CyrilPenn: "the dumb money isn't here yet. 3 years from now we'll see the dumb money-- Joe Ciatti #wineconference

@WineBusiness: #WineConference Panelists respond: dumb deals, wineries and growers must remain rational, growers should seek long term contracts.

@CyrilPenn: "In 92 we could take price-now it's hard to take price" -- Steve Smit of Constellation #wineconference

@WineBusiness: Moderator asks: What is biggest mistake a grower or winery could make in 2012 enviroment? #wineconference

@CyrilPenn: Mark Couchman says 2 b cost competitive-best 2 maximize grape yields as long as fruit is good - wineries need to understand #wineconference

@WineBusiness: Wineries and growers must maximize yields Couchman says to remain competitive in global market on a cost per unit basis. #wineconference

@WineBusiness: "I don't think we can get a really big crop off existing vineyards" Ciatti says at #wineconference

@CyrilPenn: Joe Ciatti says grape shortage to last 6-8 years and large crop won't change that #wineconference

@WineBusiness: 1992-2000 more planting related to demand and shortage leads to 2000-2011 overplanting and excess Ciatti says #wineconference

@WineBusiness: Joe Ciatti details the history of wine grape planting in his presentation at #WineConference 1970s driven by tax incentives, 80s replanting

@CyrilPenn: Peter Kaufman says @BacchusCapital runs the no huddle offense #wineconference #sportsmetaphor

@CyrilPenn: Tigner @KJWines is looking for Savanna from the Murphy Goode tasting room - says he has 10k for her #wineconference

@CyrilPenn: Tigner says @KJWines planting 700 acres now and buying 2 properties in Sonoma "we need land, unplanted land and grapevines" #wineconference

@WineBusiness: Jackson family owns 30,000 acres & farms 10,500. 75% of land holdings are hillside. Attributed to Jess Jackson's investments #WineConference

@WineBusiness: On #immigration: Tigner says "reality of our industry is we need farm workers" words of wisdom realized from #UndercoverBoss #WineConference

@WineBusiness: "Opportunity to tell the wine story to a national audience" Tigner @KJwines about #UndercoverBoss #WineConference

@WineBusiness: Rick Tigner, president @KJwines gives keynote at #WineConference this morning in #SantaRosa.

@CyrilPenn: Quite the turnout this morning in Santa Rosa #wineconference http://yfrog.com/h26wewkj