Calif craft beer sets new record, grows 14% to 900 breweries

Source: California Craft Brewers Association

December 13, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

These are the latest Santa Barbara/Montecito/Carpinteria evacuation and fire perimeter maps at 7:56 a.m., 12/11/17

This will be updated as evacuation areas change. For  most recent evacuation map updates from Santa Barbara County click here Most recent perimeter information at source: InciWeb – U.S. Forest Service Incident Information System

December 11, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

These are people’s most important factors when judging online reviews

December 11, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

U.S. Wine exports: Bottled losing ground against bulk

December 8, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Gallup study confirms that 2017 really IS worse than 2016

Source: Gallup via Washington Post (more charts at Gallup link)

December 7, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

This is where wildfire-caused mudslides could happen in North Bay wine country

Source: USGS via San Francisco Chronicle

December 6, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

“Drinking Highest Among Educated, Upper-Income Americans” — Can you trust this (or any other poll)?

“Drinking Highest Among Educated, Upper-Income Americans” — Can you trust this (or any other poll)? Multiple polls and surveys hit the Internet and the media every day. Some come from professional polling companies like Gallup whose only business is polling. Gallup, like Pew and Harris have become trusted names with reliable data that have proved […]

December 5, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

These are the improbable new wine countries that climate change is creating

 Source: Multiple studies via Quartz – Right-click map to view a larger image.

December 4, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

In most places, people don’t care whether their wine/beer/spirits are local or not

Source: Nielsen

December 1, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

What wine pairs with beans? This Nielsen chart indicates you may want to find an answer.

November 30, 2017 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More