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Jeff Bitter (center), president of Allied Grape Growers, talks to reporters after giving a presentation Feb. 5 at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium in Sacramento.Tim Hearden
The leader of California’s seventh largest winery with 1 million 9-liter cases sold in 2019 says the industry faces both challenges and opportunities in the near future.
Keynote speaker Jeff O’Neill, founder of O’Neill Vintners & Distillers in Larkspur, Calif., spoke candidly during the recent Unified Wine and Grape Symposium in Sacramento about issues facing the wine part of the industry — things like consolidation and competition as well as consumer trend shifts.