It continued thoughlargepurchases, largepurchasers still a lot ofnewcustomers to the marketbutwe aren't really quite at the levelofbuyingfrenzy that we saw earlythe mid-July.
They do a lot of buying and selling on a large, fast-moving bulk market to mix, match and blend to make sure they have a consistent style of wine to offer every year.
"The fate of these companies is still in the hands of their lenders, but overall things are starting to look a lot better, " says Conrad, who's still more comfortable buying companies with large, established distribution areas.