How do you start with a wine company?

Question

How do winers start their selling?

What are the steps of selling wine?

I want to know a lot of things?

You firstly need good land to get the winery plants.

You also need workers machines and everything like that.

How much money does the owner of a winery make (someone who makes a good wine and sells a lot)

Please tell me any info about starting a wine company?

Answer 1

First, you need to obtain financing in the millions.  Then, get bonded with the ATF.  Third, seek out bulk wine on the open market, find a winemaker, create a blend and have it bottled.  Open a tasting room with adequate foot traffic to move all your production, or scratch and beg for sheld space at a store.  Send you wines into competetion and to publications for review.  Pray they like you.

In the meantime, you'll also be busy building a winery facility, dealing with the environmental nightmare of permitting, seeking out exisiting or suitable vineyard land (in Napa it sells for well above $100,000/acre) and hiring a vineyard staff to run that whole aspect of the business.

It's not easy.

Answer 2

The wine businesss is a write off. esspeciaslly withim  the  retail sector

Answer 3

If you want to do it in America, your best bet is California or some other states like Missouri or Texas. Work at a winery and work your way up. Do some investing, ect. and maybe you could buy it. Or you could inhert it if the owner decides to leave it to you when they retire. That seems so much easier than starting from scratch because you would have to find nice land, buy it, build, plant, wait, hire, and get a license.

Answer 4

Any expert will tell you before staring any business you better be business savvy.  Also, you better have enough capital to fall back on and not expect to see a profit for at least two years.  Which means don't expect to be putting money in your pocket as it will be going into your business to make is successful.

contact your local community college, many offer small business owner classes for free.

Then why not get a job at a winery and learn the ins and outs from the ground up?

Answer 5

I would say seriously consider not doing it. General opinion is that - in the very best of times, with a following wind, it will take 7 years at the very least to begin making profit (after planting, building and buying etc etc).

You'll sink a lot of money away for a long time - with a bad season proving a disaster, and probably sending you bankrupt.

If you have a lto of money you want to get rid of then go for it... but then again, why not send it over this way!!

Answer 6

a lot of hard work

Answer 7

My mom has made wine but if you want to start a company tou need to get a license