re: Who here has started their own business?

We do buy grapes, or more accurately we do what the industry calls “custom crush” whereby we select the grapes we want and they are crushed to meet our specs. The juice is then refrigerated/frozen to keep it from fermenting and sent to us. The actual fermentation occurs here.

Traditional grape based wines make up a very small amount of our offerings. Our wines also use other berries and tropical fruits too.