My Top Time & Money Saving Winery Compliance Tips!
Winemakers, do you cringe at the thought of having to deal with your compliance? If you said yes (And you know all of you did) then I've got some good news for you. There are some simple ways to make keeping up with your compliance an easier task. Really, there are.
I've conveniently summarized a list of my Top 3 Tips just for you, which if followed consistently are guaranteed to spare you from a lot of unnecessary cringing. Read more
Winemakers – It’s 3 am, Do You Know Where Your Grapes Are?
Harvest of 2012 has definitely shaped up to be a very welcome banner year for wineries here in California. I've been reading story after story about the high tonnage amounts, and picture perfect looking fruit that has been arriving at wineries over the past two months. But what happens when too much of a good thing is showing up at your winery? That is you've got more fruit ready to come in than you've currently got tank space open to ferment it in? Read more
The Top 10 Useful Items From The TTB’s Website
There's no shortage of questions around the topic of winery compliance. I hear them all the time from folks across the spectrum of the business, from those just getting started to well seasoned veterans who have worked years at many wineries. One of the most standard resources I point them towards for the answers to their questions is the TTB's website. So with that in mind I thought I'd put together a Top 10 list of what I see as the most useful items that can be found there. Read more