Planning For A Wine Business: CC Client VS. Alternating Proprietor
I talk to a lot of people who are just getting started with a wine business. Many of them are either starting as a custom crush client (wholesaler) or as an alternating proprietor. (See my two previous posts) No matter which of these types of licensing they are getting I always start out our conversation by asking them questions about what their business model is going to look like. Why am I so curious about their business model? Read more
So You Want To Get Into The Wine Business?
The wine business has a romantic image to it. How much of this can be attributed to the processes of winemaking and grape growing and all the images they conjure up is debatable but regardless it continues to draw a steady crowd of newbies to it. The numbers of both wineries and wine wholesalers (custom crush clients) has continued to rise steadily in the US. I am regularly contacted through my website and through word of mouth by folks wanting to get started with their own winery or wine wholesaling business. They are often surprised when I sit down with them and show them all the licensing they will need. "Wow, I had no idea there was so much involved!" is a comment I often hear. So just what are you looking at to get in on the wine game? Read more