How much wine do you need to open a winery?

[@ddlonglegs]

This video was immensely helpful! I live in a very similarly sized town in Colorado and it has been difficult to find examples of other wineries for smaller towns like ours. Thank you! (Before watching this, I was one of the people you mentioned at the beginning. Planning to stockpile as much as possible before opening haha. But now, my new goal is by January)

[@tempecreekwine]

Glad to hear it. I will updating with new videos to help out us micro wineries in the near future

[@kylewattsmusic4640]

I recently got my permits through the TTB and now I’m waiting for the state permits. Your videos have been great to watch. My wife and I are starting a very small Meadery in PA. It’s stressful and exciting at the same time. Best wishes to you and thanks for the insight!

[@tempecreekwine]

I'm excited for you. You got this. I'm starting up with weekly videos again, so be on the lookout.

[@xXshadowImprintXx]

PA! Represent! We need more mead!

[@kylewattsmusic4640]

@@xXshadowImprintXx we’re all set to go!

[@xXshadowImprintXx]

@@kylewattsmusic4640link your mead? How can we find it I need more mead in my life🍯🐝

[@TheEves]

This is extremely interesting, it's cool to hear what costs are involved with this sort of thing, thanks!

[@tempecreekwine]

Thanks for your support. Congrats on hitting 1k subs. So happy for you guys!

[@TheEves]

@@tempecreekwine thank you! ♥️

[@Breece27]

Can you talk about the bookkeeping that you are having to do? The TTB requirements on keeping track of things like chaptalization are pretty simple to understand. Where it gets confusing for me is the bookkeeping that the TTB requires going along with sales. Thanks for any help you can provide!

[@tempecreekwine]

The only thing that ttb and your state equivalent want to know is what is produced and what has been excised, since you pay taxes on that. They dont care about your sales per say, just volume that is used.

[@Mariodclyburn]

Did you ever make a video on the how to fill out the Federal permit?

[@roberthamby9907]

I been looking at alot of your stuff me and the wice r very very interested in opening up a Vineyard here in Western Kentucky

[@tempecreekwine]

Go for it you guys. You got this. Just take it 1 step at a time and start small if you have limited funds. If you guys need some advice let me know.

[@roberthamby9907]

Man but I really appreciate you wanting to more less do a kind of like a mentorship because I don't know anything about this I mean I dabble with it but that's about where it stops at to be quite honest I'm a brewer a different variety I'd love to sit there and have no professional like you know kind of teach me and guide me I really do appreciate that

[@tempecreekwine]

No problem. Check out my other videos. I go over lots of things that will be useful. I am also trying to post weekly on relevant information.

[@Astrond29]

@@roberthamby9907 you ever start on this?, I’m from Eastern ky and when I become of age I’m thinking about doing this aswell

[@roberthamby9907]

@@Astrond29 we been looking in to it there alot of paper work and Licences you have to have

[@rickyforsberg8451]

Nice video!

[@tempecreekwine]

Thanks Rick! I hope it was helpful.

[@rodrigochang1144]

What is your current method for bulk sterilization of bottles? I assume you have a time and cost-effective method.

[@tempecreekwine]

We use new bottles and dip them in an acid wash solution.

[@Johnhen95]

Yea I can wait! I’m dreaming of creating my own cidery messing with some home brew stuff now getting my recipes down. But the nice thing about cider is you are considered a winery and here in PA you can be a limited winery capped at 200k gallons a year so I can wait for your videos on the federal stuff! I was so annoyed I would need to hire a lawyer because it’s so complex and not a lot of info on it. Was it a whole process getting you labels and copyrights approved as well?

[@tempecreekwine]

I'm excited for you. When you open let us know and we will come visit. My next video will be a federal permit video. I will roll one out every month and I am expecting to be done with those videos by July if everything goes to plan. after your first label the labeling approval process is easy.

[@chettodust]

What is your typical start to sell timeline for a wine?

[@tempecreekwine]

Are you talking about getting a permit to selling or fermenting to selling?

[@chettodust]

@@tempecreekwine Start of a ferment to bottling and selling. I've been making wine at home and I've found that 6 months is the minimum amount of time a wine needs to be palatable. I'm finding even more time makes it better. I imaging this long timeframe makes running a small winery a little difficult. Wondering what your timeline looks like.

[@tempecreekwine]

@@chettodust that is true for us too. We bulk age for 6 to 12 months. Then we bottle. The wine still ages in the bottle and we are not lucky enough to sell out immediately. The wine typically gets better the longer we have it.

[@chettodust]

@@tempecreekwine Super interesting. I have so many questions. Feel free to stop replying if I get annoying. How much wine do you have on hand at any given time? Do you ever run out? I imaging running out might force you to bottle prematurely. How do you plan the supply you will have?

[@tempecreekwine]

@@chettodust that is a very slow moving problem. You can see it coming. I typically have wines in bottles and our tanks are full. When we are running low we bottle our wine in bulk, and start the process over.

[@michaelmaciaszek5686]

Are you growing more then one variety of grapes

[@tempecreekwine]

No we trade or buy other grapes. We only grow blanc du bois

[@cheryang3622]

Where can I buy your wine in Atlanta, GA

[@tempecreekwine]

We dont ship. It is really hard to ship out of state and shipping is difficult. But im going to be in Atlanta in the summer. I can drop a bottle off.

[@cheryang3622]

Thanks please let me know when you are in Atlanta i also want to talk to you about starting my winery too.

[@Silverholic]

Love your content. How long do you age your wine before selling? Also, how long from start of fermentation to bottling?

[@tempecreekwine]

It depends each wine is different, but my rule is start tasting at 3 months. The when ever its good and we have inventory space.

[@allennovak3073]

How many styles of wine did you start with?

[@tempecreekwine]

We had 4 and bought what we were missing from other wineries. Thier labels and all. By the end of the year we had only our label and bought what we dont plan to make, mead and sparkling.

[@foshiniikes8866]

Hello please I need to talk to you