Business & Management

 

The Togetherness Trend

January 2007
 
by Paul Franson
 
Winemakers at August Cellars
The winemakers of the August Cellars facility in Newberg, Ore. include (left to right): Ron Helbig, Barking Frog Winery; Howard Mozeico, Et Fille; Jeanie and Matt Driscoll, WildAire Cellars; Jim Schaad, August Cellars; Patricia and Tom Feller, Artisanal Wine Cellars; Lane and Geoffrey Crowther, Tuluca Lane; Laura Volkman, Laura Volkman Vineyards.
 
Building a wine production facility is expensive, so many new wine companies choose alternative approaches for making their wine. The most common is having their wine made at another winery--either as a side business of the host winery or at a custom crush facility that serves many unrelated wine brands.
 

 
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