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Author Archives: Bill Skrapits
Winery Winter Blues: 3 Ways to Boost Revenue
After the hustle & bustle of the holidays, the tasting room can seem a bit quiet. January and February are typically the slowest months of the year for a winery. The vineyard looks like a bunch of sticks. The days … Continue reading
If You Try Sometime, You Might Find You Get What You Need
Hello Everyone! It’s been a while since I blogged last. I’ve had a busy summer and a great harvest season doing what I love. I’ve been working with a winery in West Texas helping them expand and it’s been fun … Continue reading
Nouveau is More Than Beaujolais!
How about bringing a bit of European tradition to your winery this harvest by making a small batch of nouveau wine? When we think of nouveau wine, we often think of Beaujolais. This is not because nouveau wine originated there, … Continue reading
Crush It!
The growing season in most states is in full swing now and you’ll soon need to be ready for harvest and crush. The problem is, it’s like getting prepared after you’ve received the hurricane warning – it IS happening, you … Continue reading
Get Your Groove On At Local Wine Festivals
Festivals. Are you participating in local and regional wine festivals? If you’re not, you should be. Festivals are a great way to have your wine tasted by lots of people in a short period of time. Attendees of wine and … Continue reading
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Trailblazer Challenge: Manning Your Isolated Vineyard
A couple of weeks ago, I attended Grape Day at Newsom Vineyards, up west of Lubbock in the Texas Panhandle – pretty much in the middle of nowhere. But it was worth the trip – several great speakers (Dr. Andy … Continue reading
You Don’t Need Robert Parker
Love or hate the 100 point system, Robert Parker’s rise to dominating the wine critics’ world has changed the way we think about wine, what we buy and the resources we use to make our wine-buying choices. His influence is … Continue reading
Create Positive Cash Flow Faster (Part 4): Custom Crush
This is final blog in this series: Three Ways to Produce Positive ROI in Half the Time or Less. We previously broke down how a traditional winery is actually three separate businesses – growing grapes, making wine and retailing. Using … Continue reading
Create Positive Cash Flow Faster (Part 3): Alternative Winery Model
Discussed previously in the first blog of this series, Three Ways to Produce Positive ROI in Half the Time or Less, we broke down that a traditional winery is actually three separate businesses – growing grapes, making wine and retailing. … Continue reading
Choose One Business and Produce Positive ROI Faster (Part 2): Grape Growing
In Part 1 of Three Ways to Produce Positive ROI in Half the Time or Less, we discussed the traditional method for building a winery and vineyard from scratch and reviewed cash flow from year 1 through year 10. We … Continue reading