small business Archives - Exploring the Wine Glass

From Barrel to Bottle in 3000 Miles & 72 Hours

Byexploringthewineglass August 28, 2015

What do you do when you live 3000 miles away from your winery? You count on the people you surround yourself with to help you out! Sometimes it goes smoothly and sometimes it doesn’t. In case you have been living in a cave, California has been in a drought. How Mother Nature is dealing with…

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Preparing for Harvest

Byexploringthewineglass August 20, 2014

Here we are near the end of August and we are just waiting for the grapes to decide when they are done ripening. Although ahead of schedule from last year, we are only about fifty percent done. We are anticipating a late September harvest. But it is all up to the fruit and Mother Nature….

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The Registration Blues

Byexploringthewineglass August 13, 2014

We are back to dealing with winery business this week. Previously, I talked about the Chicken vs. Egg Quandry. It is tough to know in what order we need to do things. In order to be able to sell, we need to be licensed and in order to be licensed we need to be a…

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Labels – Chicken or Egg Quandary

Byexploringthewineglass April 29, 2014

We seem to be facing a chicken vs. egg issue. We are trying to finalize our label and our brand logo. But in order to do this, we need to have the specifications for the labels. We need to decide on paper stock, color, design ideas, label size and shape but in order to do…

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