RESOURCES FOR STARTUP WINERIES

 

http://www.foodsci.purdue.edu/research/labs/enology/startupresources.htm

 

 

Business Planning Examples:

 

·        Indiana

·        Illinois

·        Michigan

·        New York

·        Minnesota

·        Washington

·        Connecticut

·        Pennsylvania

 

 

Essential Books:

 

·        Winemaking: From Grape Growing to Marketplace

·        Principles and Practices of Winemaking

·        Wine Analysis & Production

·        Wines & Vines Buyer’s Guide

·        Vineyard & Winery Management Wine Industry Index

 

 

Essential Memberships:

 

·        Indiana Winegrowers Guild

·        American Society for Enology and Viticulture

·        WineAmerica

 

 

Equipment:

 

·        Winemaking Equipment Intro

 

Suppliers:

 

·        KLR Machines

·        Buon Vino

·        Napa Fermentation Supplies

·        St. Patrick’s of Texas

·        The Compleat Winemaker

·        G.W. Kent

·        Euro-Machines

 

 

Fermentation:

 

·        Fermentation Handbook

·        Yeasts as Tools for the Winemaker

·        Enzymes as Tools for the Winemaker

·        Enzymes – Critical Comments

·        Sulfur Dioxide & Sorbate Management

·        The Acidity of Hope - pH, Potassium and T.A.

 

Suppliers:

 

·        Scott Laboratories

·        Vinquiry

·        Lalleland

·        Gusmer Enterprises

·        IDL Consulting

·        Crosby & Baker

 

 

Quality Control Basics:

 

·        Wine Quality Control Basics

·        Winery Lab Starter Kit

·        Free SO2@pH Chart

·        Residual Sugar Color Chart

·        Wine Analysis for Small Scale Wineries

 

Commercial Wine Labs & Suppliers:

 

·        Vinquiry

·        ETS Laboratories

·        Gusmer Enterprises & The Wine Lab

·        Cool Climate Analytical

·        Vitis Research

·        The Enolab

 

·        Presque Isle Wine Cellars

·        Hanna Instruments

·        Fisher Scientific

·        IDL Consulting EasyLab

·        Cynmar Corporation

 

 

Wine Evaluations:

 

·        Wine Aroma Descriptor Manual

·        B.Y.O.W. Wine Evaluation Sheet

·        Wine Flaw Sensory Evaluation

·        Indy International Wine Competition

 

 

Safety, Sanitation & Storage:

 

·        Winery Safety – A Crush Course

·        Barrel Sanitation

·        Commodity Storage Manual: Wines

 

Suppliers:

 

·        ZEP

·        LSS Safety & Industrial Supplies

·        Barrel Builders

·        Fine Northern Oak

·        Oak Chips Inc.

 

 

Bottles, Corks, etc.:

 

·        Cork Sensory Quality Control Manual

 

Suppliers:

 

·        Scott Laboratories (Corks)

·        SupremeCorq (Corks)

·        Saxco (Bottles)

·        Waterloo Container (Bottles)

·        Saint Gobain (Bottles)

·        Prospero (Bottling Lines)