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Winery Business Plans & Feasibility Studies

Eleven Free Online Winery Business Plans to Check Out

  1. Starting a Winery in Illinois Profile & Business Plan Workbook: http://www.illinoiswine.org/pdf/Winery_Start_Up_Profile_2008.pdf
  2. Alan Dillard's (Illinois Winery/Grape Consultant) 5,000 gal. Winery Cost Estimate: http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/NRES/faculty/Skirvin/cfar/winest.htm  
  3. Ohio Winery Starter Kit, Ohio Wine Producers Association: http://www.ohiowines.org/winery_starter_kit.shtml  
  4. 2002-07 Writing a Business Plan: An Example of a Small Premium Winery, 49 pp, Cornell Univ. http://aem.cornell.edu/outreach/extensionpdf/eb0207.pdf
  5. Economics of a Small Premium Winery 5 p. Univ. of Georgia: http://www.smallfruits.org/BunchGrapes/production/EconomicsofaSmallPremiumWinery.pdf 
  6. Starting Your Own Winery Business Plan, 50p. from Univ. of Tennessee: http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1688.pdf  
  7. Small Winery Investment & Operating Costs, Excellent 48 p. Winery Business Plan Guide from Washington State Univ: http://www.agribusiness-mgmt.wsu.edu/AgbusResearch/docs/wine_grapes/eb1996_05.pdf
  8. ISU Ag Marketing Resource Center: http://www.agmrc.org  Excellent down-loadable EXCEL winery business plan interactive worksheets. Type "planning workbook" in search engine to find interactive Excel budget sheets for both vineyards and winery.
  9. Feasibility of a Cooperative Winery, KSU: http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/accc/ncera210/Events/2006meeting/FeasibilityWinery.pdf  
  10. Winery & Grape Industry Start-up Guide, 15 p., State of Michigan: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/michiganwines/resources/startup_web.pdf  
  11. Chapel Hill Winery LLC Winery Business Plan, 52pp: http://www.jjhill.org/fasttrac/q/Winery_BP_0206.pdf