Winery Startup & Custom Crush
3 guidesStarting a winery, launching a wine brand, custom crush, alternating proprietorship, permits, facility decisions, startup costs, and recordkeeping.
Winery Software & Migration
2 guidesWinery management software, production systems, inventory software, software selection, requirements, migrations, spreadsheets, and data continuity.
Inventory, COGS & Cost Accounting
2 guidesWine inventory, lot costing, production costs, COGS, dry goods, finished goods, overhead, reconciliation, and winery cost accounting.
Harvest, Cellar & Lab
5 guidesHarvest planning, grape receiving, fermentation, lab work, additions, sanitation, cellar operations, work orders, tanks, barrels, and production records.
DTC, Wine Club & Shipping
1 guideWinery ecommerce, DTC sales, wine clubs, customer records, fulfillment, shipping, permits, age verification, and state by state requirements.
Compliance & Reporting
55 guidesInternational winery compliance, TTB requirements, federal reporting, licensing, labeling, excise tax, production records, and government filings.
United States and TTB
International compliance and reporting
Vineyard Operations
2 guidesVineyard blocks, phenology, irrigation, scouting, spray records, labor, crop estimation, grape sampling, harvest scheduling, and vineyard to winery traceability.
Bottling, QC & Traceability
1 guidePre-bottling preparation, bottling operations, QC, dissolved oxygen, closures, packaging, lot codes, case goods, recalls, and finished goods traceability.
Why this library exists
Solera is winery management software, and I wrote these because I needed them first. Every guide is the version I wanted when I was filing the form myself with a deadline in front of me. Read them, print them, quote them. Nothing here asks for an email address.
These guides are for informational purposes only and are not legal, tax, or compliance advice. Verify all requirements with the relevant regulatory agency.