Business of Wine

Scalable Business Model

Whether you are making 50 cases or 5,000, our scalable business model can support you at every step. Crushpad Commerce makes entering the wine business easy by providing production level entry points that are custom fit to your needs, and enables you to scale up

Low Capital Investment

The Crushpad Commerce business model keeps individual member costs low by spreading capital investment requirements across our more than 150 members. A two barrel minimum allocation and a fixed setup fee is all it takes. That's it. There are no additional monthly membership or consulting fees.

Low Transaction Fees Mean Higher Gross Margins

Most Crushpad Commerce fees are transaction-based, meaning that you pay for service as you sell wine. And with low fees, you will experience much better margins than any alternative approach.

Contact us at makewine@crushpadwine.com to receive our wine brand revenue calculator, a powerful financial tool to help you model your brand. Input costs, sales channel and price information to estimate brand profitability.

Tax Benefits

Federal tax law allows anyone actively engaged in a business for profit to deduct reasonable expenses related to that business. This means that:

• Individuals may use losses generated during the early years of a new business to offset income from other sources such as wages or investment income.
• There are a number of expenses that are allowable deductions if you are engaged in the winery business. This is true even if there may be a personal benefit, as long as the primary purpose is the production, promotion, and sale of your wine.
• For more information download our Income Tax FAQ's