I had a facility built on our dad’s grape fields because I wanted to make wine in IN, then it made sense to have our own building.
I needed a big space to home our wine tanks, carboys as well as all our grape stomping equipment! The con of this was because wine is so temperamental, I had a lot of costs.
I needed running water, electricity, heating as well as cooling. It wasn’t cheap at all getting a relaxing winery on the fields. I ended up spending a ton on an electrician as well as professional plumber; When it came time for the Heating as well as A/C, I will confess I skimped out. I didn’t want to pay any more extra currency than I needed to for our Evansville IN facility. I tried to get a currency deal with the local Heating as well as A/C dealership as well as they would not take it; So instead I found a handyman, obtained a Heating as well as A/C unit online as well as swung a deal with him. I chose a ductless heat pump since it provides both heating as well as cooling. I wanted it mounted on the back of the winery to hide it from the road. I then could control the temperature through a smart thermostat. I wouldn’t have to be at the fields to ensure the wine stayed at the right temperature. Will you get what you pay for? It would have cost the guy more currency as well as been harder to run the wiring to the back of our winery, but he installed the heat pump while I wasn’t there as well as mounted it right by the front door. It is fully functional as well as does the task. However, it makes our winery look love crap; Eventually I will need to hire a Heating as well as A/C business to transfer it to where it should go.