Webinar Wednesday: Open Your Own Winery Without Owning a Vineyard

Waters Edge Wineries is a unique concept allowing our owners to open a micro-winery and bistro in their community.

I recently had the opportunity to spend about 45 minutes talking with the founder & CEO of Water’s Edge.

Waters Edge Wineries® is an urban winery system that brings the very best of wine culture to communities across the country. Combining elements of the traditional winemaking experience with the emerging wine bar concept, Waters Edge creates a diverse selection of wines and offers guests an opportunity to engage intimately with a historically exclusive lifestyle.

As it seeks to bring the winery experience to the people, Waters Edge Wineries® presents an innovative, versatile concept that treats guests to quality wines, a relaxing atmosphere, and a cultural experience like no other. Our franchise helps people start up complete wineries in a retail space that ranges from 3,500 – 4,000 square feet.

Each winery offers exclusive wines with many popular varietals, Bistro-style appetizers & desserts, custom labeling and more. The difference between a Waters Edge Winery and a traditional winery is that we do not grow or crush the grapes – we outsource those functions to a global network of vineyards and growers. This lowers the cost of ownership, and removes the biggest risk associated with most wineries. Actual wine production is done onsite.

A Waters Edge Winery® makes several wines that are exclusive to our winery locations. We make many of the popular varietals, including Merlots, Cabs and Chardonnays. We also make some harder-to-find wines such as Barolos, Gewurztraminers, Pinotages, Petit Verdot and Ports.

We source grapes globally that will allow you to make over 50 different kinds of wine using grapes from the best grape growing regions in the world. Places such as California, Italy, France, New Zealand, Chile and Germany. We also offer a lineup of wines that are found nowhere else and add to the spectrum of tastes for our guests. These include fun wines such as our popular Peach Apricot Sangria and Cranberry Sangria. These wines are easy for nearly everyone to enjoy – low in alcohol and slightly off-dry.