Canberra District winery, Four Winds Vineyard, has launched a crowd-funding project to help expand the capacity of their winery.
The project, being run through the website Pozible.com, will allow 30 days for funds to be raised so that the winery may be extended by vintage next year.
Four Winds Vineyard business manager, Sarah Collingwood, said that one of the challenges of being a small, family owned and run operation was being able to budget for growth.
“We have seen that there is demand for the wines and a need to increase production, as we have sold out of Sangiovese and will sell out of Riesling,” she said.
“The Pozible.com crowd-funding project will allow people to help fund the project, give them access to an exclusive wine and events and allow us to expand the winery before next vintage,” Collingwood said.
Four Winds Vineyard’s project has a 30-day fundraising window, from start to finish. If the allotted budget ($21,635) isn’t raised before 12 November, all pledges are cancelled and the project will not be funded.
The vineyard has traditionally retained 20 per cent of the crop for their own label; this has been steadily increasing with a plan to retain up to 50 per cent of the crop in 2015.
“We were excited to open our cellar door last year, the 2013 Riesling received the trophy for best Riesling of Show at the Small Winemakers Wine Show and we were awarded the visitor experience award at the regional tourism awards,” Collingwood said. “Now we need to make sure we have enough space to make the wines.”
To learn more about the project, or donate, click here.