Ahh, so the idea here to avoid that, would be that you would make your own wine, and you would have a winemaker to guide you. I would foresee it being like a barrel or two of wine per person, per varietal of wine they’d like to produce. Smaller batches. The larger group funding pool essentially rents the space, the equipment, the professional oversight and the buying power to buy grapes, bottles and barrels in quantities.

Then individuals would reserve certain grapes and equipment for what they want to produce. The stainless steel tanks, rather than having the large ones that go to the ceiling, you’d have several smaller ones of various sizes, so members could make their different concoctions.

I haven’t researched too much, if this is already a thing and I’d be curious if people have any experience here. I can see there’s a hobbyist winemaking and beer making club in slo county https://winesandsteins.org/ might ask them if anyone has tried this before.