They're implemented as best I can.

Liquor compliance has me stuck to one payments processor that doesnt like bitcoin. After spending hours arguing with them and even having Jack Mallers reach out to help set it up, I've given up with them.

That said, you can check out with bitcoin on my site. It has its own checkout flow and a bit less customizable orders via zaprite, but I also process a ton of bitcoin orders from people who just message me to make a custom pack.

Every variety is different, but typically people start picking throughout september and some into late august.

I harvest Pinot Noir at the beginning of October

yeah i gotta meet that guy

I grow Pinot Noir exclusively and its the only red that grows well in my climate.

Assuming everyhting goes well, you're looking at 4 years before the first crop after planting and I age another 2 years before I sell the wine.

That first wine won't even be that good as the grapes need a decade + to come into young maturity and even more time to truly become great. My dad planted my pinot vineyard 20 years ago

Jon! Would love to have you out. I do private tastings as things pop up, but dont have a formal tasting room. Now through September is the peak time to come.

How can you help peony lane succeed? Outside of wine sales, just having bticoiners visit and enjoying awesome conversation in person fires me up to continue working on this path.

I dont, but otherwise would fit their criteria.

While there are good things about biodynamism, as soon as I found out that I have to pay like $3k a year to be "certified", it became a clear scam in my mind.

I've put a lot of mental energy into the pricing in sats model, but I just dont think its there unless i want to change the price all the time which the $ price, but paid in sats does for me.

Its a cool idea, but no one buys if bitcoin goes up and i go broke if bitcoin goes down.

bitcoin is too volatile rn for me to do it

it comes from the skins so the mroe extracted ones, but youd have to get deep in the weeds WITH the winemaker and the difference probably isnt much so idk how much its worth the effort

Sulfites are naturally occurring compounds that preserve the wine. They're added to kill unwanted bactera/etc and protect the wine from oxygen.

They are the poster child for wine additives and get way too much blame. That said, they are over used and if a winery is overusing them, theyre probably overusing every other additive nad you'll feel bad afterwards

It'll be on Nostr and I'll be posting all about it when the first episode drops. hopefully in a week or two

Just DTC.

Medium sized wineries that are profitable dont really exist in the US and I dont wanna get big...plus everyone is gonna be a bitcoiner one day

I mean, theres no answer to this, but to tell you a place to start.

Have you drunk much port or sherry?

Most people get into wines with sweet whites then sweet reds, then whites, then reds

Focus on quality. no one is going to part with their bitcoin over junk. Make it last and make sure you appreciate the bitcoin they give you or they wont give it to you again.

We are Legion

That must have been a while ago! Not sure what that reasoning was as I've had lightning going since 2022.

Anyways, I want good tax accounting so I mostly just use strike

Deploying $25.40 for another share, sir

To a degree, its just another fad. Its definitely whats hot right now, but its also a return to old world style wine making.

People are realizing that wine has become a bit of just a chemistry experiment in the USA and want wine that connects them to the land and doesnt make them fee like crap afterwards. "Natural" is the way its been made for generations.

That said, Natural wine (in the USA) doesnt mean anything legally. I have no problem with that because fuck regulations and paperwork, but its a bit of a buzz word. Look for low intervention wine, french or italian for similar experiences.

The wine shop person will know what you want

I've got a longer answer about the wine in another comment, but basically, my dad was doing it this way, its healthier and the knowledge barrier to entry is lower because I didn't have to become a chemist to make good wine.

Bitcoin has BECOME my business. I planned on just selling wine to tourists and my local community following the business models of those around me, but then bitcoiners started asking to buy my wine...in droves and now they are the only customers I care about.

honestly, I think you're better off looking for wines that are just less bad for you. Look for natural, low intervention or generally french and italian wines to avoid chemicals in them. You'll feel SO MUCH better after drinking these kinds of wines. Seriously. Like hangovers arent even part of my life anymore when I drink my wine.

Other than that, the only thing I can think that that red wines are higher in antioxidents

Bitcoin, I moved home to start the winery and in with a friend of mine from highschool who i thought was really smart. we loved talking about geopolitics and he was a bitcoiner.

I was already really into economics and personal finance, so once I started learning about bitcoin, i never stopped

I really just was in a rut quarter life crisis time of my life and new i both wanted to start a business and wanted something that was mroe of a side hustle so I would be committed to it and would force myself to follow through. My dad made wine as a hobby and had 3 acres of amazing Pinot Noir grapes + all the gear to at least get me started. It was really just a perfect opportunity that I had to jump on with the mindset "if my dad can figure out how to make wine, im sure i can."