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Re:So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery by dmm on Monday March 10, 2014 @03:57PM (#7375307)
I would be willing to bet that a winery has just as much dealing with regulators, cleaning, and sales.
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Re:So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery by bitops on Monday March 10, 2014 @04:02PM (#7375342)
It's all really hard work and a winery is likely even more work. You need to always be watching the grapes, you have to hire seasonal workers to pick the grapes (actually not much automation in this area) plus the unpredictability of the weather.
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Re:So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery by fphhotchips on Monday March 10, 2014 @10:41PM (#7377108)
Do you mean geographic area, or grape-picking? Because these [1] are fantastic at picking grapes automatically. Sure you still need a driver, but it's slightly faster than doing it by hand.

[1] http://www.agha.org.au/cms/uploads/images/Grape%20harvesting...

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Re:So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery by maxerickson on Monday March 10, 2014 @04:02PM (#7375343)
You are also more directly exposed to your crop. Brewers have to deal with hops, but grains aren't a big problem.
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