Our story on how we started our winery

I remember my best friend asking me to go taste wine, my first thought was, “Ew, I don’t like wine!” She then informed me that there were many different kinds and encouraged me to at least try some. I am so glad I did because I found out how wonderful wine really is. Other than the many variations of flavors, the information I learned and continue learning about with the process of making wine has been exciting overall. I decided then that my dream and one of my goals in life was to someday own a winery.

When I met Eric, we started discussing our dreams and future ideas. I informed him about my interest in wine and he also had a similar reaction to my first one in regards to tasting wine. It is funny how we both reacted similarly to something we knew very little about. Eric decided to buy me a winemaking kit for my birthday one year. We started making 5 gallons at a time, learning as we went. Some of our first wines turned out great while others could have been a little better. We really enjoyed this newfound hobby of ours so much that before I knew it, my dream was Eric’s dream and we started writing up a business plan. From a business plan, a lot of research, and very much appreciated guidance from our mentors, we continued learning and will continue to learn just how to master making many variations of wine we plan to sell at our winery.

As you know the name of our winery is Pour Choices Winery. We decided this was the best name for us to go with. The “pour” is obviously for the task at hand and the sound “poor” plays a part in the names of our wines. All of our wines will have names that coordinate with poor choices that people may have made in life. Not all of them will apply to everyone as a poor choice, but nobody is perfect and fortunately we learn from them. 

We hope Pour Choices Winery becomes a good choice to make when it comes to satisfying the palettes of the people we know to the people we meet. We look forward to hearing what people like about our wine.