For licensed wineries and manufacturers
Texas wine under your label, a tote at a time.
Finished Texas High Plains wine in bulk, shiners or private label. Come taste in Brownfield, blend it to your spec, and have your first bulk tote on a truck within 30 days.
By the tote or the mixed drum pallet · $10–30 a gallon · Lodging covered
Three promises, in writing
1. The $300 Blend Day guarantee. Spend the day at our bench. If you don't leave with a wine you'd put your label on, we reimburse travel expenses up to $300.
2. The spec guarantee. The wine that arrives matches the chemistry on your lab sheet and your shipment-confirmation sample, or we re-work it or replace it.
3. The pilot tote credit. Start with one tote. Reorder at volume within 12 months and your pilot tote reprices to the volume rate: at least 10% of your pilot invoice comes back as a credit on your next order.
Travel guarantee applies to licensed winery and brand buyers who qualify for a Blend Day; one per company; receipts or mileage required; not available to retail-license holders. Drum buyers qualify for a Blend Day at one mixed pallet (four 55-gallon drums) or more; the pilot credit applies to tote purchases. Pilot credit applies once per customer to a purchase in the same or a higher band that reaches a volume tier (4 totes, 2,000+ gallons, or a 4-pallet bottled program).
The Brownfield Blend Day
Half a day at our bench in Brownfield, Texas. Taste what's in tank right now, blend to your spec, and leave with a lab sheet and a written price that holds for 30 days. We host up to four Blend Days a month.
Your lodging is on us. Out-of-town buyers stay at our place in Lubbock or a hotel we book.
Bulk orders ship within 30 days of your visit. We handle the lab sheet and the transfer-in-bond paperwork, and send a freight quote within one business day. Bottled, kegged or labelled orders are scheduled at the bench; label approvals can take up to 60 days.
Can't make the drive? Ask for the remote version: a four-bottle sample set and a 30-minute video bench session - or if possible, we'll come to you!
Four ways to buy
Bulk by the tote. Finished, bottle-ready wine in 275–330 gallon totes, transferred in bond to your winery. Or take a mixed pallet: four 55-gallon food-grade drums, up to four different wines.
Custom Shiners. Blended to your spec, then bottled (unlabeled) - ready for your label.
Private label, finished. Bottled, labelled and palletized. We file the bottler COLA and review your label proof. From a half pallet (30 cases) per still wine.
Custom blends. Built with you at the bench from the lots in tank (including sparkling in cork and cage)
Growing your own program? We can supply fruit, take it to bottle, and top up your blends in one place.
What it costs
We publish price bands, not per-lot prices. Your exact number is set by the final product at the blending bench and held for 30 days. FOB Brownfield, Texas.
House (blenders and house-label-tier reds and whites): $10–15/gal by the tote
Reserve (varietal, top-tier blends): $16–24/gal by the tote
Flagship (low-yield, rare, small volume, and luxury-tier wines): $25–30/gal by the tote
One tote is 275–330 gallons. At 4 totes (1,100+ gal), every band is about 10% less. At 2,000+ gal blended to spec, House and Reserve are about 20% less; ask us about Flagship.
Volume pricing never goes below the band's starting price. Want variety instead of volume? Take a mixed pallet of four 55-gallon drums (about 220 gallons, up to four different wines) at the same per-gallon price as a tote. Need it bottled? All-in bottled pricing starts at around $115 a case for small volumes (wine, standard glass, closure and capsule, bottling, case goods, pallet and wrap). Labels and specialty capsules are quoted on top if needed.
Grown here. Texas High Plains fruit from nearly 1,000 acres of vineyards we farm ourselves.
Made here. A 144,000-gallon winery in Brownfield with kegging, bottling and force carbonation in-house.
Shipped from the middle. Central-US freight to either coast, with a quote back in one business day.
Nothing hidden. Every lot on the current lot sheet shows varietal, vintage, lab numbers and availability: "1–3 totes left" on short lots, "available by the tote" on the rest, "tanker volume: ask" where it applies.
You don't just sell somebody else's wine - You make it yours.
Many winery permit holders buy wine. If that's you, you know the drill: chase samples for weeks, sift through shiners that aren't exactly what you want, guess at 300 gallons of bulk from a half bottle, and hope what shows up tastes like what you approved. We built FermForge to flip that process on its head. You taste it from the tank, we blend it at the bench together with your new team. You leave knowing the wine, the chemistry and the price.
Check availability and book your Blend Day
Takes two minutes. If we're a fit you'll pick a date on the next screen.
Common questions
Do I need a permit? Yes. We sell to holders of a Texas winery (G) permit or a wholesaler permit. No permit yet? Fill out the form anyway and we'll help you get going while you get licensed.
Can the wine say "Texas" on my label? Yes, where the lot qualifies. Every lot sheet shows appellation, vintage and varietal percentages so your label claims are backed by our records.
Who handles freight? You do, FOB Brownfield. We send a freight quote within one business day so you know the landed cost before you commit.
What if I only need one tote a year? That's fine. One tote is the minimum, not the starting point of a contract. If you'd rather have variety than volume, a mixed pallet of four 55-gallon drums works too.
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