What Pacific Wine Services does

Pacific Wine Services (PWS) is a privately held custom crush winemaking facility headquartered at 2550 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, California, established in 2006. The company provides turnkey winemaking services to small and mid-sized wine brands that require professional production infrastructure without the capital outlay of building their own facilities. Services span the full production lifecycle: fruit receiving and hand sorting, destemming, tank and punch-down fermentation, press operations, climate and humidity-controlled barrel storage (5,000 sq ft), secure case good storage (1,500 sq ft), and onsite bottling operations conducted up to four times per year, including bottle procurement, screen-printing, and canning. The firm also offers an alternating proprietorship solution for a fixed annual fee that enables clients to obtain an O2 winegrower's license while remaining compliant with TTB and ABC regulation.

The company's business model combines professional service engagements (custom crush, bottling, brand development) with managed service contracts (barrel and case good storage) and a recurring subscription element (alternating proprietorship licensing). Go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven: prospective clients are invited for facility tours and complimentary consultations, with annual harvest celebration events functioning as both customer engagement and prospecting vehicles. The Bespoke Barrel Program extends the core offering into end-to-end wine brand development for wine entrepreneurs, business owners seeking corporate gifting, and event planners, providing label design, taste profile development, and barrel-to-bottle brand formation.

PWS operates from a single Paso Robles location that has undergone three physical additions to accommodate a complete assortment of viticulture technologies. The firm employs six full-time staff whose combined industry experience exceeds 50 years, led by General Manager/Winemaker Marin Wolgamott. Production outputs include wines that have received 90-point-plus ratings. The firm is independently owned with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or external funding, and pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its operating geography is regional, restricted to the California Central Coast.

Name

Pacific Wine Services

Legal name

Pacific Wine Services

Website

https://pacificwineservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pacific Wine Services is a privately held custom crush winemaking facility in Paso Robles, California, founded 2006, that provides turnkey harvest, fermentation, storage, bottling, regulatory compliance, and brand development services to small and mid-sized wine brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Crush Winemaking Services

NAICS

Wineries (312130)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine Production & Winemaking (AFAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands (CRADAIAB)

Keywords

• Custom crush services
• Barrel storage
• Bottling services
• Wine brand development
• Alternating proprietorship

Headquarters

HQ city

Paso Robles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Crush Services: Full-service winemaking support including fruit receiving, hand sorting, destemming, tank fermentation, small lot punch down fermentation, and press operations
2. Barrel Storage: Climate and humidity-controlled barrel storage in dedicated 5,000 square foot facility
3. Case Good Storage: Secure, climate and temperature-controlled case storage spanning 1,500 square feet
4. Bottling Services: Comprehensive bottling services including bottle procurement, screen-printing, canning, and onsite bottling operations conducted up to four times yearly
5. Bespoke Barrel Program: Brand development program assisting customers with wine label design, taste profile development, and barrel-to-bottle brand formation
6. Alternating Proprietorship Licensing: Fixed annual fee service enabling clients to obtain O2 winegrower's license through alternating proprietorship arrangement

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pacific Wine Services operates a custom crush winemaking facility in Paso Robles, California, providing turnkey winemaking services from harvest through bottling. Core offerings include harvest services (fruit receiving, hand sorting, destemming, fermentation, press operations), climate-controlled barrel and case good storage, comprehensive bottling services (bottle procurement, screen-printing, canning, onsite bottling up to four times per year), and an Alternating Proprietorship program enabling clients to obtain an O2 winegrower's license while maintaining TTB and ABC regulatory compliance.

Product overview

Pacific Wine Services operates as a single-location custom crush facility offering integrated winemaking services in Paso Robles, California. The core offering is the Custom Crush Facility Services, which encompasses barrel storage, case good storage, fruit receiving and processing, tank fermentation, and bottling. This is supported by specialized services including Harvest Services (fruit receiving, hand sorting, destemming, punch down fermentation, press operations), Alternating Proprietorship (for O2 winegrower's licensing), Barrel Storage (5,000 sq ft climate-controlled), and Case Good Storage (1,500 sq ft climate-controlled). The Bottling Services add-on provides bottle procurement, screen-printing, canning, and onsite bottling operations. The Bespoke Barrel Program extends the offering by enabling customers to create personalized wine brands from vine to bottle with full support from winemakers, compliance officers, and graphic designers. The Free Phone Consultation service serves as the entry point for customer engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bespoke Barrel Program: A program that allows customers to partner with winemakers to hand-craft their own wine, providing wine label design, taste profile development, and barrel-to-bottle brand formation services.

Products and services

• Harvest Services Complete harvest services for wine brands, including fruit receiving, hand sorting, destemming, tank fermentation, small lot punch down fermentation, state-of-the-art press operations, and barrel maintenance.
• Alternating Proprietorship Fixed annual fee alternating proprietorship solution that enables clients to obtain an O2 winegrower's license while remaining 100% compliant with TTB and ABC regulations.
• Barrel Storage Climate and humidity-controlled barrel storage in a dedicated 5,000 square foot facility for wine brands needing aging capacity.
• Case Good Storage Secure, climate and temperature-controlled case good storage spanning 1,500 square feet for bottled wine inventory.
• Bottling Services Comprehensive bottling services including bottle procurement, screen-printing, canning, and onsite bottling operations conducted up to four times per year.
• Bespoke Barrel Program Partnership program allowing customers to hand-craft their own wine with winemakers, compliance officers, graphic designers, and other professionals; includes wine label design, taste profile development, and barrel-to-bottle brand formation services.
• Free Phone Consultation 15-minute phone consultation with the office manager to discuss winemaking services and program details for prospective customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Produced several 90-point-plus-rated wines

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery: Major Paso Robles winery with extensive production, storage, and bottling infrastructure that occasionally serves external labels; comparable as a Paso Robles-based winemaker with overlapping capability footprint, though operating as a primarily brand-led incumbent.
• Booker Vineyard: Paso Robles boutique winery with custom crush and small-lot production focus; comparable as a Paso Robles operation offering full winemaking services to multiple small-batch labels, though operating at a higher-end boutique positioning.
• Epoch Estate Wines: Paso Robles winery producing premium Rhône-style wines with its own fermentation, barrel aging, and bottling operations; comparable as a Paso Robles-based premium winemaker with similar service capabilities but a brand-owner orientation.
• Turley Wine Cellars: Paso Robles and Napa-based boutique winery known to produce under its own labels using custom-style operations; comparable for its reliance on Paso Robles production infrastructure though operating as a multi-label brand owner.
• Tablas Creek Vineyard: Iconic Paso Robles estate with its own custom crush, barrel storage, and bottling facilities serving multiple labels; comparable as a Paso Robles winemaker with full vine-to-bottle capabilities rather than as a pure custom crush service provider.
• Laetitia Vineyards & Winery: Large Central Coast (Arroyo Grande) operation with a significant custom crush program serving many external wine brands; comparable as a competing contract winemaker in the same California Central Coast region though at meaningfully larger scale than Pacific Wine Services.
• L'Aventure Estate Winery: Paso Robles boutique Rhône-style producer with full winemaking, barrel aging, and bottling capabilities; comparable as a Paso Robles winery offering premium small-lot services with overlapping operational infrastructure.

Regional players

• Denner Vineyards: Paso Robles winery with in-house production and small custom program capabilities; comparable as a Paso Robles peer with similar small-batch production and storage operations, though located slightly west of PWS's Dry Creek Road facility.

Direct peers

• Orcutt Custom Crush: Custom crush and case-good storage facility in the California Central Coast serving external small and mid-sized wine brands; directly comparable as a contract winemaking peer offering fermentation, storage, and bottling services to third-party labels.
• Center of Effort Wines: Arroyo Grande (Central Coast) custom crush winery that produces wine for multiple external labels; comparable as a similarly sized custom crush operation in the same California Central Coast region serving small and mid-sized wine brands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WinePacific
• Facebookfacebook.com/PacificWineServices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pacific-wine-services
• Instagraminstagram.com/pacificwineservices

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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