Well now you can.  You can buy a barrel or part of a barrel at

City winery located in Soho’s Hudson Square in Manhattan, in addition to being a winery, is also a world class wine bar, hosting live music and serving an exquisite menu.  City Winery focuses on the wine enthusiasts who want to make their own quality wine, but have no experience, or don’t want to take frequent trips to a vineyard.  Here the wine aficionados have access to the professional wine making team and experience at City Winery.  City Winery offers several selections of grape varieties, among them, those from Olsen Family Vineyards.  Barrel owners have the option to take part in the entire wine making process, from the crush, de-stemming, pressing, fermentation and bottling, or if a members choose to just have their wine delivered with minimal interaction, that ‘s O.K. too.  To finish the process the barrel owners crown the creation with thier own private label. 

Three ways to join the City Winery family of wine makers are Primary Barrel Ownership, Barrel Share Ownership,  and Corporate Barrel Ownership.  Each ownership has different monetary levels, details of which can be found at http://www.citywinery.com/build-a-barrel.

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