This podcast interview features James, the owner of Nania’s Vineyard, a Bristol-based company producing canned English wine and kombucha. James details his journey from home winemaking to establishing a thriving, albeit small-scale, kombucha business. He explains his unique brewing process,...
The final day of the Craft Beverage Expo & Conference | Tasting & Tap Room Expo wrapped up in Reno with a series of presentations on financing beverage companies. Here are some of the soundbites that seem especially relevant for...
Gord McDougall is a Canadian investor who addresses the struggles small and medium-sized businesses experience — from attracting equity partners to surviving business setbacks. Gord highlights the importance of a financial plan as a necessary starting point when launching a...
The owners of Vox Kombucha in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada have put their business up for sale. Owners Evan and Ryan state: After much soul searching and a difficult few years, we have made the decision to move on from our...
In the Great Kombucha Withdrawal of 2010, every brand in the US was removed from store shelves. Unity Vibration founders Tarek & Rachel Kanaan were already producing kombucha tea when theirs was flagged as being over the 0.5% ABV limit....
I’ve been contacted by Mike Lair from Bozeman, Montana. He’s starting a beverage company called Fuckin’ Spirits (I kid you not!) and one of his partners is Kelly Marudas, the founder of Montana Hooch Booch LLC. Her company closed when...
Kombucha Town is a successful Seattle-area kombucha brand with sales up from $1.1m to $1.4m over the last year. They were the first brand to sell kombucha in recyclable cans. Since 2011, they’ve sold a cumulative one million cans —...
CommuniTea Kombucha looking for investors Chris Joyner, the owner of CommuniTea Kombucha in Seattle, is looking for a business partner. Chris started making kombucha for sale in Ohio in 1993. In 2008, he started Seattle’s first kombucha business, creating CommuniTea...
