Ep 50: Buying and Selling Vineyards with Wine Investment Groups with Eric Flanagan

Eric Flanagan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Russian River Partners, as well as owner/founder and proprietor for Flanagan Wines.  In this episode, Eric shares his experience on how he grew his wine business. 

Let’s dive into his wine story!

[00:01 – 16:40] Opening Segment

• Leaving a career in finance to make a winery business
• Eric compares small wineries with horse racing
• Growing by putting out more money
• The Key is to Not Make Any Mistakes

[16:41 – 27:09] Buying and Selling Vineyards with Wine Investment Groups

• This is going to be a really good deal!
• How to Create Productive Vineyards
• Bringing in People to the Plan

[27:10 – 42:35] Quality Vineyards and Wineries

• Eric is lucky with his friends who have contributed to his business growth
• Building an exclusive use of grapes
• Evan compares wine to real estate
• Know your vineyard and create relationships

[42:36 – 51:04] Closing Segment

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• Eric takes on the rapid-fire questions with a twist

Connect with Eric

Website: flanaganwines.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: instagram.com/flanaganwines  

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Tweetable Quotes:

“When you’re in touch with a lot of people, you get pretty wired in with what is really going on.” – Eric Flanagan

“If you have the thing that is the best of the best, the demand for that is very solid and stable.” – Eric Flanagan

“Building a wine brand is very hard.” – Eric Flanagan