My family has been in the grape business for years.
My great grandfather was a farmer who shipped his grapes to be made into grape juice, jellies and jams.
I have decided to do something a little different with my crop. I have started making my grapes into wine. I actually stomp the grapes, sweeten them with agave and do all my own bottling. I even built a winery right on my grape fields to make production easier. It was an expensive start up however. The building needed to be quite large with water, electric and HVAC. I thought I was going to save a whole bunch of money with my HVAC system. I ended up just making things difficult for myself. I bought a heat pump online for a cheap rate and then haggled with a HVAC contractor for installation. A HVAC professional refused to touch my HVAC unit that wasn’t affiliated with his business. He didn’t trust the system and didn’t want to be held accountable. I was forced to rely on a handyman to do the heat pump installation. The guy did install my heat pump and it works, so I can’t really complain. I am a little upset that he installed the outdoor unit right by my front door. It is eye level with you when you open the door too. It makes my professional winery look tacky and cheap. I just hate it there. You get what you pay for though. I should have just gotten a professional grade heat pump and a real contractor to install it. It would have been done right and looked professional. Now I am stuck with an ugly heat pump.