Winery Build Update

Aug 13

When we first decided to build a winery on Steve’s property, it was originally going to be built in the garage attached to his house. After some thought, we decided to build the winery in a building that’s called “the shop” on the property. It has historically been filled with a bunch of stuff and also houses the lift used to do auto repairs. We decided to build a wall down the middle so the lift could still be used on one side.

Here’s a good view of the building, and what it looks like when we’ve gone in and cleared out a bunch of stuff to make way for framing and building the wall. The winery will be on the right (north) side of the building. There will be a new roll up door and (wo)man door on the winery side.

We bought a used forklift to help with the heavy lifting. Steve got a great deal on it, and has lots of experience using one. Candice took a class and got certified to use a forklift.

*Steve using Forky McForkface to move some field bins.*

We hired a company called Spray On Foam & Coatings to come in and spray foam the ceiling and outer walls of the side where the winery will be, and they did a great job. We rented this (wo)man lift to help us prep the building for the spray foam. We had to get up to the ceiling and tear away the old vapor barrier.

Once the spray foam was in place, we could frame the wall and then put up the drywall.

Eventually, we will need to put up drywall and further insulation on the outer walls. Steve had the panels for an old commercial walk-in freezer from the old Kravig’s meat locker building in downtown Battle Ground, now home to the family business KAB Motors, now owned by Steve’s brother, as well as the antique mall, Rusty Glamour. He’ll use these panels to build a cold room in the winery.