10: Wine Making, Family Values and Overcoming Business Startup Bureaucracy with Charis and Kevin LaForge of LaForge Family Vineyard (pt. 1)

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10: Wine Making, Family Values and Overcoming Business Startup Bureaucracy with Charis and Kevin LaForge of LaForge Family Vineyard (pt. 1)

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La Forge Family Vineyard

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Website: www.lfwarrenville.com

You’re listening to Episode 10 of The Business Family! On today’s episode we’re talking with Charis and Kevin LaForge of LaForge Family Vineyard. These two who are in the throws of turning a profit had so many good things to say that we talked with them for two hours! So here is part 1 of their episode where we hear all about how it began in Iraq, the significance wine holds for their family and how to navigate bureaucratic red tape with grace and poise. And you better believe we had wine in our hands the whole time! So let’s jump right in!

Kevin’s passion for winemaking actually started on his deployment to Iraq. His fellow army man decided they were going to make wine and Kevin agreed to help. It was from this experience that Kevin began making wine for his friends and family.

After 10 years of experience and meeting and getting married, Charis and Kevin decided to take their winemaking to the next level and become a legitimate business! But this wasn’t without a lot of research and hard work.