- Can I use Craftybase to track grape batches and winemaking ingredients?
- Yes. Craftybase lets you add every material you use as a tracked item — grapes by variety, yeast strains, potassium metabisulfite, tartaric acid, bentonite, oak chips, as well as packaging items like bottles, corks, capsules, and labels. You enter quantities and purchase prices, and Craftybase tracks your stock levels in real time, deducting automatically when you log a completed production batch. You'll always know what's in the cellar before you start a new run.
- How does Craftybase calculate cost per bottle or per case?
- You create a recipe in Craftybase for each varietal or blend — specifying how much of each input goes into a production batch and how many bottles that batch yields. Craftybase then uses your actual purchase history to calculate the material cost per batch and the cost per bottle or case. Packaging costs (bottles, corks, labels, capsules) are included in the calculation when added to the recipe. When grape or material prices change, your per-bottle costs update automatically without manual recalculation.
- Can Craftybase handle multiple vintages at the same time?
- Yes. You can run multiple production batches simultaneously — each with their own input quantities, batch dates, and yields. Craftybase tracks the cost chain for each batch separately, so a 2024 Cabernet Sauvignon still aging in barrel and a 2023 Chardonnay already bottled and selling are tracked independently. Your COGS report correctly reflects costs from the vintage year the grapes went in, not just when bottles go out the door.
- Does Craftybase work with Shopify for online wine sales?
- Yes. Craftybase connects directly to Shopify and imports your orders automatically each night. Each imported order is matched to the corresponding wine product, assigned a material cost based on your recipe, and added to your running COGS total. You can see a full profit breakdown for every Shopify order — including grape, yeast, packaging, and processing costs — without manual data entry. Craftybase also connects to WooCommerce, Amazon, Square, and other channels.
- Is Craftybase suitable for a small boutique winery?
- Yes. Craftybase is built for small-batch craft producers, not large commercial wine operations. Plans start at $24/month with a free 14-day trial and no credit card required. There's no minimum order volume, no dedicated hardware, and nothing to install — it works from any browser. Whether you're producing a few hundred cases a year or scaling toward a few thousand, Craftybase gives you the inventory and costing visibility you need without the enterprise software price tag that tools like Wherefour or Innovint carry.
- How is winery management software different from a spreadsheet?
- Spreadsheets require you to manually update stock quantities every time you buy inputs, complete a batch, or sell bottles — and errors creep in quickly across a multi-month production cycle. Craftybase automates the tedious parts: material levels deduct when you log a batch, orders import from Shopify overnight, and your COGS grows throughout the year as you sell. You also get features spreadsheets can't offer: low-stock alerts, per-bottle pricing guidance, lot tracking, tax-ready COGS reports, and a full purchase history with rolling average costs — all without building or maintaining complex formulas.
- What does winery inventory software cost?
- Craftybase plans start at $24/month (billed annually) with a free 14-day trial. There's no credit card required to start, and the full feature set — recipe costing, ingredient tracking, Shopify sync, COGS reports, and tax reports — is available on all paid plans. Unlike dedicated wine software built for commercial operations, Craftybase is priced for small craft makers and boutique winery owners.
