SPLITVINEYARDS

SPLITVINEYARDS — Your own vineyard. Without the work.

Block Commission

Your own vineyard.
Without the work.

Lease a real vineyard at a real working winery. Make every winemaking call — when to pick, how to ferment, which barrels, when to bottle — from anywhere in the world. We hire the labor. We farm the vines. We handle the regulations. You get the data, the decisions, and the wine.

The promise

We manage everything. You decide remotely.

You don’t have to be a farmer. You don’t have to move to wine country. You don’t have to handle the regulatory complexity. You make every meaningful winemaking call — from anywhere in the world.

What we handle

  • Hiring and managing all vineyard labor
  • Farming the vines — pruning, canopy, pest, harvest
  • All regulatory compliance and licensing
  • Wine production logistics — cellar, fermentation, aging, bottling
  • Shipping and distribution of your wine
  • Insurance on the vines and the wine

What you decide

  • Which vineyard and block to lease
  • Custom contract terms (length, scope, special requests)
  • When to pick (with winemaker recommendation)
  • Fermentation — yeast, temperature, extraction
  • Oak program — vessel, toast, percentage new oak, aging duration
  • Blend trials — the centerpiece moment
  • Bottling date and bottle / label format
  • Custom label design
  • Where each year’s bottles go

What you see

  • Live vineyard data — soil moisture, temperature, growing degree days, canopy photos
  • Daily and weekly winemaker updates with photos and video
  • Chemistry from each fermentation stage
  • Barrel sample tastings shipped to you quarterly
  • Livestreamed pick day, blend trial, and bottling day
  • Full traceability from your vines to your bottles

Five tiers

Anchored to the fermentation vessel.

Pricing varies by region, varietal, prestige, and winemaker. A Demi-Block at a Lodi producer might be $4k; the same tier at a top Russian River Pinot specialist might be $18k. The platform shows the tier structure for comparison. Each winery sets its own number per commission.

Demi-Block White

75–100L stainless

Vines
25–35
Bottles / year
~100–130
Best for
Sauv Blanc, Albariño, Pinot Grigio, rosé, light reds
Typical pricing
$2,500–$5,000 / yr

Self-serve checkout

Demi-Block Red

100L demi-barrel

Vines
50–80
Bottles / year
~130
Best for
Oaked reds, premium whites
Typical pricing
$4,000–$8,000 / yr

Self-serve checkout

Single Barrel

225L barrel

Vines
100–160
Bottles / year
~300
Best for
All styles
Typical pricing
$8,000–$18,000 / yr

Consultation

Multi-Barrel

2–4 barrels

Vines
200–650
Bottles / year
600–1,200
Best for
Serious commissions
Typical pricing
$15,000–$40,000 / yr

Consultation

Estate

Custom, 4+ barrels

Vines
650+
Bottles / year
1,200+
Best for
Bespoke programs
Typical pricing
$40,000+ / yr

Consultation

Minimum commitment

Three years, minimum. Five-year tiers are discounted.

Single-vintage Block Commissions aren’t offered. Multi-year builds real relationships with winemakers, real working capital for partner wineries, and real learning for you across vintages. People who want a single-vintage engagement belong in a Crew.

Competitions · Year 2+

Your wine, in the ring.

One real reason to choose Block Commission over generic vineyard ownership: you get to compete. Three competition formats launch once enough lessees have a full vintage cycle behind them. The first runs in Year 2.

Out-winemake the winemaker

Year 2+

Your wine vs. theirs. Same fruit. Blind panel.

Annually at each vineyard. Your Block Commission lessee makes one wine. The vineyard's winemaker makes theirs from the same fruit. A blind tasting panel scores both.

Bragging rights · small prize · content opportunity

The Block Commission Cup

Year 2+

Every Block Commission wine of the vintage, blind.

Annual platform-wide. Every Block Commission wine from a given vintage enters blind. A panel of sommeliers and critics scores. Top wines get featured on the platform and in press.

Platform feature · press · ranking

Varietal-specific

Year 2+

Best Block Commission Pinot of 2028. Best Cabernet.

Once enough lessees exist for a given varietal across multiple vineyards, varietal-specific competitions run. Best Block Commission Pinot. Best Cab. Best Syrah.

Varietal-specific recognition

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