Not only is drinking Internet-purchased wine a growing trend, but Internet assisted production is booming, too. It's the first of its kind, he said. Fairchild said the idea of the site is to easily connect buyers and sellers. The site has more than 6,000 products from more than 200 suppliers and manufacturers. By the end of the year, Fairchild said, he anticipates the number of products available to skyrocket to 15,000.
Buyers can order anything from fertilizer to packing supplies to barrels and corks.
The Internet surfer also can search the site by product name. And after only a few weeks, the success of the site has exceeded Fairchild's initial projections. Although he won't disclose how many hits the site has received, Fairchild said it runs into the thousands. Fairchild attributed the success of his idea to a need in the wine industry and easy access of the site. You want to get them to the product as quickly as possible.