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Barefoot Wine Generated Approximately $500,000 in Annual Revenue by 1990

Bonnie Harvey · Barefoot Wine: Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan · Sep 16, 2024 · at 59:06

Barefoot Wine co-founder Bonnie Harvey estimates the company's annual revenue four years after launch in response to Guy Raz.

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“Probably half a million bucks.”

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Barefoot Wine's annual revenue was approximately $500,000 by 1990.

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Assessment

According to company histories, including 'The Barefoot Spirit' (co-authored by Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan), and authorized business profiles, Barefoot Cellars experienced an inflection point around 1990 following its 1986 founding, reaching regular supermarket chain distribution and annual turnover in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. This aligns with Harvey's estimate of approximately half a million dollars ($500,000) in annual revenue by 1990.

Barefoot Cellars was founded in 1986 by Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan and expanded into major supermarket distribution (e.g., Lucky) by 1990.
Company chronicles, including 'The Barefoot Spirit' (2013), and authorized historical profiles document the company's early 1990s revenue reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, consistent with the ~$500,000 figure.

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[1] barefootwine.be [2] winebusiness.com [3] researchgate.net [4] facebook.com [5] drinksint.com [6] libsyn.com [7] latimes.com [8] consumerbrandbuilders.com

"Barefoot" sales 1990 cases revenue Houlihan Harvey "Barefoot Cellars" "$500,000" OR "500,000" "Barefoot Wine" revenue 1990 "Barefoot Cellars" cases 1986..1995 OR "1990" "Michael Houlihan" "1990" Barefoot "sales" OR "revenue" OR "cases" "Barefoot Spirit" "$500,000" OR "$500k" OR "500,000" OR "half million" "Barefoot Cellars" OR "Barefoot Wine" "1990" revenue OR sales OR gross "The Barefoot Spirit" "cases" "1990" OR "1989" OR "1991"

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