Joy of Wine Company

Solving the $170K/year compliance nightmare for wineries with a $10K SaaS solution.

  • Stage Product In Market
  • Industry Software
  • Location Virginia Beach, VA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded July 2025
  • Employees 2
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website joyofwine.co

Company Summary

Joy of Wine Company is building the compliance infrastructure layer for regulated commerce. Our flagship product, Compliance Vine™, automates multi-state DTC wine compliance — a mandatory, recurring, audit-enforced problem every winery solves today. We replace spreadsheets and 40–80 hours of human labor per month with real-time automation: digitize every transaction, enforce compliance at checkout, and become the single system of record.

Team

  • CEO & Founder

    A second-time entrepreneur with 15 years at the IRS, RNDC, and Total Wine, he lived the $170K compliance pain point and built the solution. Combining deep regulatory expertise with startup execution, he is scaling Compliance Vine™ into the leading compliance platform for wine, beer, spirits, and cannabis.

  • Mark Ross
    CTO & Technical Co-Founder

    SaaS veteran with 20+ years scaling enterprise platforms. Former VP Technology at Razorfish, he pioneered white-label SaaS architectures used globally. Expert in enterprise integrations, security, and high-growth scaling, Mark brings deep technical leadership to Compliance Vine’s platform expansion.

Advisors

  • Alexander McMillen — Senior Director of Network Operations, Fortinet; Angel Investor & Strategic Advisor
    Unconfirmed
  • Cameron Watts
    Unconfirmed
    Matthew Lance
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

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