Wine Production Guide

To procure the necessary materials you will need:

IDEAL LOCATIONS

• PRIORITIES:
  • Mountains – it is necessary for you to be able to have mines for the production of iron, chromium, and limestone. Choosing anywhere that’s not by a mountain will make it impossible to produce wine.
  • Ocean – a salt mine is able to produce silica fastest when it is by the ocean and though it is feasible to produce enough for wine on red timers, being able to secure an ocean side will provide more space in your town.
  • River – contributes greatly to the growth of your grapes and trees.
  • Forests – biome that provides the greatest benefits to a wine build in the form of an abundance of ponds and trees. 
• POINTS OF CONSIDERATION:
  • Choice of biome matters less than what surrounds the tile you pick but may still provide an advantage depending on your strategy.
  • Deserts – though they don’t currently benefit grape production as was initially communicated, the accelerated gas production due to the presence of the oil seep complements the strong early game of a wine build really well.
  • Forests – the abundance of ponds and trees supplements early production of lumber and grapes.
  • Plains – wine builds not utilizing anything from the ranch line makes plains a last option, you’ll only really want to choose a plains tile if you plan on going for a wool rush to fund your build. 

SETUP GOALS

1. WOOD BALANCE (Wood vs. Lumber vs. Oak Wood)

• Lumberjacks and Loggers bring wood first and foremost to the lumber mIll and not to wood sheds or lumber yards. A good wine build will be able to produce enough lumber for iron, limestone, and chromium, while also being able to have wood in excess for the grape vines.
• Oak wood for your barrels also be sharing space in the storage facilities for wood and lumber so proper management of storage and spacing will be necessary.

2. PASSIVE ENERGY

• Iron Mines, Lumber Mills, and Salt Mines all need a little bit of energy. Proper space utilization around power plants will allow you to have them passively filled with energy all the time.
• Ideally you will want to surround your steel mills with water pumps. Steel needs 5 water drums and making this passive greatly reduces the collection aspect of their production. Placing your water facilities by the ponds for these water pumps allows them to continuously produce water drums.
• To avoid flooding your storage facilities with water drums, place them far away from the water facilities. The distance the workers will have to cover to drop off the water drums significantly prolongs the production process of the water facilities.