The new 50-by-60-foot plant is located on Bear Creek Drive a short distance from the winery at 60473 Bear Creek Drive.
Begun a year and a half ago, the building was designed by the Frys to fit the winery's expanding activity.
The building has a timber-frame construction and houses a 1,000-cubic-foot walk-in freezer with shelves already holding bags of rhubarb and berries; an area for receiving and processing the fruit and berries that give the winery its 20 different flavors; a lab; the fermenting and bottling operations; and storage shelves.
A second floor provides an area for making labels and office space. A welding shop with a separate exterior entrance is built to one side of the structure.
What began as a hobby for Fry in the 1990s has grown to a business that, in 2010, sold 4,000 cases of wine.
"We're going to top 5,000 this year," he said.
The biggest challenge facing the winery is securing an ample supply of Alaska-grown berries.
"Nothing is as good as Alaskan fruit," said Fry, who has toured the country in search of alternate sources, but found nothing to compare. "It makes a really good wine."
The Frys have a buy-local focus, which includes everything from the sugar they purchase at Save-U-More to the fruit from which the wine is made to the construction of the new production facility.
"This is a Homer-built building that makes a Homer product," said Fry. "Homer should be proud."
Prior to construction of the walk-in freezer, berry pickers were told to keep their product until needed by the winery. With the new space, Fry has another message for locals.
"We're buying fruit," he said. "Bring it on."
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