8,000 Square Feet of Drywall for a Multi-Use Winery in Minnetrista

About the Project

The Turnquist Spilseth Group brought us in on Everly Farms Winery, a multi-use build that included a restaurant, an attached gift shop, a working back-of-house winery, and office space on the second floor. The project ran from June 2024 through March 2025 across multiple phases, with the scope shifting as different areas of the building came online.

It's the kind of project that asks a drywall sub to wear several hats. The front-of-house spaces required high-end finishes a restaurant operator would scrutinize. The winery and kitchen sides came with food-grade requirements and fire-rated assemblies. And throughout the building, there were sheetrock-wrapped beams that needed clean lines and tight returns. We staffed the project carefully, phase by phase, to keep finishes consistent across spaces with very different uses.

What was included in the project?

Our scope on Everly Farms included fire taping at rated assemblies, RC channel installation for sound control, drywall hang throughout the restaurant, gift shop, winery, and offices, taping and finishing, sheetrock returns at the windows, a Level 5 skim coat in the high-finish guest areas, sanding, and Fiberglass Reinforced Panel (FRP) installation in the food-prep zones. The fire requirements were significant given the mixed-use program, and we worked the project in phases through fall, winter, and into spring to align with the GC's broader schedule.