(Forbes) - Starting up as a winemaker has traditionally been a complicated, expensive process. Not only does an aspiring winemaker need to learn winemaking, but he or she needs to find or produce fruit, have the correct facilities and tools for making wine, and ultimately, be able to distribute the wine. On top of that, purchasing a vineyard and either building or buying a winery can be multi-million dollar expenses. It doesn’t have to be a nightmarish process, though. UK-based Naked Wines is helping democratize winemaking by investing in talented independent winemakers from around the world, now including the United States with the opening of its Napa, California office in January and the launch of its U.S. site on Friday.