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WineEast Technical Review TANK CLEANING EQUIPMENT Chemdet has over 40 years experience supplying a full line of quality equipment to clean the interiors of open or closed, large or small containers, tanks & process vessels. ��� Portable Tank Washers ��� Clean-in-Place Tank Washers ��� Drum and Barrel Washers ��� High Impact Tank Washers ��� Fixed and Rotating Spray Balls Toll-Free 800-645-1510 ��� Tel: 772-388-2755 Fax: 772-388-8813 e-mail: info@chemdet.com ��� www.chemdet.com EasternWineLab_Mar09.qxp 1/22/09 9:47 AM Page 1 Chemdet, Inc ��� 730 D Commerce Center Drive Sebastian, FL 32958 EASTERN WINE LABS Serving the Analytical needs of East Coast Wineries WWW.EASTERNWINELABS.COM Ph 609-859-4302 Cell 609-668-2854 chemist@easternwinelabs.com AOAC Member 158 W in e s & V i ne s JANUARY 20 13 The tank room holds tanks of different capacities, including oval tanks sized for lots of grapes from vineyards of approximately 1.5 acres. elevated into the Enoveneta 2,600-liter press from Criveller. The tank area is located nearby with an assortment of sizes and shapes of tanks including fermentors from Vance Metal Fabricators and other tanks from Custom Metalcraft and Criveller. Vance made the 300-liter tanks used for cider. Ulbrich purchased the 3,000-liter oval tanks from Slovenian manufacturers Jaklic, Inox Oprema and Vipava in part because he considered them the perfect size for fermenting grapes from 1.5 acres of vineyard. The tanks allow him to ferment grapes from individual vineyards and create wines that reflect their unique terroirs. When Left Foot Charley opened in The Village, Ulbrich produced 1,800 cases of wine. As of 2011, production was just under 5,000 cases. In addition, Ulbrich has four winery clients, putting overall production at 15,000 cases. Space has become an issue, and now Ulbrich is expanding into the adjacent commissary building, which has 5,000 square feet of warehouse space underneath it. It will be easy enough to move case goods through the tunnel that connects the two buildings, but the new space also will provide storage for Ulbrich���s press during the many months it is not in use. With the press in storage, the production area will be scrubbed down to make way for the bottling line.