WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
40 WINES&VINES September 2018
Double Canyon
8060 Keene Rd., West Richland, Wash. • (509) 832-4191 • doublecanyon.com
The Technical Spotlight is a regular feature highlighting wineries in North America that have recently
opened or undergone major renovations and improvements. Wines & Vines seeks to report how
facility design and winemaking equipment is used to achieve a particular winemaking style while also
exploring new trends and techniques being used in the industry. If you think your winery would be a
good candidate for the feature, contact us at edit@winesandvines.com.
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Double Canyon
Benton County Average
Washington Average
U.S. Average
28,000
42,000
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50
Double Canyon
Benton County Average
Washington Average
U.S. Average
$14
MAKING THE WINE
Grape harvester Vine Tech Equipment, vinetechequipment.com
Receiving equipment P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Destemmer ColloPack Solutions, collopack.com
Tanks Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
La Garde, lagardeinox.com
Pump over
and cellar pumps
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Barrels Tonnellerie Taransaud, taransaud.com
Dargaud & Jaegle, Premier Wine Cask,
premierwinecask.com
Demptos Napa Cooperage, demptosusa.com
Tonnellerie Saint Martin North America,
tonnelleriesaintmartin.com
Tonnellerie Sylvain, tonnellerie-sylvain.fr
Seguin Moreau Napa Cooperage, seguinmoreaunapa.com
Nadalié USA, nadalie.com
Barrel racks Rack & Maintenance Source, rackandmaintenance.com
Barrel washing Tom Beard Co, tombeard.com
Vineyard monitoring Ranch Systems, ranchsystems.com
CropTrak by Cogent3D, icroptrak.com
Winemaking
software
Vintrace, vinx2.com
TankNet, Acrolon Technologies, Inc., acrolon.com
Winery management AMS – Advanced Management Systems, amssoftware.com
OWNER
Crimson Wine Group
WINEMAKER
Kate Michaud
YEAR FOUNDED
2008
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES:
30%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
107
$22
$24
22,000
88,000
$40
PACKAGING
Mobile Bottling Signature Mobile Bottlers, signaturebottlers.com
Corks DIAM Closures USA
G3 Enterprises, g3enterprises.com
Capsules Ramondin USA, ramondin.com
G3 Enterprises, g3enterprises.com
Label design CF Napa Brand Design, cfnapa.com
Label printing Multi-Color Corp, mcclabel.com/wine-spirit.html
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Mountain States Construction, mtstates.com
UpWard Architecture, upwardarchitecture.com
Contractor Mountain States Construction Co., mtstates.com
Engineering Ted Pooler, HLA Engineering, hlacivil.com
Steel and concrete Mountain States Construction Co.
HVAC/refrigeration Bruce Mechanical Inc, bruceinc.com
PRO Refrigeration Inc, prochiller.com
Electrical Brashear Electric, Richland, Wash. 509-783-1001
Plumbing Gary's Plumbing, Yakima, Wash. 509-966-1330
Catwalks Tri-State Machinery, tristatemachineryinc.com
Flooring and
wall coating
PaintSmith, paintsmith.com
Landscaping Heritage Professional Landscaping,
heritagelandscaping.com
Metal fabrication SMK Tri-Cities, smktricities.com
