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TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT WINEMAKING October 2018 WINES&VINES 49 for the body of the wine and are integrated into the TankNet system. All of the tanks are set up for semi-automatic pumpovers and the largest ones have dedicated pumps. At 5° Brix, they let the tanks warm to 80°. When the Brix reads zero the crew pumps the wine and skins to a press. After pressing, it returns to the same tank to settle for five to 10 days before being racked off the primary lees, inoculated with malolactic culture and moved to a full tank to finish MLF. After that, it gets racked again, dosed with sulfur dioxide and transferred into mostly neutral barrels. When it's time to empty white or red wine barrels, Aafedt is especially happy with a Tom Beard racking and cleaning line that accepts four-barrel racks. Nitrogen pushes the wine out of the barrels to blending tanks and then the equipment completes a three-step cleaning process that uses hot, clean water from a boiler for only the final rinse. Murky third-run water does the first pass and cleaner second-run water does the second pass. Accolades After the 2017 harvest was completed and before the 2018 crush began, the Bogle family received some well-deserved recognition from the Cali- fornia wine community. For one, they accepted the California State Fair Lifetime Achievement Award based on their family's multi-generation contributions to the state's wine industry. Also in 2018 a coalition of wine and grape associations across the state honored the family with the Green Medal for Leadership in sustain- able winegrowing and winemaking. It recog- nizes the vineyard and or winery that best demonstrates the "3 E's" of sustainability by excelling in environmentally sound, socially equitable and economically viable practices. It seems that the cat is out of the bag regard- ing the Bogle family's success and their many contributions to the wine industry. Despite keeping a low-key presence for decades, their peers and the public are now giving the Bogles some well-deserved respect. RUDY CALPO PHOTOGRAPHY DBO Nitrogen Generator Portable and expandable Lease to own options available Services wineries producing from 5,000 - 1 million+ cases THIS IS RELIABILITY Generating your own nitrogen eliminates the hassles of supplied cylinders, dewars or bulk nitrogen. A nitrogen generator dispels any concerns about lines icing up, running low, or running out of nitrogen. Costly fees, delivery surcharges, price increases, evaporation concerns, and lease agreements will all be eliminated. e WineMaker Series Nitrogen Generators typically have a 9-18 month payback, and an operating life of 15 years +. parkern2.com/wine After pressing and cold settling, half the Bogle Chardonnay is fermented in new American oak barrels and the other half in stainless steel.