WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
30 WINES&VINES November 2018
Ashes & Diamonds Winery
4130 Howard Lane, Napa, Calif. 94558 • (707) 666-4777 • ashesdiamonds.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
Ashes & Diamonds Winery
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
70,000
42,000
$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100
Ashes & Diamonds Winery
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$14
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper
and vibrating
sorting table
P&L incline belt, P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Destemmer Pellenc SPW-M, Pellenc America, Inc., pellenc.com
Presses JLB basket press, Bucher Vaslin, bvnorthamerica.com
bladder press, Pera America, perapellenc.com
Fermentation tanks Sonoma Stainless, sonomastainless.com
Pumps Air diaphragm, flexible impeller, centrifugal;
Pera America, perapellenc.com
Barrels French, various coopers
Bottling line Peregrine Mobile Bottling, LLC,
peregrinemobilebottling.com
Winemaking
software
InnoVint, Inc., innovint.us
Analytical
equipment
Standard wet chemistry equipment,
ETS Laboratories, etslabs.com
OWNER
Kashy Khaledi
WINEMAKERS
Steve Matthiasson,
Diana Snowden
Seysses
YEAR BONDED
2017
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES:
90%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
38
$13
$19
6,000
$70
PACKAGING
Glass Saverglass, Inc., saverglass.com
Corks Portocork America, portocork.com
Capsules Lafitte Cork & Capsule, Inc., lafitte-usa.com
Label printing Herdell Printing and Lithographers, Inc.,
herdellprinting.com
Case goods storage California Wine Transport, californiawinetransport.com
Label Designer Brian Roettinger, instagram.com/brianroettinger
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Bestor Architecture, bestorarchitecture.com;
Von Raesfeld & Associates, vra-arch.com
Contractor Facility Development Company, fdc-comp.com
Engineering Delta Consulting & Engineering, deltacivil.com
Landscape architect Creo Landscape Architecture, creolandarch.com
Mechanical
engineering
TEP Engineering, tep.net
Lighting McClure Electric, mcclureelectric.com
Concrete/flooring Top End Terrazzo, topendterrazzo.com
45,000
BRUCE
DAMONTE
Nods to the "greats" of mid-20th century architects
include the iconic portholes of Albert Frey.
