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PACKAGING blend that we offer in BIB. We like the fact that we came out with some wines that are normally not offered as BIB by our competition, such as the Zinfandel and Pinot Grigio. Pepperwood Grove NV Pinot Grigio has a target pH of 3.4 or less and titratable acidity in the range of 6.5 to 7.5 grams per liter (g/L). We fine the wine with a combination of gelatin and PVPP to keep the wines bright and clean in color. We like a Pinot Grigio that is light in weight with just a touch of residual sugar to please the palates of our fans (0.5 g/L RS target). Most of our Pepperwood Grove line is sourced from appellations like Lodi, Clarksburg and the Valle Central of Chile. All wines are kept below 14% alcohol (most are 13.5%) for tax purposes. This is a bit challenging on the Old Vine Zinfandel, but another RS bump to about 0.5 g/L seems to help keep that blended wine tasting like Zinfandels that are 14.5% alcohol. Consistent sourcing on a majority of the volume helps maintain the blend profiles in the BIB package. Most of our Pepperwood Grove line is sourced from appellations like Lodi, Clarksburg and the Valle Central of Chile from long-term contracts with our friends down there. I travel twice each year to oversee our blends and aging on our base wines for these programs. Once again, the same wine goes into all of our packages to ensure consistency for the consumer. Bag-in-Box Suppliers COMPANY PHONEWEBSITE AstraPouch – ImpaQ Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics G3 Enterprises PakSource Inc. Prospero Equipment Corp. Scholle Packaging TricorBraun TricorBraun WinePak AO Wilson Ltd. (585) 259-9202 astrapouch-na.com (925) 736-9108 fleetwood-fibre.com (800) 321-8747 g3enterprises.com (916) 446-9500 paksource.com (914) 769-6252 prosperocorp.biz (708) 562-7290 scholle.com (314) 569-3633 tricorbraun.com (707) 399-5800 tricorbraunwinepak.com (519) 833-0400 aowilson.ca For more on bag-in-box suppliers, see Wines & Vines' 2013 Buyer's Guide in print or online at winesandvinesbuyersguide.com. We are currently running our BIB line about one week per month to keep up with production and have plenty of time to fill the need for other customers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. We are all in this together and welcome some competition to join us in the market. Let's all get to some more boxing! Greg Kitchens developed an early interest in wine, eventually earning a biochemistry degree from the University of California, San Diego, in 1998. He worked at Beaulieu Vineyard and Sebastiani Vineyards before joining Don Sebastiani & Sons in 2001. Kitchens has been the head winemaker there since 2009 and works with a wide range of brands. New name. More resources. Same personal service. Elypsis has merged with Admiral IT, which allows us to deliver even more innovative software solutions and keeps us at the leading edge of rapidly changing technology. But we're still the same Napa-based, family business we've been since 1987. We're still distinguished from our competitors by our extensive accounting experience. And we're still finding the most creative ways to achieve best practices in the wine industry. • TasTing Room Pos and Wine Club managemenT • eCommeRCe and ComPlianCe inTegRaTions • WineRy aCCounTing sofTWaRe • invenToRy managemenT and exCise Tax RePoRTing • business inTelligenCe and RePoRTing • sofTWaRe as a seRviCe (saas) www.elypsis.com :: 707.257.8912 :: elypsisinfo@elypsis.com 46 AdmiralITUS_W&V_7.625x4.875_112012_F.indd 1 W IN ES & V I NE S M AY 2 0 1 3 Elypsis is now Admiral IT US. Still your total software solution for wineries. 11/20/12 8:36 AM