TECHNICAL REVIEW
winemaking
Trinchero Napa Valley
VP of Vineyard
operations
Hal Huffsmith
Winery AVA
St. Helena
12,000
Trinchero Napa Valley
55,000
Napa County Average
80,000
California Average
44,000
U.S. Average
0 40,000 80,000
DtC
SALES
2007
40%
Winery Average Bottle Price
Winemaker
Mario Monticelli
Winery Case Production
Owners
Trinchero family
year
bonded
100
3070 N. St. Helena Hwy., St. Helena, Calif. 94574
(707) 963-1160 • trincheronapavalley.com
vineyard
acreage
$50
Trinchero Napa Valley
$14
Napa County Average
$8
California Average
$9
U.S. Average
$0
$25
$50
Source: WinesVinesDATA
the challenge
To produce world-class, Bordeaux-style wines from the Trinchero family's Napa Valley vineyards.
Building the Winery
Tanks
Architect/engineering Bob Torres, principal and senior vice president
of operations
Interior design Erin Martin Design, erinmartindesign.com
Construction Facility Development Corp., fdc-corp.com
Winery refrigeration Indoor Environment Services, ies-hvac.com
Metal fabrication Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
• wenty 2,000-gallon stainless steel tanks
T
• en 4,000-gallon stainless steel tanks
T
• our open-top 1,300-gallon stainless steel
F
with pneumatic punch down
• wo 330-gallon rectangular tanks
T
• wo 700-gallon rectangular tanks,
T
Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
• wo 1.25-ton open-top oak tanks from
T
Le Grand USA, legrandusa.com
Making the Wine
• wo 1-ton open-top oak tanks from
T
Tonnellerie Radou USA, radouxcooperage.com
Conveyor P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Sorting table P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Destemmer-crusher Delta E2, Bucher Vaslin North America,
bvnorthamerica.com
Yeasts Lallemand and Anchor, Lallemand, lallemandwine.us
Punch-down device Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-0553
Press Bucher JLB, Bucher Vaslin North America,
bvnorthamerica.com
Barrel washing Tom Beard Co., tombeard.com
Winemaking Allen Bradley hardware for temperature control,
software Rockwell Automation, ab.rockwellautomation.com
Lab services In-house and ETS Laboratories, etsblabs.com
Barrels
• aransaud, Mel Knox Barrel Broker,
T
knoxbarrels.com
• Tonnellerie Radoux USA,
radouxcooperage.com
• Le Grand USA, legrandusa.com
• Tonnellerie Saury, sauryusa.com
• Tonnellerie Ô, tonnellerieo.com
• Treuil, Trust International Corp.,
barrelmakers.com
• Tonnellerie Bel Air, tonnellerie-bel-air.fr
• Leroi, leroibarrels.com
• Demptos Napa Cooperage, demptosusa.com
Packaging the Wine
Bottling line Select Mobile Bottlers, selectmobilebottlers.com
Bottles Saverglass, saverglass.com
Corks Cork Supply USA, corksupply.com
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• Vicard, Bouchard Cooperages,
bouchardcooperages.com
• Seguin Moreau Napa Cooperage,
seguinmoreaunapa.com
• Tonnellerie Quintessence,
tonnelleriequintessence.com
• Nadalie USA, nadalie.com
