TECHNICAL REVIEW
WINEMAKING
Clos de la Tech
Winemaker
TJ Rodgers
WINERY Manager
Valeta Rodgers
WINERY AVA
Santa Cruz Mountains
Winery Case Production
Owners
TJ & Valeta Rodgers
2,000
Clos de la Tech
3,656
San Mateo County Average
80,000
California Average
44,000
U.S. Average
0 40,000 80,000
vineyard
acreage
2006
1000 Fern Hollow Road, La Honda, Calif. 94020
(650) 722-3038 • closdelatech.com
DtC
SALES
99%
168
Winery Average Bottle Price
year
bonded
$59
Clos de la Tech
$39
San Mateo County Average
$8
California Average
$9
U.S. Average
$0
$20
$40
$60
Source: Wines Vines Analytics
the challenge
With a goal of making the best Pinot Noir in the New World, TJ and Valeta Rodgers set the bar as high as the altitude
at their vineyard site in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The founder of Cypress Semiconductor, TJ Rodgers used his
knowledge as an electrical engineer to design Clos de la Tech in a way that blends cutting-edge technology with
time-honored winemaking traditions.
Building the Winery
Architect Rick Guidice & Associates, guidicer@gte.net
Excavation Lou Bordi General Engineering; Benchmark Civil
Construction, benchmarkcivilconstruction.com
General Caves: Drill Tech Drilling and Shoring, drilltechdrilling.com;
Contractor Building: Sierra View Co., sierraview.com
Interior In-Design One, indesignon@aol.com;
design Rick Guidice & Associates
Metal LB Construction Inc., lbconstructioninc.com; Panels/Roofing:
fabrication Kodiak Roofing & Waterproofing Co., kodiakroofing.com;
Doors/Frames: Cooper Co., (916) 257-9529;
Windows: Architectural Glass Systems, (916) 374-0376
Concrete Marr B. Olsen Inc., (707) 763-9707
HVAC Therma Corp., therma.com, (408) 347-3400
Winery Install: Solecon Industrial, soleconindustrial.com,
refrigeration (209) 572-7390; Design: Therma Corp., therma.com
Making the Wine
Press TJ Rodgers custom-designed press
Fermentation TJ Rodgers custom-designed tanks;
tanks Mfr: T&C Stainless, tc-stainless.com
Blending tanks T&C Stainless, tc-stainless.com, (417) 466-4704
Barrels François Frères, francoisfreres.com; Mel Knox Barrel
Broker, knoxbarrels.com, (415) 751-6306
Barrel washing Gamajet, gamajet.com
Barrel racking Bulldog Pup, Bulldog Manufacturing, bulldogmfg.com
Bottling line The Compleat Winemaker seven-nuzzle manual filler,
TCW Equipment, tcw-web.com
Winemaking Cypress Semiconductor, cypress.com
software
Plumbing Baskerville-Parsons, baskervilleparsons.com
Drains TJ Rodgers and Therma Corp., therma.com
Flooring Sealer on concrete: Global Village Construction,
globalvillageconstruction.com, (925) 689-8949
Walls LB Construction Inc., lbconstructioninc.com; Cabinets:
Rucker Mill & Cabinet Works Inc., (530) 621-0236
Packaging
Bottles Demptos Glass, demptos.com, (707) 422-9999;
Diablo Valley Packaging, dvpackaging.com,
(707) 422-4300
Corks Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com, (707) 765-6666
Label design Energy Energy Design, nrgdesign.com, (408) 395-5911
Winery Services
Lab services Enartis Vinquiry, enartisvinquiry.com
Label printing Multi Packaging Solutions, multipkg.com,
(800) 748-0517
Capsules Ramondin USA, ramondin.com, dryan@ramondinusa.com
Case storage California Wine Transport, californiawinetransport.com
Compliance Coastal Compliance Corp., coastalcompliance@comcast.net
Distribution CS Wine Imports, cswineimports.com;
Onereddot Fine Wines, onereddot.com (Hong Kong)
Sales software Authorize.Net
Financing Silicon Valley Bank, Wine Division, svb.com
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Growing the Grapes
Rootstock/vine Duarte Nursery, duartenursery.com;
sourcing Mercier California, mercier-california.com
