Wines & Vines

January 2014 Unified Symposium Issue

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2 0I1N E U N IK II N G W 4 MA F ED NEW 4th GENERATION STACKER at UNIFIED NEW FEATURES, VALUE & PROVEN QUALITY • Additional insert for temperature probe and sample valve • Secure one-piece molded lid incorporates up to 2 threaded caps to accommodate pressure release or gas purge accessories • Extra room for cooling plate installations • Made in USA • Full array of accessories Visit us at Unified to see the new features for the 4th generation model Continuum has a cluster-sorting table and a vibrating berry-sorting table, both from Bucher Vaslin North America. tunnels behind the tanks and above the ceilings, and plumbing in place eliminates the need to run hoses all over. "We've worked hard to make it look simple," said Mondavi. The air handlers are hidden, too, and all machinery is on flexible casters to minimize sound and vibration, a bugaboo for Mondavi. The winery collects rainwater from its roof and is filtered by cross-flow to about 20,000 molecular weight and ozonated with a McClain ozone system in transport to the 157,000-gallon storage tank in a cave. Water is available for firefighting, though excess runoff can be piped to irrigation ponds. Well water treatment is by dual resin bed ion exchange columns. This results in far less waste than RO. Heating and cooling equipment is sized "just big enough" to allow slow changes for minimum energy use and peak demands as well as minimizing shock to the wines. A parabolic Cogenra solar pre-heater for the hot water system operates by heat exchange between the heated fluid in the solar Beware of imitators - they never match the original Now a new generation from Flextank, the leader in the marketplace, producing the finest USA made oxygen permeable tanks that are efficient, high quality and available with a full array of time saving accessories for the winemaker at the best prices. Great wines are now regularly being made in FLEXTANKS at hundreds of wineries STACKER tanks feature a stacking cage that allows convenient movement or stacking with a fork truck up to three high. NEW FEATURES Stop by Our Booth #328 by Concrete tanks of different sizes include cooling coils and temperature sensors at four levels that winemakers can access remotely. www.flextankusa.com | 877 407 3348 | sales@flextankusa.com Proudly designed and manufactured in the USA. Tanks are manufactured in and ship from Vancouver WA 98682 See us at Unified booth #328 Win es & Vin es ja n ua ry 20 14 65

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