42 W i n e s & V i n e s M A R C H 2 0 1 4
Winery Services
Laboratory
services
Gusmer Enterprises,
gusmerenterprises.com;
ETS Laboratories, etslabs.com
Web sales/
POS/
inventory
software
Micros POS, POS System
World, possystemworld.com;
Fishbowl,
fishbowlinventory.com
Financing/
bank
Wood & Huston Bank,
woodhuston.com
Growing the Grapes
Varieties Norton, Chardonel, Vignoles, Trameintte, Vidal Blanc
Trellis systems Single high wire and VSP
Building the Winery
Architect Stephen Bourgeois
Excavation CL Richardson Construction,
(573) 657-4523
General
contractor
Huebert Builders Inc.,
huebertbuilders.com
Metal
fabrication
Ceco Building Systems,
cecobuildings.com
Concrete Huebert Builders Inc.,
huebertbuilders.com
Winery
refrigeration
G&D Chillers,
gdchillers.com
Flooring Line-X, Line-X of Central
Missouri, linex.com
Packaging
Bottles Vitro Packaging,
vitropackaging.com
Corks Amorim Cork America,
amorimca.com
Label design Steve Hicks,
stevehicks101.com
Label printing U.S. Tape & Label, ustl.com
Capsules Lafitte Cork & Capsule,
laffite-usa.com
Making the Wine
Sorting table/hoppers Carlsen & Associates via New World Winery Equipment, enotools.com
Destemmer Vega 25, Carlsen & Associates via New World Winery Equipment,
enotools.com
Tanks Mueller, Paul Mueller Co., paulmueller.com;
Spokane Industries, spokaneindustries.com
Barrels Canton Cooperage, cantoncooperage.com; Demptos Napa Cooperage,
demptosusa.com; A&K Cooperage, (660) 456-7227;
World Cooperage, worldcooperage.com
Barrel washing Aaquatools, New World Winery Equipment, enotools.com
Barrel racking Bull Dog Pup, Bulldog Manufacturing, bulldogmfg.com
Filters, filtration services Velo, Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Winemaking software Cellar management: VinX2 by JX2 Technology, winery-software.com.au;
Tank controls: Vinwizard, Wine Technology America, vinwizard.com
Bottling line GAI 3013, Prospero Equipment Corp., prosperocorp.biz
Yeast/nutrients Laffort USA, laffortusa.com; Anchor and Lalvin, Lallemand,
lallemandwine.com; Fermicru, Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Malolactic bacteria 1-Step Alpha, Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Lab equipment Fisher Scientific, fishersci.com
Tank mixer Guth Mixer, Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Presses Defranceschi, Valley Pipe & Supply, valleypipe.com;
Puelo F-70, New World Winery Equipment, enotools.com
Ozone machine Del Ozone, delozonefoodsafety.com
Oak additions
-
evOak, Oak Solutions Group, oaksolutionsgroup.com
Tannin additions Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Pumps Waukeshas, Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com;
Prospero, prosperocorp.biz
Les Bourgeois Vineyards
12847 W. Highway BB, Rocheport, Mo.
(573) 698-2133 • missouriwine.com
the chALLenGe
The cellar at Les Bourgeois Vineyards had been split between a cramped
space in a former restaurant and an outside area. A multi-million dollar
expansion now houses a modern winery designed for better workflow and
improved winemaking efficiency.
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
0 30,000 60,000
Les Bourgeois Vineyards
Missouri Average
U.S. Average
Les Bourgeois Vineyards
Missouri Average
U.S. Average
51,000 $13
5,700 $12
44,000 $9
Winery
Case
Production
30
VINEYARD
ACREAGE
30%
DTC
SALES
1985
YEAR
BONDED
Winery
Average
Bottle
Price
$0 $3 $6 $9 $12 $15
OWNERS
Curtis M. Bourgeois,
Curtis H. Bourgeois,
Cory Bomgaars, Jacob
Holman, Drew Lem-
berger and Jeff Lynch
VP WINERY
OPERATIONS
Cory Bomgaars
WINEMAkER
Jacob Holman
WINERY AVA
Missouri
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