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Winery Services
lab analysis ETS Laboratories, etslabs.com
case goods storage on-site and Grotto di Vino, grottodivino.com
Distribution Direct
Web sales/poS/
inventory software
Network Solutions, netsolinc.com;
VinNoW by Update Software, vinnow.com
tasting room
software, systems
VinNoW by Update Software,
vinnow.com
Dtc/wine shipments Grotto di Vino, grottodivino.com
Packaging
Bottles Demptos Glass, demptos.com
corks Portocork, portocork.com
label design The Wecker Group, weckergroup.com
label printing Collotype Labels, collotype.com
capsules Ramondin USA, ramondin.com
Building the Winery
Designer/architect The Paul Davis Partnership,
pauldavispartnership.com
cave contractor Magorian Mine Services, magmineserv.com
Winery refrigeration Refrigeration Technology, Inc., rti2000.com
plumbing/hot water Phoenix heater, Ingersoll Rand compressor
concrete floors,
trench drains
ron antuzzi, J.A. Antuzzi Concrete Co.,
antuzziconcrete.com
Wastewater pond Designed by alberto gonzalez
of holman ranch
Making the Wine
Destemmer Delta e2, Bucher Vaslin North America,
bvnorthamerica.com
pumps yamada air pump, Yamada America,
yamadapump.com
tanks JVNW open-top fermentors, jvnw.com;
Westec fermentors, The Belli Corp. (dba
Westec tank & equipment), westectank.com;
Paul Mueller Co. porta-tank, paulmueller.com
Barrels piano by Tonnellerie Rousseau,
tonnellerie-rousseau.com; Francois Freres,
Mel Knox Barrel Broker, knoxbarrels.com;
tonnellerie de mercurey, The Boswell Co.,
boswellcompany.com
Bottling line Sobrante Wine Systems,
sobrantewinesystems.com
yeast strains Chr. Hansen, chr-hansen.com
malolactic bacteria Viniflora oenos, Chr. Hansen, chr-hansen.com
press Delta Xpro15 bladder press, Bucher Vaslin
North America, bvnorthamerica.com
Filtration Winetech mobile crossflow, winetech.us
Barrel washing Bordeaux Washer, ARS/Swash Cleaning
and Sanitization, cleanwinery.com
Fermentation control
and cap management
manual punch downs
Holman Ranch
19 e. carmel Valley road, Suite c, carmel Valley, calif. 93924
(831) 659-2640 • holmanranch.com
THE CHallENgE
adding a premium winery to a historic property and existing hospitality business seemed a natural fit at holman ranch.
Building the entire facility inside a cave presented space and safety challenges overcome by good cave and ventilation
system designs.
90%
Dtc
SaleS
2009
year
BoNDeD
oWNer
thomas lowder
WiNery aVa
carmel Valley
Source: Wines Vines analytics Source: Wines Vines analytics
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000
Holman Ranch
Monterey County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
5,000
44,000
Winery
case
production
Winery
average
Bottle
price
$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30
Holman Ranch
Monterey County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$8
$9
$21 17,000
80,000
$28
G R A P E G R O W I N G W I N E M A K I N G
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