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Packaging
Bottles Encore Glass, encoreglass.
com; TricorBraun WinePak,
tricorbraunwinepak.com
Corks 1.75-inch cork; 2-inch natural-wash
cork for top tier, Scott Laboratories,
scottlab.com; Amorim Cork America,
amorimca.com
Label printing Tapp Label Technologies, tapplabel.com
Capsules Rivercap USA, corksupply.com
Screwcaps G3 Enterprises, g3enterprises.com
Estate Vineyard (acres)
Petit Verdot 3.84 Alicante 2.17
Grenache 4.05 Zinfandel 3.43
Petite Sirah 4.32 Cabernet Sauvignon 48.54
Cabernet Franc 4.41 Syrah 5.08
Pinot Gris 2.04 Sauvignon Blanc 16.39
Building the Winery
Designer Steven D. Pults & Associates, pults.com
General
contractor
Specialty Construction,
specialtyconstruction.com
Winery
refrigeration
Knecht's Plumbing & Heating,
kph-inc.com
Plumbing/hot
water
Knecht's Plumbing & Heating,
kph-inc.com
Wastewater pond Wallace Group, wallacegroup.us
Making the Wine
Hopper Diemme Enologia and Imma,
The Vintner's Vault, thevintnervault.com
Destemmer Imma, The Vintner's Vault, thevintnervault.com
Pumps Mono 70 must pump, The Vintner's Vault; RapidFil Cellar-
Mate, Premier Wine Cask, premierwinecask.com
Tanks 18 stainless steel tanks, Paso Robles Tank,
pasoroblestank.com (One: 13,000 gallons;
Two: 6,900 gallons; Four: 6,500 gallons; Five: 4,600
gallons; Two: 2,000 gallons; Two: 1,220 gallons;
Two: Open-top 630 gallons; Four concrete tanks).
Vino Vessel, vinovessel.com (Two: 1,100 gallon "cubes;"
Two: 330 gallons "cones")
Barrels Seguin Moreau Napa Cooperage, seguinmoreaunapa.com;
Canton Cooperage, cantoncooperage.com;
TW Boswell, twboswell.com; Tonnellerie St. Martin
North American, tonnelleriesaintmartin.com;
Mueller stainless steel, Paul Mueller Co., muel.com
Bottling line Castoro Bottling Co., castorobottling.com
Yeast strains Many, but primarily: BDX, D-254 and RC212,
Lallemand, lallemandwine.com. Experiments with
"wild" yeasts: Torulaspora delbrueckii, Kluyveromyces
thermotolerans, Chr. Hansen, chr-hansen.com
Malolactic
bacteria
Various strains known for high alcohol tolerance and low
acetic acid production. AEB USA, aebusa.com;
Gusmer Enterprises, gusmerenterprises.com;
Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Press Criveller, criveller.com
Filter Cross flow prior to bottling, Pacific Wine Services,
pacificwineservices.com
Barrel washing Gamajet barrel washer, gamajet.com. Ozone rinse,
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Fermentation
control and cap
management
Pulsair Systems, pulsair.com; Punch downs three times
daily for bins, open-top vessels and concrete cubes.
TankNet, temperature control, monitoring, acrolon.com
Lab analysis In-house and Baker Wine & Grape Analysis, bwga.net
Villa San-Juliette
6385 Cross Canyons Road, San Miguel, Calif.
(831) 402-1153 • villasanjuliette.com
thE ChAllEngE
Villa San-Juliette winemaker Matt Ortman's first harvest at the winery in 2013 also involved helping to oversee a major expan-
sion of the winery's processing capacity. Owners Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick wanted to bring winemaking in house as the
duo add wine production to their resume of successful television production projects.
33%
DTC
SALES
2008
YEAR
BONDED
OWNERS
Ken Warwick,
Nigel Lythgoe
WINEMAKER
Matt Ortman
WINERY AVA
Paso Robles
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
0 30,000 60,000 90,000
Villa San-Juliette
San Luis Obispo County
California Average
U.S. Average
Villa San-Juliette
San Luis Obispo County
California Average
U.S. Average
25,000
47,000
Winery
Case
Production
Winery
Average
Bottle
Price
$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25
$11.50
$12
15,000
$17
87,000
$22
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