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w i n e r y d e s i g n
Growing the Grapes
Acreage 56
Varieties Pinot noir, riesling, Pinot Gris,
Chardonnay
trellis systems VsP
rootstock Couderc 3309, 101-14 Mgt., rG,
Malegue 44-53
Building the Winery
Architect Laurence Ferar & Associates, ferar.net
excavation Pihl Excavating, pihl-inc.com
General contractor Winery: Andrew Scott Construction,
andrewscottconstruction.com
tasting room: The Grant Co., thegrantcompanyinc.com
interior design Laurence Ferar & Associates, ferar.net
Metal fabrication Architectural: Solid Form Fabrication,
solidformfabrication.com
structural: KO Custom Fab, (503) 630-7990
Concrete Holm Brothers Construction, (503) 252-2291
hVAC Frank Webster Heating and AC, (503) 472-6597
Winery refrigeration G&D Chillers, gdchillers.com
Plumbing Local Plumbing, (503) 642-2067
drains Polycast with custom baskets:
Hubbell Power Systems, hubbellpowersystems.com
Making the Wine
bin dumper P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Crusher/destemmer delta oscillys: Bucher Vaslin North America,
bvnorthamerica.com
tanks and/or
fermentation vessels
JVNW, jvnw.com; Tonnellerie Rousseau,
tonnellerie-rousseau.com
barrels damy, supplied by Bouchard Cooperages,
bouchardcooperages.com; rousseau francois freres,
supplied by Mel Knox Barrel Broker, knoxbarrels.com;
Tonnellerie Rousseau, tonnellerie-rousseau.com
barrel-washing
equipment
AaquaTools,
aaquatools.com
Alexana Estate Vineyards & Winery
12001 n.e. Worden hill road, newberg, ore. 97132
alexanawinery.com • (503) 537-3100
thE chAllEnGE
While ideal for growing wine grapes, steep slopes and rugged terrain made finding a building site difficult at Alexana.
eventually, however, a site was chosen to utilize gravity-flow processes and avoid landslide hazards.
65%
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sAles
56
VineyArd
ACreAGe
2006
yeAr
bonded
oWners
revana family
MAnAGinG
WineMAker
bryan Weil
VineyArd
MAnAGer
evan bellingar
AVA
dundee hills
* Weighted average including Canandaigua Wine Co. is $8.
Winery
Case
Production
Winery
Average
bottle
Price
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000
Alexana Estate Vineyards & Winery
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
6,000
6,353
47,000
Alexana Estate Vineyards & Winery
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
0 $5 $15 $25 $35 $45
$45
$12
$28
