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Packaging
bottles Bruni Glass Packaging, bruniglass.com
corks MA Silva USA, masilva.com
label design Tom Rodrigues, rodriguesstudio.com
label printing Paragon Label, paragonlabel.com
capsules Ramondin USA, ramondin.com
Making the Wine
Sorting table P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
crusher/
destemmer
delta e1, Bucher Vaslin North America,
buchervaslin.com
Shaker table le Trieur, P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Tanks Twenty closed-top tanks, Santa Rosa
Stainless Steel, srss.com. nine concrete
tanks: four Se 30 tanks and five Hre 40
tanks, nomblot, Artisan Barrels & Tanks,
artisanbarrels.com
Pump over
pump
Yamada air pump, Burgstahler Machine
Works, (707) 967-0553
Tank irrigators Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-0553
Hoses, clamps
other fittings
Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-
0553, Matheson Tri-gas, mathesongas.com
barrels Tonnellerie Taransaud, taransaud.com;
Tonnellerie Baron, tonnellerie.com;
Tonnellerie Vincent darnajou, The Morlet
Selection, morletselection.com
barrel washer
and racks
Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-
0553; OXOline barrel racks, Tonnellerie
baron – oXoline, tonnellerie.com
Presses bucher Jlb 5, Bucher Vaslin North
America, buchervaslin.com; Puleo SF-22,
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Winery Services
laboratory services ETS Laboratories, etslabs.com
case goods storage Valley Wine Warehouse, valleywinewarehouse.com
regulatory compliance The Compliance Connection,
compliance-connect.com
marketing and public relations Glodow Nead Communications, glodownead.com
Web sales/PoS/
inventory software
Vin65, vin65.com
dtc/wine shipments WineShipping, wineshipping.com
Financing/bank First Republic Bank, firstrepublic.com
Building the Winery
architect doug Thornley and amber evans,
Gould Evans, gouldevans.com
general contractor Project manager mark davis and project superintendent
don roberts, Wright Contracting, wrightcontracting.com
excavation/site work Able General Engineering, (707) 823-1580
Interior design Angela Free Design, angelafreedesign.com
metal fabrication F&M Steel Services, fmsteelservices.com
concrete Coleman Concrete Construction, (209) 984-3299
HVac R&R Mechanical, (707) 528-7756
Winery refrigeration Westside Mechanical Inc., (707) 795-9606
Plumbing Westside Mechanical Inc., (707) 795-9606
drains Westside Mechanical Inc., (707) 795-9606
Flooring Domenichelli Masonry, (707) 433-4124
Walls Stockham Construction, stockhamconstruction.com
landscaping
architect
Jonathan Plant & Associates,
jonathanplant.com
Wine cave don magorian of Magorian Mine Services, magmineserv.com
Hamel Family Wines
15401 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, calif. 95476
(707) 996-5800 • hamelfamilywines.com
THE CHALLENgE
The Hamel family took advantage of the site of their new winery in Sonoma Valley to create a facility featuring spacious
hospitality areas framed by views of the surrounding hills and vineyards and complemented with modern winemaking equipment.
80%
dTc
SaleS
Sonoma Valley
& Moon Mountain
District
aVa
90
VIneYard
acreage
oWnerS
Pamela
and george Hamel
managIng
dIrecTor
george F. Hamel III
WInemaker
John b. Hamel II
VIneYard manager
Phil coturri
conSulTIng
WInemaker
martha mcclellan
Source: Wines Vines analytics Source: Wines Vines analytics
0 0 30,000 60,000 90,000
Hamel Family Wines
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
4,000
47,000
Winery
case
Production
Winery
average
bottle
Price
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70
Hamel Family Wines
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$11.50
$12
$65.50
$22 36,000
87,000
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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