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54 W i n e s & V i n e s D e C e M B e R 2 0 1 4 Also, remember you'll need a forklift. Even used ones aren't cheap; we paid about $20,000. Outfitting the winery Roll-up doors will cost you between $4,000 and $8,000, depending on their size and whether or not they are insulated. To save money, we purchased roll-up doors that open manually from R & S Erection. For security in the city, get a camera or two along with your alarm system. It can be dangerous out there. We've found a great local company called Hi-Com Secu- rity. We also needed to do a lot of metal work creating fencing to protect the pro- duction area and the yard. Our metal door was also specially constructed along with our stairway. All the metal work was done very well and at reasonable cost— but still not cheap—by Jose Robledo, who is based in Napa. If you are on city water, you'll need a chlorine filter. (You don't want chlori- nated water in your winery production area. It heightens the risk of cork taint.) These filters are relatively small (about the size of a nitrogen canister) and cost about $2,000 (cheap!). They need mini- mal servicing. We found ours through Weeks Drilling & Pump Co. in Sebasto- pol, Calif. Transport of materials The cost of moving stuff around can be incredibly expensive. If you've got a small flatbed truck or large trailer at your dis- position, you will save money. But you're still going to have to hire folks to move your big-ticket items like tanks, presses, chillers and compressors. Our biggest one-time transport expense turned out to be for the crane company that hauled seven tanks, our press, hopper and destem- mer about 100 miles for just under $7,000. We also had to move about 400 bar- rels—some full and some empty. Forget about moving anything in an 18-wheeler for much less than $500. And if you're entering the ranks of the newly fashionable urban wine scene, remember that your growers don't really want to deliver grapes to the city. We bought a trailer for $5,000 that can haul about 3 tons behind my Ford F-150 pickup. But for larger loads, we've had to negotiate supplemental fees with a number of our growers or truckers. G R A P E G R O W I N G W I N E M A K I N G TECHNICAL REVIEW