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February 2015 Barrel Issue

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Technical spoTlighT winemaking February 2015 Wines&Vines 51 Promote your wines to leading Zinfandel enthusiasts and extend your winery's relationship in the market. Join Us! We are champions of Zinfandel— America's Heritage Wine Become part of our proud legacy zinfandel.org • 530-274-4900 Zinfandel Advocates & Producers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. ZAP is dedicated to advancing public knowledge of and appreciation for American Zinfandel and its unique place in our culture and history. You know how good your Zinfandel is... Trust_Dir11.qxp 10/28/10 3:09 PM Page 1 quantities (primarily for the wine club). This includes 200 cases of Zinfandel. "As the owners and winemakers, we can do what we like," Borsack stated. For packaging the wine, B Cellars uses Ryan Mobile Bottling and bottles by Encore Glass, corks from Portocork America and capsules from Ramondin USA. The labels are designed by Robert Goodloe and Associates with label printing, silkscreen and etching by Bergin Glass Impressions. The caves The 15,000-square-foot caves at B Cellars are a prominent part of the visitor experience as well as integral to the winemaking. The caves are dug in rock and sustained no damage in the recent earthquake. Some barrels are stacked four high in traditional pyramids using wedges, while others are in conventional racks and others in "cages" that allow rotation of barrels as an alternative to stirring lees. One section of the cave is plumbed to allow heating or chilling to encourage malolactic

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