winemaking Technical spoTlighT
34 Wines&Vines March 2015
Lazy Creek Vineyards
4741 Highway 128, Philo, Calif. 95466 • (707) 895-3623 • lazycreekvineyards.com
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opened or undergone major renovations and improvements. Wines & Vines seeks to report how
facility design and winemaking equipment is used to achieve a particular winemaking style while also
exploring new trends and techniques being used in the industry. If you think your winery would be a
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Vineyard acreage
93
aVa
Anderson Valley
year bonded
1973
dTc sales
90%
owners
Don and Rhonda
Carano
winemaker
Christy Griffith
Ackerman
Vineyard manager
Steve Domenichelli
Winery ServiceS
Laboratory services In-house; eTs laboratories, etslabs.com;
enartis Vinquiry, enartisvinquirty.com
Regulatory compliance In-house
Marketing and PR In-house
Building the Winery
Architect mba architecture and interior design, mbarenonv.com
Excavation engelke construction, engelkeconstruction.com
General contractor eddinger enterprises, eddingers.com
Metal fabrication bd compton, (707) 542-5535
Concrete carms custom concrete, (707) 431-0829
HVAC roy mechanical services, (707) 523-1668
Winery refrigeration aPcco (Applied Process Cooling Corp.), apcc.net
Drains eddinger enterprises
Plumbing eddinger enterprises
Making the Wine
Crusher/destemmer Selectiv' Process Winery Sorting System,
Pellenc, pellenc.com
Pumps carlsen & associates, carlsenassociates.com
Tanks Westec, The belli corp. (dba Westec Tank
& Equipment)
Barrel racks western square industries, westernsquare.com
Press Bucher JLB, bucher Vaslin north america,
bvnorthamerica.com; Les Pressoirs Coquard
PAI, Premier wine cask, premierwinecask.com
Pressure washer KEW, aaquatool, aaquatools.com
Packaging
Bottles global Package, globalpackage.net
Corks scott laboratories, scottlab.com;
ganau america, ganauamerica.com
Label design Rhonda Carano
Label printing collotype labels, collotype.com
Capsules ramondin Usa, ramondin.com
Bottling GAI Monoblock, Prospero equipment,
prosperoequipment.com
Winery caSe Production Winery average Bottle Price
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000
Lazy Creek Vineyards
Mendocino County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
87,000
47,000
50,700
2,200
$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30
Lazy Creek Vineyards
Mendocino County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$28
$11.50
$15
$12
The southern entrance of the winery's cave is located among the 41 acres of
estate vineyards. The cave can hold 750 barrels stacked three high.
