WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
52 WINES&VINES July 2015
Sinegal Estate Winery
2125 Inglewood Ave., St. Helena, Calif. • (707) 244-1187 • sinegalestate .com
The Technical Spotlight is a regular feature highlighting wineries in North America that have recently
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
good candidate for the feature, contact us at edit@winesandvines.com.
VINEYARD ACREAGE
9.5
DTC SALES (%)
90%
YEAR BONDED
2013
AVA
St. Helena
OWNER
David Sinegal
WINEMAKER
Tony Biagi
ASSISTANT WINEMAKER
Ryan Knoth
CELLARMASTER
Phil Martin
VINEYARD MANAGER
Jim Barbour
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Signum Architecture, signumarchitecture.com
Excavation Cave Co., thecavecompany.com
General contractor Cello & Maudru, cello-maudru.com
Interior design Katie Martinez Design, katiemartinezdesign.com
Landscape design/
architect
Blasen Landscape Architecture,
blasengardens.com
Concrete Cello & Maudru
HVAC Cello & Maudru
Plumbing Steve Silva, stevesilvaplumbing.com
Catwalk/metalwork Ogletree's Inc., ogletreecorp.com;
Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-0553;
Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000
Sinegal Estate Winery
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
87,000
47,000
48,000
1,500
WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
$0 $30 $60 $90 $120 $150
Sinegal Estate Winery
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$140
$11.50
$18
$12
PACKAGING
Bottles Saverglass, saverglass.com; Saxco, saxco.com
Corks Amorim, amorimca.com
Label design CF Napa Brand Design, cfnapa.com
Label printing CCL Label, ccllabel.com
Capsules Ramondin USA, ramondin.com
MAKING THE WINE
Sorting table Bucher Vaslin, bvnorthamerica.com
Crusher/destemmer Bucher Vaslin
Must pump/other
pumps
Burgstahler Machine Works,
(707) 967-0553
Tanks and/or
fermentation vessels
Santa Rosa Stainless Steel,
srss.com
Yeasts Enartis Vinquiry, enartisvinquiry;
Laffort USA, laffortusa.com
Additions, enzymes
and nutrients
Scott Laboratories Inc., scottlab.com;
Lallemand, lallemandwine.com
Presses Bucher Vaslin, bvnorthamerica.com
Barrels Tonnellerie Sylvain, tonnellerie-sylvain.fr;
Tonnellerie Orion, tonnellerieorion.com;
Tonnellerie Taransaud, knoxbarrels.com;
Nadalie USA, nadalie.com;
Tonnellerie Vincent Darnajou, morletselection.com
Barrel-washing
equipment
Carlsen & Associates,
carlsenassociates.com
Hoses, clamps
and other fittings
Alfa Laval, alfalaval.us;
Key Industrial, keyindustrial.com
Malolactic bacteria Gusmer Enterprises, gusmerenterprises.com
WINERY SERVICES
Laboratory services ETS Laboratories, etslabs.com
Case goods storage Copper Peak Logistics, copperpeaklogistics.com
Regulatory compliance ShipCompliant, shipcompliant.com;
DH Wine Compliance, dhwinecompliance.com
Marketing and PR Cross Marketing, crossmarketingpr.com
Distribution California: Kimberly Jones Selections
Web sales/POS/
inventory software
VineSpring,
vinespring.com
DtC/wine shipments Copper Peak Logistics; ShipCompliant;
DH Wine Compliance
GROWING THE GRAPES
Varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit
Verdot, Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
(2015), Sauvignon Musque (2015).
Rootstock Schwartzman, 110R, 114
BOTTLE:
CREEL
STUDIO
