WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
52 WINES&VINES October 2015
Epoch Estate Wines
7505 York Mountain Road, Templeton, Calif. 93465 • (805) 237-7575 • epochwines.com
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VINEYARD ACREAGE
95
DTC SALES (%)
80%
YEAR BONDED
2004
AVA
Paso Robles
OWNERS
Bill and Liz Armstrong
WINEMAKER
Jordan Fiorentini
ASSOCIATE WINEMAKER
Peter Turrone
VINEYARD MANAGER
Kyle Gingras
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION
0 200 400 600 800 100
Thousands
Epoch Estate Wines
San Luis Obispo County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
47,000
26,500
WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50
Epoch Estate Wines
San Luis Obispo County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$50
$11.50
$12
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architects LakeFlato Architects, lakeflato.com;
Brian Korte, BK Architect, bk-architect.com
General contractor The Construction Zone, czphx.com
Concrete Gregg Wiemann, G. Wiemann Construction,
gwiemann.com
HVAC TEP Engineering, tep.net
Catwalks Hank's Welding Service, hwsinc.net
Glycol TEP Engineering
Receiving
hopper
Stainless Steve, Steve Rinell & Associates,
stainlesssteve.com
Crusher/
destemmer
Pellenc America, pellenc.com
Tanks Six from JVNW, jvnw.com; 10 concrete fermentation
tanks, Vino Vessel, vinovessel.com; 10 TranStore tanks
by Custom Metalcraft, custom-metalcraft.com;
three concrete vessels (Tulipes) by Nico Velo, imported
by iPak Wine, ipakwine.com; three Nomblot eggs
by Artisan Barrels & Tanks, artisanbarrels.com;
one clay amphora by iPak Wine
Barrels Tonnellerie Sylvain, tonnellerie-sylvain.fr;
Tonnellerie Meyrieux, tonnelleriemeyrieux.com;
Ermitage-Berthomieu Tonnellerie, berthomieu-ermitage.
com; Tonnellerie Boutes, boutes.com; Tonnellerie Taransaud,
taransaud.com; Vincent Darnajou Cooperage, The Morlet
Selection, morletselection.com
Barrel washer Aaquatools, aaquatools.com
Barrel racking
equipment
Gravity racking wands from York Machine Works,
yorkmachineworks.com
Presses Basket press, Hypac USA, hypacusa.com;
Puelo (Model No. SC50) closed-tank press,
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Waukesha
pumps
Carlsen & Associates
Lab
analysis
ETS Labs, etslabs.com; Baker Wine & Grape Analysis,
bwga.net; Enartis Vinquiry, enartisvinquiry.com
MAKING THE WINE
$13
6,500
PACKAGING
Bottles Saverglass, saverglass.com
Corks Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Label design Chuck House, ICON Design Group,
icondesigngroup.net
Labels Tapp Label Co., tapplabel.com
Screwcaps Only on rosé: Amcor Flexibles, amcor.com/stelvin
Bottling SLO Bottling Services, slobottling.com;
The Bottle Meister, thebottlemeister.com
87,000
BARBARA
GELFAND
SUMMER
