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November 2015 Equipment, Supplies & Services Issue

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TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT WINEMAKING November 2015 WINES&VINES 99 Law Estate Wines 3885 Peachy Canyon Road, Paso Robles, Calif. • (805) 226-9200 • lawestatewines.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 55 DTC SALES (%) 88% YEAR BONDED 2011 AVA Paso Robles OWNERS Don and Susie Law WINEMAKER Scott Hawley VINEYARD MANAGER Linnea Norton Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics WINERY CASE PRODUCTION 0 20 40 60 80 100 Thousands Law Estate Wines San Luis Obispo County Average California Average U.S. Average 47,000 26,500 WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE $0 $20 $40 $60 $80 Law Estate Wines San Luis Obispo County Average California Average U.S. Average $69 $11.50 $12 BUILDING THE WINERY Architect BAR Architects, bararch.com General contractor Specialty Construction Inc. (SCI), specialtyconstruction.com Interior design Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), hba.com Engineering ZFA Structural Engineers, zfa.com Landscape Lutsko Associates, lutskoassociates.com Vineyard development John Crossland, Vineyard Professional Services, vineyardpro.com MAKING THE WINE Hopper/sorting table Key Technology, key.net Crusher/destemmer Delta E2, Bucher Vaslin North America, bvnorthamerica.com Vibratory sorting table Key Technology Stainless steel grape dumpers Stainless Steve, Steve Rinell & Associates, stainlesssteve.com Tanks 22 from Sonoma Cast Stone, concretewinetanks. com; 12 open-top stainless steel from JVNW, jvnw.com Barrels Tonnellerie Boutes, boutes.com; Tonnellerie Taransaud, taransaud.com; Ermitage-Berthomieu Tonnellerie, berthomieu- ermitage.com; Tonnellerie de Jarnac, tonnellerie- de-jarnac-16.com; Francois Freres, Mel Knox Barrel Broker, knoxbarrels.com Press Bucher JLB, Bucher Vaslin North America Barrel washing Aaquatools, aaquatools.com $13 4,200 PACKAGING Bottles Saverglass, saverglass.com Corks M. A. Silva, masilva.com Label design Sierra Christensen, sierra-christensen. squarespace.com Label printing Tapp Label Co., tapplabel.com Bottling SLO Bottling Services, slobottling.com Web/POS Vin65, vin65.com 87,000 These custom-built fruit dumpers are used to move grapes from the crush pad into tanks for fermentation.

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