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.
