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CO VER S T OR Y The Sk Group 35-HL bladder press . Grapes are fermented in variable-capacity stainless steel tanks from GW kent between nine and 13 months. Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are left in French and Hungarian oak for between 11 and 15 months. Because the winery is gravity flow, Blair does not own a must pump. When he does pump a wine—from tank to the bottling line, for example—he uses a Liverani pump from Prospero. His hoses are all 1.5 inches. Blair's bottling line is one not usually found in the wine industry. He acquired the line from SBC Bottling and Canning Group in Chicago, Ill. It has a five-spout filler and is located on the second level of the gravity-flow winery, as is the hydraulic punch down equipment . does between 700 and 800 bottles per hour. The winery receives its bottles in bulk from Hauser Packaging. After the wine is bottled, it is stored as clean skins in wire cages that Blair imports from France. Cardboard cases are used only for trans- porting wine from the winery to restau- rants or Blair's other tasting rooms. The challenges Winegrowing east of the Rockies offers numerous challenges; along the entire East Coast including Pennsylvania, hur- GRAPE SORTING MACHINE TTOMMY OMMY CMA's New TOMMY post-destemmer Automatic Sorting System TOMMY is a compact sorter, quickly adjustable for different grape varietals, with easy disassembly for cleaning. Tested in the 2009 Harvest season where winemakers overwhelmingly commented on its success. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ricanes are an annual problem. Growers prepare by applying appropriate sprays throughout the growing season, but the intensity and duration of different storm systems can have a major impact. The harvest in 2011 was more difficult than most. Hurricane Irene arrived with strong winds and many inches of rain; it was fol- lowed within a week by Hurricane Lee. "Our vineyard survived Irene okay," Blair reported, "but Lee stayed around for a week, and grapes started to rot. As a result, we didn't pick half the vineyard." However, NEW BOTTLING & PACKAGING CRUSHERS PRESSES TANKS PUMPS REFRIGERATIONS FILTERS West Coast AWS/Prospero 7787 Bell Road Windsor, CA 95492 Phone: (707) 838-2812 Fax: (707) 838-3164 westcoast@prosperocorp.biz Finger Lakes P.E.C. Geneva 1902 Route 14N Geneva, NY 14456 Phone: (315) 719-0480 Fax: (315) 719-0481 geneva@prosperocorp.biz Main Office Prospero Equipment Corp. 123 Castleton Street Pleasantville, NY10570 Phone: (914) 769-6252 Fax: (914) 769-6786 info@prosperocorp.biz Wines & Vines MARCH 2012 31 (c e n - ( r i g h t) ( l e f t) t e r)