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WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT 54 WINES&VINES December 2015 www.scottlab.com "Cleanliness is the basic condition for wine quality." - Emile Peynaud BENEFITS OF AIRD CLEANING PRODUCTS • Signifcant water savings since no citric rinse is required • Specially formulated for the wine industry • Effective at low doses over wide temperature ranges • No chlorine, other halogens, phosphates, silicates or fillers • Do not require hazardous shipping • Safer, less environmental impact than bulk chemical cleaners For a separate tasting fee of $10, visitors can taste three French wines: a red wine from Mercurey and two from Bourgogne, a Chardon- nay and a rosé de Pinot Noir. An additional eight white and five red Burgundies from Mai- son Michael Shaps were for sale in late Sep- tember. Another tasting option is $15 to taste both the Virginia and Burgundy wines. Contract winemaking services Wineworks offers contract winemaking ser- vices to independent growers, wineries with limited capacity and individuals with the stipu- lation that they must make at least one barrel of wine. Clients can be as involved in the wine- making process as they choose, or Wineworks will create the wine for the client. Winemaking services include: • Sourcing grapes from many of Virginia's finest vineyards and varieties including Chardonnay, Viognier, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and many others. • Developing a winemaking plan with each client, depending on whether the client wants to follow each step in the process or be involved from time to time. • Clients can work on their wine using Wineworks' equipment. • Wineworks has new and used barrels available for aging and can offer advice about the impact of oak on different wines. • If the client wants to make a commercial product, Wineworks can arrange the label design, bottling and brand registra- tion of the client's wines. • Wineworks can also provide warehous- ing, distribution and sales. The next project More changes are coming to Michael Shaps Wineworks—this time at the warehouse build- ing Shaps rents on the south side of Charlot- tesville. Currently the building is used for case goods storage, but there are plans to use the 16,000-square-foot building for barrel aging, packaging and a tasting room with retail space. The bottling line has been moved from the winery to the warehouse, and the bag-in-a-box filler also will be located there. One part of the building has two floors, and Shaps thinks that by mid-winter he will have a tasting room and retail space open on the first floor. The upstairs area already has a bal- cony and a kitchen, and there is a large space with windows overlooking Carter Mountain that can be used for winemaker dinners and other special events. Rougemont Farm is one of several Virginia vineyards that work with Michael Shaps Wineworks.