WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
64 WINES&VINES January 2016
MacRostie Winery & Vineyards
4605 Westside Road, Healdsburg, Calif. • (707) 996-4480 • macrostiewinery.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.
DTC SALES
8%
YEAR BONDED
1987
VINEYARD ACREAGE
14
AVA
Sonoma Coast &
Russian River Valley
OWNERS
Distinguished
Vineyards &
Wine Partners
FOUNDER/CONSULTANT
Steve MacRostie
WINEMAKER
Heidi Bridenhagen
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
MacRostie Winery & Vineyards
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
33,000
40,000
87,000
47,000
MacRostie Winery & Vineyards
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 $35
$35
$12
$11.50
$25
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper P&L Specialties incline sorting table,
pnlspecialties.com
Crusher/destemmer Armbruster Rotovib 10,
Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Pumps Yamada 1.5-inch, Waukesha 130 PD
and Waukesha 2045/1.5 HP,
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Tanks Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
Barrels Tonnellerie Damy, Bouchard Cooperages,
bouchardcooperages.com; Francois Freres,
Mel Knox Barrel Broker, knoxbarrels.com;
Tonnellerie Radoux USA, radouxcooperage.com;
Tonnellerie Remond, (707) 935-2176;
Tonnellerie Rousseau, tonnellerie-rousseau.com
Barrel washer Aaquatools, aaquatools.com;
Gamajet, Alfa Laval Tank Equipment, gamajet.com
Barrel racks Western Square Industries, westernsquare.com
Mobile bottling AT Mobile Bottling Line, atmbl.net
Filtration Cross-flow: Bucher Vaslin Flavy X2,
Bucher Vaslin North America, bvnorthamerica.com
Yeast strains Enoferm AMH and Levuline BRG,
Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Bin rotator Cascade that fits MacroBins and 48s,
Cascade Corp., cascorp.com
Forklift Hyster, Papé Material Handling, papemh.com
Press Sutter EPC 25, Bucher Vaslin North America
Ozone DEL Ozone, delozonefoodsafety.com
Steam ARS/Swash Cleaning and Sanitization,
cleanwinery.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Gould Evans, gouldevans.com
General contractor Wright Contracting, wrightcontracting.com
Interior design of
Estate House (Tast-
ing Room)
Grant K. Gibson Interior Design, grantkgibson.com
Interior design/lay-
out of winery
Heidi Bridenhagen and Steve MacRostie
HVAC Simpson Sheet Metal, simpsonsheetmetal.com
Glycol system Refrigeration Technology Inc., rti2000.com
Catwalk Garzini Welding, (707) 857-4887
Flooring/drains North Bay Concrete, (707) 836-8500
PACKAGING
Bottles Saxco International, saxco.com
Screwcap Stelvin, Amcor Flexibles American Canyon,
amcor.com/stelvin
Label design Chuck House, ICON Design Group,
icondesigngroup.net
Label printing CCL Label, ccllabel.com
