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MANA GEMENT initial phase of its winery project. The production phase will come later, but currently the wine is produced at the neighboring facility of winemaker Lynn Penner-Ash. The first-phase building includes the tasting room, a private dining room and a commercial kitchen on the main level; an apartment for the owner is upstairs. Winery offices, shipping and wine storage are on the lower level. The production portion of the building has been submitted for permits, and construction should start this month. Sustainability Sustainability is a huge issue for most wineries. "Our clients continue to want sustainability blended with good design, whether it is a new winery, a remodel or an adaptive reuse of an existing building," says Joe Chauncey, principal of Boxwood integrated design studio in Seattle, Wash. "They also want a way to tell their story and create a memorable experience." Chauncey cites a recent project to illustrate this. Hightower Cellars on Red Mountain recently doubled its production. The existing winery, located in a converted stable with minimal insulation, was working functionally but not sustainably. The expansion was designed with insulated blocks made from chipped recycled wood shipping pallets in a concrete matrix. To improve the thermal characteristics of the existing building, Chauncey created solar shading using recycled wine barrel staves and doubled the insulation in the roof. TCA or TBA? Just filter it out! FIBRAFIX® TX-R protects the natural taste of your wine. The completed project with a tasting room overlooking the vineyard doubles the size of the winery without using any more energy to operate. Chauncey adds, "If sustainability is defined as ecology, economy and equity, solutions that improve economics (especially over the past three years) are the best answer to assuring the viability of wineries, whether it is in a warehouse or next to a vineyard." Howard Backen says, "Sustainability is almost automatic these days. We can use spec materials like reclaimed wood and fly ash insulation." Proven efficacy for wine, water & other TCA carriers. EXPERTS IN FILTRATION. SINCE 1938. FILTROX North America · www.filtrox.com 9805 NE 116TH Street, PMB A200, Kirkland, WA 98034 USA, Toll free: 800-473-4526 QSEE US AT UNIFIED, BOOTH #944 66 Wines & Vines JAnUARY 2012 QSEE US AT UNIFIED, BOOTH #540g Insulated blocks made from chipped wood are used to reduce temperature fluctuations. We are at UNIFIED Please visit us at booth 944.