WINEMAKING HUNNICUTT WINERY
Varietals by Hunnicutt & D.R. Stephens
Acreage
Other Wines Produced
DtC Sales
Chardonnay, Merlot, Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and red blend
No vines on 15-acre winery property; Hunnicutt uses 10 "estate" vineyards in Napa Valley total- ing 13 acres by way of lease or dedicated block.
Parallel, Charnu, Relic, Scully, RemRidg, Winter, Moffett, Carte Blanch, Bure
60%-70%
Tasting Room Simple room. Planning new building with tasting Special Events Limited marketing events, four up to 150 people
room, additional office space and wine storage. and 48 up to 40 people. What
Cabinetry and Furniture
Drains HVAC/ Details & Supplier
Richard Von Saal, Nessuno Custom, nessunocustom.com
Separate drains for rainwater runoff and winery wastewater. Wastewater disposal stored in 12,000- gallon and 6,000-gallon tanks, then shipped to East Bay Municipal Utilities District.
Refrigeration Water
Indoor Environmental Services, ies-hvac.com
Well dug by Huckfeldt Well Drilling, huckfeldtwell- drilling.com. Silica removal by Northcoast Waterworks, northcoastwaterworks2.com. Water pumps by Imboden Pumps, (707) 252-6493
Cave Contractor Vincent Georges, The Cave Co., thecavecompany.com
Finish Cave Contractor
Night Air Cool- ing, HVAC, Gly- col Contractor
Landscape Contractor
Building Contractor
Cave Exterior Engineer
Cave Internal Engineer
Civil Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Fire Supression Engineer
Soils Engineer
Wastewater System Engineer
Marketing Software
Financial Software
RESA Westside Mechanical, (707) 795 9606
Bauer Associates, bauergeotech.com RAM Engineering, ramengineering.net
Cultivate Systems for CRM including inventory, cultivatesystems.com
Quickbooks, Cultivate Systems, cultivatesystems.com
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Jason Hall Construction poured and installed the concrete floors inside the cave
TEP Engineering, tep.net Office & tasting room Chavez Landscaping For external building, Press Facilities Development Corp., fdc-corp.com entrance Cave
Summit Engineering, summit-sr.com
Jacobs Associates, jacobssf.com
Triad/Holmes Associates, thainc.com
Bottles Closures Labels Sorting Lines Wine pumps
Hunnicutt Stephens
Justin
TECHNICAL REVIEW 3524 Silverado Trail North, St. Helena, CA 94574 • (707) 963-2911 • hunnicuttwines.com Year Bonded: 2003 • Winery AVA: St. Helena, Napa Valley • Winemakers: Kirk Venge for Hunnicutt, Mike Hirby for D.R. Stephens Estate
Hunnicutt Winery vs. Other Wineries Bottle Price Case Production
Hunnicutt Winery
Napa County California
United States
$ $ $ $25-$150
$59 $37 $27
15,000 55,000
79,000 43,000
Bottle prices averaged across categories, based on one price per winery. WinesVinesDATA
Owners: D.R. Stephens Estate Wines, LLC is the parent of D.R. Stephens Estate and Hunnicutt Wines and the managing member of Hunnicutt Wine Co., LLC that owns and operates the winery property.
What Bottling Line Destemmer
Fermentors/ Tanks
Details & Supplier
Use Ryan-McGee Bottling mobile line, ryanmcgeebottling.com
Armbruster ROTOVIB, Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Jacketed tanks
include a 500-gallon TransStore and stainless barrels. Criveller California Corp., criveller.com; The Belli Corp. (dba Westec Tank & Equipment), westectank.com
Two 3,000-gallon (10-11 ton) tanks, 16 1,500-gallon tanks and three 1,000-gallon tanks, all jacketed for cooling and heating; most from Criveller, others Westec. Smaller tanks
Various pumps including Delta PMV2 from Bucher Vaslin North America, bvnorthamerica.com; and Waukesha from Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Incline sorter for clusters, leaves and MOG, belt sorter for berries, Le Trieur shaker table for shot berries and raisins, P & L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Bucher RPF 22, Bucher Vaslin North America, bvnorthamerica.com
Primarily from Demptos Glass, demptos.com
All natural cork from Scott Laboratories, scottlab. com; Portocork, portocork.com; Ganau America, ganauamerica.com
Printed labels and supplies from Tapp Technolo- gies for D.R. Stephens Estate, Tapp Technologies, tapptech.com. Silkscreen from Bergin Glass used for Hunnicutt, etching by Bergin Glass on bottles 3 liters and larger. Bergin Glass Impressions, bergin- glass.com. Tapp prints the case labels for Hunnicutt silk-screened bottles
Barrel Racks Western Square Industries, westernsquare.com Barrels
Finance Trucking
Mechanics Bank, mechanicsbank.com
Top Choice Trucking, topchoicetrucking.com; Billet Transportation, (707) 649-9200; Paul's Trucking, (707) 255-2897
About 600 barrels from various cooperages (see accompanying article); some projects ferment red wine in barrels
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