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WINEMAKING TECHNICAL REVIEW an in-house lab allows the ripkens to perform basic lab analysis on their wines such as sulfur dioxide and acidity levels. wine is collected in a small, homemade stainless steel sump with a screen and then pumped directly to barrels. White grapes go straight into the press, and the juice is pumped to the QualityStainless_Apr05 3/9/05 11:12 AM winery's only tank, a 550-gallon, closed- top tank. The Ripkens designed and built a glycol chiller that they can hook up to the jacketed tank for cold ferment- ing whites. The Ripkens have fermented Page 1 Quality - Value - Experience Quality Stainless Tanks • Professionally crafted • Perfomance guaranteed • Custom designs & features • Quick & competitive pricing • Repairs & modifications • Special application tanks • Stainless winery equipment • Tanks in stock for immediate shipping from 500 to 10,000 gallon capacity Quality Stainless Tanks 510 Caletti Avenue • Windsor, CA 95492 Phone: 707.837.2721 • Fax: 707.837.2733 Toll-Free: 877.598.0672 www.qualitystainless.com winetanks@aol.com 66 Wines & Vines MAY 2012 Fabricated Stainless Cooperage Custom susan ripken stands at the tasting room of the winery, which is located a few miles east of the city of lodi, calif. some whites in barrel, but Rich Ripken said the Rhone whites came out a bit too fleshy for his taste. Susan Ripken uses a simple lab in the winery for basic analyses such as sulfur