WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
54 WINES&VINES April 2016
Comstock Wines
1290 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, Calif. • (707) 723-3011 • comstockwines.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.
VINEYARD ACREAGE
20
WINERY AVA
Dry Creek Valley
YEAR BONDED
2012
DTC SALES
90%
OWNERS
Bob and Sandy
Comstock
GENERAL MANAGER
Kelly Comstock Ferris
WINEMAKER
Chris Russi
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Comstock Wines
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
32,000
4,500
77,000
42,000
Comstock Vineyards
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40
$38
$13
$12
$25
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Crusher/destemmer Puleo Vega 10, Carlsen & Associates,
carlsenassociates.com
Must pump Waukesha, Carlsen & Associates
Air pumps Yamada, Carlsen & Associates
Tanks Sixteen closed-top and eight open-top Westec
tanks, The Belli Corp. (dba Westec Tank & Equipment),
westectank.com; two concrete eggs,
Sonoma Cast Stone, concretewinetanks.com
Hoses, clamps,
fittings and other
cellar equipment
Carlsen & Associates;
Matheson, mathesonwine.com
Barrels Tonnellerie Allary, Nicholas Keeler International,
nicholaskeelerinternational.com;
Tonnellerie Cavin, tonnellerie-cavin.com;
Tonnellerie Vicard, Bouchard Cooperages,
bouchardcooperages.com;
Gamba USA, bottigamba.com
Barrel washer AaquaBlaster, AaquaTools, aaquatools.com
Bottling Pedroncelli Mobile Bottling, pedroncellimb.com;
Select Mobile Bottlers, selectmobilebottlers.com
Filtration Plate and frame filter, Della Toffola USA, dellatoffola.us
Bin dumper/forklift Nissan, Accurate Forklift, accurateforklift.com
Press Puleo, Carlsen & Associates
Sanitation system BlueMorph UV, bluemorphuv.com
Temperature control TankNet, Acrolon Technologies, acrolon.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Contractor, architect,
design and planning
Steve Martin Associates, smassociates.net
Landscape architecture MacNair Landscape Architecture,
macnairlandscapes.com
PACKAGING
Bottles MA Silva, masilva.com;
Saxco International, saxco.com
Corks Portocork America, portocork.com
Screwcaps Amcor, stelvin.com
Capsules Lafitte Cork & Capsule, lafitte-usa.com
Label design jennydolldesign, jennydolldesign.com
Label printing Collotype Labels, collotype.com
