WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
70 WINES&VINES May 2016
Benovia Winery
3339 Hartman Road, Santa Rosa, Calif. 95401 • (707) 526-4441 • benoviawinery.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
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VINEYARD ACREAGE
72
WINERY AVA
Russian River Valley
YEAR BONDED
2005
DTC SALES
60%
FOUNDERS
Joe Anderson and
Mary Dewane
WINEMAKER,
GENERAL MANAGER
AND PARTNER
Mike Sullivan
VINEYARD MANAGER
Chris Kangas
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Benovia Winery
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
32,000
7,000
77,000
42,000
Benovia Winery
Sonoma County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50
$45
$13
$12
$25
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Crusher/destemmer Armbruster Rotovib, Scott Laboratories,
scottlab.com
Berry sorting,
shaker table
P&L Specialties
Tanks The Belli Corp. (dba Westec Tank & Equipment),
westectank.com; small 2-ton tanks: Idiaz Services,
idiazservices.com
Presses 25 hl Revinsa (direct import); 80 hl Willmes,
Scott Laboratories
Barrels Francois Freres, Mel Knox Barrel Broker,
knoxbarrels.com; Tonnellerie Rousseau,
tonnellerie-rousseau.com; Tonnellerie Cavin et Fils,
tonnellerie-cavin.com; Seguin Moreau Napa
Cooperage, seguinmoreaunapa.com; Marcel Cadet,
Premier Wine Cask, premierwinecask.com;
Chassin Père & Fils, chassin-bourgogne.fr
Barrel racks Western Square Industries, westernsquare.com
Barrel washer Gamajet, Alfa Laval Tank Equipment, gamajet.com
Steam Electro-Steam Generator, electrosteam.com
Bottling GAI monoblock, corker and labeler, Prospero Equip-
ment, prosperoequipment.com
Lab equipment Analyzer: OenoFoss, Foss North America, foss.us;
Autotitrator: Mettler Toledo, mt.com;
Spectrometer: Thermo Fisher Scientific,
thermoscientific.com
Winemaking
software
Gen II Super Control, Refrigeration Technology;
The Winemaker's Database, wmdb.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Jessie Whitesides, A
2
Studios,
asquaredstudios.com
General contractor Modern Building, modernbuildinginc.com
Interior design A
2
Studios
HVAC Refrigeration Technology, rti2000.com
Glycol system Refrigeration Technology
Catwalk Garzini Welding, (707) 857-4858
Floors Napa Specialty Coatings, (707) 337-6870
Drains TrenchFormer, ABT, abtdrains.com
Winery wastewater AdvanTex Treatment System,
Orenco Systems, orenco.com
Nitrogen generator Parker Hannifin, parkern2.com
PACKAGING
Bottles Various, including: M.A. Silva USA, masilva.com;
TricorBraun WinePak, tricorbraunwinepak.com
Corks M.A. Silva USA; Ganau America, ganauamerica.com
Screwcaps Amcor, stelvin.com
Label design Chuck House, Icon Design Group, icondesigngroup.net
Label printing Tapp Label, tapplabel.com
