WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
44 WINES&VINES June 2016
Stoller Family Estate
16161 NE McDougall Road, Dayton, Ore. 97114 • (503) 864-3404 • stollerfamilyestate.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
200
WINERY AVA
Dundee Hills of the
Willamette Valley
YEAR BONDED
2005
DTC SALES
60%
OWNER
Bill Stoller
WINEMAKER
Melissa Burr
VINEYARD MANAGER
Rob Schultz
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Stoller Family Estate
Yamhill County Average
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
8,000
40,000
6,500
47,000
$35
Stoller Family Estate
Yamhill County Average
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50
$12
$28
$33
MAKING THE WINE
Sorting table P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Dosing table Key Technology, key.net
Crusher/
destemmer
Bucher Delta E2, Bucher Vaslin North America,
bvnorthamerica.com
Press Willmes Sigma 8, Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Open-top
fermentors
Fourteen 12-ton, tank-mounted Punchdown Trol-
ley by Harvest Valley Specialities,
harvestvalleyspecialties.com
Closed-top
fermentors
Four 2,000-gallon vessels and eight 3,000-gallon
vessels for pressing and white wine fermentations
Tanks Four 8,000-gallon tanks for blending and bottling
Pumps Waukesha rotary lobe, centrifugal pumps and Yamada
air pumps, Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Barrels Francois Freres, Mel Knox Barrel Broker,
knoxbarrels.com; Tonnellerie de Mercurey, Boswell
Co., boswellcompany.com; Tonnellerie Atelier Centre
France, atelier-centre-france-tonnellerie.com; Chassin
Père & Fils, chassin-bourgogne.fr; Dargaud & Jaegle,
Premier Wine Cask, premierwinecask.com; Damy,
Bouchard Cooperages, bouchardcooperages.com
Barrel racks Rack & Maintenance Source, rmswinebarrelracks.com
Winery management
software
Vintrace, vinx2.com
DtC shipments WineCo, winecollc.com, and in-house fulfillment
Wine shipping Oregon Wine Services, oregonwineservices.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Contractors Perlo Construction, perlo.biz
Architect and engineers Mildren Design Group, P.C., mdgpc.com
Engineers TM Rippey Consulting Engineers, tmrippey.com;
AKS Engineering & Forestry LLC, aks-eng.com
Steel and concrete Erectors Inc., erectorsinc.com
HVAC/Refrigeration Pro Refrigeration, prochiller.com
Alternative energy Advanced Energy Systems, aesrenew.com
Plumbing Western Plumbing, westernplumbinginc.com
Drains Slot Drain Systems, slotdrainsystems.com
Flooring & wall coating Concrete with slab densifier
Weather monitoring MeasureTek, measuretek.com
PACKAGING
Bottles Saxco International, saxco.com
Closures Cork Supply USA, corksupply.com;
BT-Watzke America, bt-watzke.com
Labels CCL Label, ccllabel.com
Bottling Signature Mobile Bottlers, signaturebottlers.com
