WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
52 WINES&VINES August 2016
Materra | Cunat Family Vineyards
4326 Big Ranch Road, Napa Valley, Calif. 94558 • (707) 224-4900 • materrawines.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.
FOUNDERS
Brian and Miki Cunat
CONSULTING
WINEMAKERS
Bruce Regalia and
Michael Trujillo
GENERAL MANAGER
Neena Cunat Heitz
VINEYARD MANAGER
Madrigal Vineyard
Management
YEAR BONDED
2007
DTC SALES
50%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
47 acres
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Materra | Cunat Family Vineyards
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
44,000
7,000
78,000
42,000
$60
Materra | Cunat Family Vineyards
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$0 $15 $30 $45 $60 $75
$13
$12
$19
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com
Crusher/
destemmer/sorter
Selectiv' Process Winery M, Pellenc, pellenc.com
Tanks 1,100-gallon, 2,500-gallon and 3,300-gallon fer-
mentation tanks, Santa Rosa Stainless Steel,
srss.com; TranStore, Custom Metalcraft,
custom-metalcraft.com
Pumps and
pumpover units
Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-0553
Hoses, fittings Burgstahler Machine Works
Forklift Nissan by UniCarriers, Accurate Forklift,
accurateforklift.com
Presses Willmes SIGMA 5 and Willmes SIGMA 6,
Scott Laboratories, scottlab.com
Temperature control
system
Gen II Super Control system,
Refrigeration Technology Inc., rti2000.com
Barrels Seguin Moreau, seguinmoreaunapa.com; Tonnellerie
Taransaud, taransaud.com; Tonnellerie Vallaurine,
Heritage Barrels, heritagebarrels.com; Tonnellerie
Boutes, boutes.com; Tonnellerie Marsannay, Nadalie USA,
nadalie.com
Barrel racks Western Square, westernsquare.com
Barrel washer Tom Beard Co., tombeard.com
Yeast/nutrients/
enzymes
Scott Laboratories
Ozone McClain Ozone, mcclainozone.com
Steam AaquaTools, aaquatools.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Johnny DaRosa, DaRosa & Associates
General contractor Ledcor Group, ledcor.com
HVAC Refrigeration Technology Inc., rti2000.com
Glycol, tank heating/
chilling
Larkin humidification and fan units, Larkin In-
dustries Inc., larkinhoods.com
Humidity control Pro Refrigeration, prochiller.com
Catwalks and stairs Wolff's Welding & Fabrication, wolffswelding.com
Rollup doors R & S Manufacturing, rsdrprod.com;
Motor: LiftMaster, liftmaster.com
PACKAGING
Bottles Berlin Packaging, berlinpackaging.com
Corks Cork Supply USA, corksupply.com
Capsules Rivercap USA, corksupply.com
Screwcaps Guala Closures, gualaclosures.com
Label printing Herdell Printing, herdellprinting.com
Lab equipment Analyzer BioSystems, biosystems.es
Mobile bottlers Peregrine Mobile Bottling, peregrinemobilebottling.com;
Ryan Mobile Bottling, ryanmobilebottling.com
Case storage Valley Wine Warehouse, valleywinewarehouse.com
