WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
46 WINES&VINES September 2016
Titus Vineyards
2971 Silverado Trail, St. Helena, Calif. 94574 • (707) 963-3235 • titusvineyards.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.
PARTNER/GENERAL
MANAGER
Eric Titus
PARTNER/WINEMAKER
Phil Titus
WINEMAKER
Stephen Cruzan
YEAR BONDED
1990
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES:
20%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
45
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Titus Vineyards
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
44,000
12,000
78,000
42,000
$55
Titus Vineyards
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$0 $15 $30 $45 $60 $75
$13
$12
$19
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Matt Hollis, MH Architects, matthollis.com
General contractor Steve Kilgannon, Facility Development Construction,
fdc-corp.com
Civil engineer Mike Muelrath, Applied Civil Engineering,
appliedcivil.com
Structural engineer Rich Burris, Structural Design Group, s-d-g.net
Glycol, tank
heating/chilling
Peak Performance Refrigeration Inc.,
peakperformancerefrigeration.com
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper/
conveyor
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Destemmer Delta Oscyllis, Bucher Vaslin, bvnorthamerica.com
Shaker table for
manual sorting
Bucher Vaslin
Must pump Enoventa Mohno, Criveller Group, criveller.com
Fermentation tanks Two 4-ton tanks
Five 7-ton tanks
Five 10-ton tanks
Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
Tank temperature
monitoring and
control
TankNet, Acrolon Technologies Inc., acrolon.com
Pumpover devices Irrigators: Carlsen & Associates,
carlsenassociates.com
Press Diemme Enologia Tecnova 50, ColloPack Solutions,
collopack.com
Barrels Treuil Tonnellerie and AP John Coopers,
Trust International Corp., barrelmakers.com;
Tonnellerie Remond, remondsonoma@aol.com;
Nadalie USA, nadalie.com; Canton Cooperage,
cantoncooperage.com
Barrel washer HotCart, AaquaTools, aaquatools.com
Steam AaquaTools
Bottling Ryan Mobile Bottling, ryanmobilebottling.com
PACKAGING
Bottles TricorBraun, tricorbraun.com
Corks Portocork America, portocork.com; M. A. Silva,
masilva.com
Label design Auston Design Group, austondesign.com
Label printing MCC Label, mcclabel.com
POS software Vin65, vin65.com
Compliance Wine Industry Compliance Services LLC,
wineindustrycompliance.com
Website design designthis!, designthis.com
