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July 2017 WINES&VINES 31 of California, Davis; Arnaud Debons, who worked for wineries in France before coming to the United States, where he worked at Newton Vineyards before join- ing San Antonio Winery in 2003; and Ben Mayo, who has more than 15 years of winemaking experi- ence in the Central Coast and is the former winemaker and part- ner at Eberle Winery. Riboli worked with architect Shana Reiss and general contrac- tor JW Design & Construction, which are both located in the Cen- tral Coast and have winery experi- ence, as well as winery design consultant Joel Crosbie. Much of the winery was inspired by the nearby Justin Vineyards & Winery facility completed in 2012. T h e w i n e r y e n c o m p a s s e s 90,000 square feet, and the crush pad is set up to receive grapes in half-ton MacroBins, valley bins or gondolas. For the half-ton bins, the winery has a Carlsen & As- sociates hopper with an elevated conveyor that can be used as a sorting line and dumps into a Pel- lenc Selectiv' Process Winery L destemmer. The must is either pumped directly to tanks or col- lected into bins that are then dumped into open-top tanks with a forklift. Used for small lots or hand-picked grapes, this crush s e t u p c a n b e m o v e d w h e r e needed on the winery's expansive covered crush pad. For future harvests, Riboli said he wants to complement this line with an optical sorter to eliminate the need for any hand sorting. He said he held off on buying one because he wanted to make sure the machines could deliver an efficient throughput rate, be worth the cost and have technology that is sustainable. "The technology is evolving so quickly the other question is: Will it be obsolete the year after you buy it?" KEY POINTS Completed in 2016, the Riboli family's 90,000-square-foot winery features design elements to reduce the use of resources and labor. The crush pad is designed to quickly and efficiently process ma- chine-harvested and hand-picked grapes. An on-site wastewater system produces water that can be used for irrigation. TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT WINEMAKING The winery has 10 open-top fermentation tanks by Santa Rosa Stainless Steel.