WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
32 WINES&VINES July 2017
Riboli Family Winery
2017 Wisteria Lane, Paso Robles, Calif. 93446 • (323) 223-1401 • riboliwines.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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Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Thousands
Riboli Family Winery
(number includes other production facilities)
San Luis Obispo County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
13,000
70,000
42,000
$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30
Riboli Family Winery
San Luis Obispo County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hoppers Brix Buddy, P&L Specialties, pnlspecialties.com;
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Destemming Pellenc Optimum harvester and Pellenc Selectiv'
Process Winery L, Pellenc America Inc., pellenc.com
Presses Velvet 150, Diemme Enologia
and Puleo SF70, Carlsen & Associates,
carlsenassociates.com
Fermentation tanks Ten 19-ton open-top tanks with lids;
forty 40-ton closed top tanks,
Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
Barrel washer Tom Beard Co., tombeard.com
Steam Electro-Steam Generator Corp., electrosteam.com
Ozone Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Pumpover pumps SPX/Waukeshau, Carlsen & Associates
Winemaking
monitoring/control
TankNet, Acrolon Technologies Inc., acrolon.com
Pneumatic
punchdown device
R.S. Randall and Co., rsrandallandco.com
Barrels Vicard, Bouchard Cooperages,
bouchardcooperages.com;
Tonnellerie Radoux, radouxcooperage.com;
Tonnellerie Remond, (707) 935-2176;
Tonnellerie Billon, Bouchard Cooperages;
Tonnellerie Berger & Fils, tonnellerie-berger.com;
Tonnellerie Marques, Bastos LLC, bastosllc.com;
Tonnellerie Saint Martin North America,
tonnelleriesaintmartin.com;
Tonnellerie Sirugue, sirugueusa.com;
Tonnellerie Mercier, tonnellerie-mercier.com;
Francois Freres Tonnellerie, francoisfreres.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Contractor JW Design & Construction Inc., jwdci.com
Winery design Joel Crosbie, Coast Winery Systems, (805) 714-3770
Land use consultant Kirk Consulting, (805) 461-5765
Engineering BMA Mechanical+, bmaslo.com;
Wallace Group, wallacegroup.us
Wastewater Cloacina Inc., cloacina.com
HVAC APCCO, apcco.net
Flooring Polytek Surface Coatings, mypolytek.com
Metal building CBC Steel Buildings, cbcsteelbuildings.com
Metal fabrication Hank's Welding Service Inc., hwsinc.net
Air compressor Gardner Denver, gardnerdenver.com
Barrel room
humidification
Smart Fog, smartfog.com
Architect Shana Reiss, Reiss Design Studio,
reissdesignstudio.com
Glycol York Chiller, Johnson Controls, johnsoncontrols.com
Solar power REC Solar Inc., recsolar.com
$15
OWNERS
Riboli family
WINEMAKERS
Anthony Riboli
Arnaud Debons
Ben Mayo
YEAR BONDED
1917
VINEYARD ACREAGE
1,200
$13
PACKAGING AND OTHER SERVICES
Glass Encore Glass, encoreglass.com
Closures G3 Enterprises, g3enterprises.com;
Portocork America, portocork.com
Capsules Ramondin USA Inc., ramondin.com
Labels WS Packaging Group Inc. wspackaging.com;
Multi-Color Corp. (MCC), mcclabel.com
$27
550,000
