WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
46 WINES&VINES August 2017
Lingua Franca Wines
9675 Hopewell Road NW, Salem, Ore. 97304 • (503) 687-3005 • linguafranca.wine
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.
Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 10 20 30 40 50
Thousands
Lingua Franca Wines
Polk County Average
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
6,500
42,000
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60
Lingua Franca Wines
Polk County Average
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Stainless steel tanks JVNW Inc., jvnw.com
Concrete tanks Sonoma Cast Stone, concretewinetanks.com
Yeast/ML bacteria Ambient
Barrels Pinot Noir:
Tonnellerie Taransaud, taransaud.com;
Tonnellerie de Mercurey USA Inc.,
tonellerie-de-mercurey.com;
Tonnellerie Chassin Père et Fils, chassin-bourgogne.fr;
Kádár Hungary, kadarhungary.com
Chardonnay:
Tonnellerie Damy, tonnellerie-damy.com;
Tonnellerie de Mercurey USA Inc.,
tonellerie-de-mercurey.com
Barrel washing MOOG Cleaning Systems AG, moog.ch
Hoses, clamps
and other fittings
Crush2Cellar, crush2cellar.com
Press Europress, euromachinesusa.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Laurence Ferar and Associates Inc., ferar.net
Excavation Jonas Co., (503) 969-9548
General contractor Andrew Scott Construction LLC,
andrewscottconstruction.com
Interior design Laurence Ferar and Associates Inc.
Metal fabrication Solid Form Fabrication, solidformfabrication.com
Concrete Marion Construction Co., marionconst.com
HVAC Frank Webster Heating and Air Conditioning LLC,
websterheatingandac.com
Electrical Nice Electric, niceelectricco.com
Winery refrigeration G&D Chillers, gdchillers.com
Drains Poly-Cast with cast iron grates, poly-cast.com
Walls Thermomass Tilt-Up, Thermomass Building Insulation
Systems, thermomass.com
$52
OWNERS
Larry Stone and
David Honig
WINEMAKER
Thomas Savre
CONSULTING WINEMAKER
Dominique Lafon
VINEYARD MANAGER
Valle Verde Vineyard
Services
WINERY AVA
Eola-Amity Hills
YEAR BONDED
2015
VINEYARD ACREAGE
66 acres owned
and 5 acres under
long-term lease
$28
PACKAGING
Bottles Saverglass Inc., saverglass.com; Saxco, saxco.com
Corks Diam Closures USA, diam-closures.com;
Cork Supply, corksupply.com
Label design Gundolf Pfotenhauer, gpfotenhauer.com
Label printing Paragon Label, paragonlabel.com
Capsules Maverick Enterprises Inc., maverickcaps.com;
Rivercap, rivercap.com
$30
8,500
6,500
WINERY SERVICES
Laboratory services Core Enology, enologylab.com; ETS, etslabs.com
Case goods storage Northwest Distribution & Storage Inc., nwdist.com
Compliance Compli, compli.com
Web sales/
POS software
Square, squareup.com
DtC/wine shipments VinoShipper, vinoshipper.com
Financing/bank Northwest Farm Credit Services, northwestfcs.com
