WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
58 WINES&VINES September 2017
LVVR Sparkling Cellars
12470 Locke Road, Suite 700, Lockeford, Calif. 95237 • (209) 727-6062 • lvvrsparkling.com
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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 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
LVVR Sparkling Cellars
San Joaquin County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
70,000
38,000
$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25
LVVR Sparkling Cellars
San Joaquin County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Winemaking space Tuscan Wine Village, thetuscanwinevillage.com
Tanks 260-gallon blending/bottling tank, Criveller Group,
criveller.com
Forklift Hyster, hyster.com
Yeast Lalvin DV 10, Scott Laboratories Inc., scottlab.com
Riddling aid Clarifiant BK, Scott Laboratories Inc.
Membrane filter Critical Process, John Mulhern Co., jmulhern.com
Riddling equipment LAFAL Roto-Jolly Giro Pallett, Criveller Group
Filling 12-head Mimi filling machine (used),
California Food Machinery Co.,
cfmworldwide.com
Corker Bertolaso, ColloPack Solutions, collopack.com
Labeler MEB (refurbished)
Disgorger/dosager Atlas model machine by Officine Pesce,
Criveller Group
Capsule applicator CanelliTech, canellitech.com
Bottling line parts/
support
ColloPack Solutions
FOUNDER,
WINEMAKER AND
GENERAL MANAGER
Eric Donaldson
YEAR BONDED
2015
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES: (%)
90%
$13
PACKAGING
Bottles and case
boxes
TricorBraun WinePak, tricorbraunwinepak.com
Corks Amorim Cork America, amorimca.com
Bidules, crown caps
and wire hoods
UnionPack, unionpack.com
Label printing Pressure-sensitive labels, Multi-Color Corp.,
mccwinelabels.com
Tasting room
products/supplies
True Brands, truebrands.com
Wine lab services Lodi Winery Laboratory, lodiwinelabs.com;
KSL Wine Lab, (209) 419-3020
$8
1,500
850,000
$24
A new CanelliTech foil applicator pleats and crimps foil capsules onto bottlenecks.
Winemaker Eric Donaldson employs a mix of new and refurbished winemaking
equipment for LVVR Sparkling Cellars, his custom-crush operation in Lodi, Calif.
