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TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT WINEMAKING October 2017 WINES&VINES 65 storage capacity. From Zinfandel Lane, the wood- clad winery building could almost be mistaken for a private home. Tastings and other hospitality functions take place in a separate, 2,569-square- foot building on the eastern side of the property, and the barn-like winery is in the center with winemaking offices to the west. The winery and office building are linked by a roof that covers the grape-receiving area. The winery covers nearly 10,000 square feet, and the two-story office offers 3,600 square feet of space. Running the length of the production areas is a multi-room, underground 14,500-square- foot barrel cellar. Araujo said the cellar was the major revision to the original plans for the winery. He and his team had to expand the footprint of the building, but the permitted capacity is still likely more than he and the other clients need. While everything on the outside of the wine- making structure is rustic wood, inside it's all business and near-pharmaceutical-grade steel. Construction of the winery and hospitality building was managed by Santa Rosa, Calif.- based Wright Contracting and began in 2015. The landscape architect was Lutsko Associates, and civil engineering was done by Bartelt En- gineering. The winery was finished in time for the 2016 vintage, during which a few clients processed grapes. "We wanted to make sure everything worked. We had all this great state- KEY POINTS Bart and Daphne Araujo's next Napa Valley project is a new custom-crush winery. Each of the winery's fermentation tanks is fitted with individual temperature-control and pump-over systems that can be automated. A freight elevator can move barrels or a loaded forklift from the underground barrel area to the crush pad or winery. The winery was designed to evoke the property's agricultural history.