WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
66 WINES&VINES October 2017
Wheeler Farms
588 Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena, Calif. • (707) 200-8500 • wheelerfarmswine.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
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 60 70
Thousands
Wheeler Farms
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
70,000
42,000
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60
Wheeler Farms
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Full-ton dosing,
receiving hopper
Wolff's Welding & Fabrication Inc.
Vibratory sorting
conveyors
Key Technology Inc., key.net
Destemmer Delta Oscillys, Bucher Vaslin,
bvnorthamerica.com
Optical sorter Delta Vistalys R1, Bucher Vaslin
Must dumping bins Wolff's Welding & Fabrication
Fermentation tanks JVNW Inc., jvnw.com
Presses JLB basket press, Bucher Vaslin;
XP30 Membrane press, Bucher Vaslin
Pumpover pumps Vortex pumps, R.S. Corcoran Co.,
corcoranpumps.com
Pneumatic
punchdown devices
Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-0553
Winemaking
monitoring
and control
VinWizard, vinwizard.com
Miscellaneous
cellar equipment
and fittings
Burgstahler Machine Works
Barrel washing Barrel Washing Cabinet, Tom Beard Co.,
tombeard.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Taylor Lombardo Architects, taylorlombardo.com
Contractor Wright Contracting Inc., wrightcontracting.com
Civil engineer Bartelt Engineering, barteltengineering.com
Survey Terra Firma Surveys Inc., terrafirmasurveys.com
Landscape architect Lutsko Associates, lutskoassociates.com
Electrical engineer JRA Electrical Engineers Inc., m.jranapa.com
Structural engineer IDA Structural Engineers, ida-se.com
Geotechnical
engineer
Bauer Associates Inc., bauergeotech.com
Mechanical,
plumbing and refrig-
eration engineer
Horn Engineers, hornengineers.com
Commercial kitchen
designer
Trimark Federighi Design, trimarkusa.com
Lighting designer Eric Johnson Associates, ericjohnsonassociates.com
Wastewater
treatment
Cloacina Inc., cloacina.com
Backup generator Bay City Electric Works, bcew.com
Concrete work RE Maher Inc., remaherinc.com
Metal fabrication/
catwalks
Wolff's Welding & Fabrication Inc., wolffswelding.com
Wiring VinWizard wiring: JMT, jmt.com
Facility wiring: Silverado Electric, (707) 252-0450
$50
OWNERS
Bart and Daphne
Araujo
PRODUCTION MANAGER/
WINEMAKER
Sarah Donley
CONSULTING WINEMAKER
Nigel Kinsman
YEAR BONDED
2015
$13
$18
300
45,000
