WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
106 WINES&VINES January 2018
The Walls Vineyards
1015 W. Pine St., Walla Walla, Wash. • (509) 876-0200 • thewallsvineyards.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
Thousands
The Walls Vineyards
Walla Walla County Average
Washington State Average
U.S. Average
24,700
42,000
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50
The Walls Vineyards
Walla Walla County Average
Washington State Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Sorting table Euro-Machines Inc., euromachinesusa.com
Hopper Euro-Machines Inc., euromachinesusa.com
Destemmer Delta Oscillys 100, Bucher Vaslin North America Inc.,
bvnorthamerica.com
Must pump INOXPA 05/25 flexible impeller pump, INOXPA,
inoxpausa.com
Other pumps 2-inch Yamada NDP-40BSH pump, Yamada,
yamadapump.com
Red wine
fermentation vessels
Nomblot 21 hL and 49 hL Nomblot cubes,
Nomblot Concrete Wine Tanks, wine-tanks.com
White wine
fermentation vessels
7 hL and 11 hL Nomblot eggs,
Nomblot Concrete Wine Tanks, wine-tanks.com
Tanks 1,300-gallon stainless-steel tanks, JVNW, jvnw.com
Oak vats Tonnellerie Boutes, boutes.com
Barrel-washing AquaTools, aaquatools.com
Presses Euro-Machines Inc., euromachinesusa.com;
Bucher Vaslin North America Inc., bvnorthamerica.com
Chillers/heaters G & D Chillers, gdchillers.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Alex DeMambro, demambroarchitecture.com
Interior lighting retrofit Wattsmart, Pacific Power, pacificpower.net
Rooftop solar system Walla Walla Electric, wwelectric.com
Electric Hayes Electric LLC, hayselectric.com
Metal fabrication Jim's Precision Fab & Machine, (509) 593-4698
Roofing Gillespie Roofing Inc., gillespie-roofing.com
HVAC Jeff Harshman, Thermalwise Heating & Refrigeration
LLC, (509) 520-8012, harshmasn@pocketinet.com
Plumbing Chris Johnson Plumbing, chrisjohnsonplumbing.com
Flooring Functional Surfacing LLC, (360) 460-2823
OWNERS
Mike Martin
WINEMAKER
Ali Mayfield
WINERY AVA
Walla Walla
YEAR BONDED
2014
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES:
80%-100%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
20 acres (pending
development)
$22
$32
3,000
8,300
$42
PACKAGING
Bottles Saver Glass, saverglass.com/en
Label printing
and corks
Lafitte Cork & Capsule Inc., lafitte-usa.com
Capsules Ramondin, ramondin.es/en
WINERY SERVICES
Laboratory services ETS Laboratories, etslabs.com
Wine shipments and
case goods storage
Winery Fulfillment Services (WFS),
wineryfulfillmentservices.com
Regulatory
compliance
Winery Compliance Services, wcsofww.com
Distribution Vehrs, vehrsdistributing.com
Web sales/POS/
inventory software
Vin65, vin65.com
Financing/bank Banner Bank, bannerbank.com
