WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
50 WINES&VINES February 2018
Irvine & Roberts Vineyards
1614 Emigrant Creek Road, Ashland, Ore. • (541) 482-9383 • irvinerobertsvineyards.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
Irvine & Roberts Vineyards
Jackson County Average
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
6,000
42,000
$0 $10 $20 $30 $40
Irvine & Roberts Vineyards
Jackson County Average
Oregon Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Receiving hopper
and elevated
conveyor
Euro-Machines Inc., euromachinesusa.com
Destemmer Euro Select, Euro-Machines Inc.
Press Euro Press, Euro-Machines Inc.
Fermentation tanks JVNW Inc., jvnw.com
Temperature control TankNet, Acrolon Technologies Inc., acrolon.com
Barrel washer AaquaTools Inc., aaquatools.com
Pumps Liverani 2-inch flexible impeller pump, Prospero
Equipment Corp., prosperoequipment.com;
Two Yamada 1.5-inch air pumps,
Carlsen & Associates, carlsenassociates.com
Lab equipment Densitometer, Anton Paar USA, anton-paar.com
pH meter, Thermo Fisher Scientific, thermofisher.com
rAPID-T Analyzer, Astoria Pacific International,
astoria-pacific.com
BUILDING THE WINERY
Contractor Adroit Construction Co., adroitbuilt.com
Architect Kistler Small White, kistlersmallwhite.com
Landscape design Solid Ground Landscaping, solidglandscaping.com
Engineering Marquess & Associates, marquess.com
HVAC/temperature
control
Metal Masters, metalmasters-inc.com
Drains/plumbing Van Row Mechanical, (541) 890-2362
Metal building Garco Building Systems Inc., garcobuildings.com
Air compressor Ingersoll Rand, Portland Compressor,
portlandcompressor.com
Electric Precision Electric, precisionelectricor.com
OWNERS
Doug and Dionne
Irvine; Duane
and Kelly Roberts
WINEMAKER
Vince Vidrine
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Michael Donovan
YEAR BONDED
2007
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES:
75%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
56
$31
$24
6,000
3,200
$35
PACKAGING AND OTHER SERVICES
Bottling services Signature Mobile Bottlers Inc., signaturebottlers.com
Glass Global Package LLC, globalpackage.net;
Universal Packaging, thinkuniversal.com
Closures Cork Supply USA, corksupply.com
Capsules Ramondin USA Inc., ramondin.com
Label printing Tapp Label Co., tapplabel.com
Label design Lookout Design, lookoutdesign.com
