WINEMAKING SARACINA VINEYARDS
11684 S. Highway 101 Hopland, Calif. (707) 744-1671 • saracina.com
TECHNICAL REVIEW Winery Case Production 5,500 OWNERS
John Fetzer and Patricia M. Rock WINEMAKER
Alex MacGregor
SARACINA VINEYARDS MENDOCINO COUNTY AVERAGE CALIFORNIA AVERAGE U.S. AVERAGE
44,000 0
WINERY AVA Mendocino
BONDED YEAR 2000
VINEYARD ACREAGE
300 DTC SALES 25%
THE CHALLENGE Built almost entirely by John Fetzer on the Fetzer family's Sundial Ranch, Saracina Vineyards is a modern winery designed to showcase the best of Mendocino County. Winemaker Alex MacGregor says he's committed to demonstrating that the county's vineyards produce fruit as good as its southern neighbors in Sonoma and Napa counties.
40,000 80,000
Winery Average Bottle Price $26
SARACINA VINEYARDS MENDOCINO COUNTY AVERAGE CALIFORNIA AVERAGE U.S. AVERAGE
$8 $9 $0 $15 $30 Source: WinesVinesDATA
MAKING THE WINE Sorting table Pacific Design
Crusher/ destemmer
Puleo 10, Carlsen & Associates
Bin dumper Hyster, Accurate Forklift Forklift Pumps
Nissan, Accurate Forklift
Wagner air pump for press pan, wagnerprocess.com; Two Waukesha, Carlsen & Associates
Pump overs
Racking wands
Press
Ozone Tanks
Clay Irrigators, Carlsen & Associates Punch downs Manual, Carlsen & Associates
Bulldog Pup, bulldogmfg.com
Bucher Vaslin RPM 100 Carlsen & Associates
30 total tanks, sizes 184 gallons and up, Santa Rosa Stainless Steel, srss.com
fermentation vessels
Barrels Mission Clay, missionclay.com
François Frères, Taransaud, Mel Knox Barrel Broker, knoxbarrels.com; Demptos, demptosusa.com; Paul Mueller Co., muel.com
Cave
Mobile botting services
California Wine Caves, (707) 333-6688
Halsey Bottling,
halseybottling.com; Mill Creek, millcreekbottling.com
Lab analysis In-house and ETS Labs, etslabs.com; Enartis Vinquiry, enartisvinquiry.com
28 WINES & VINES DOVEMBER 2012 NECEMBER 2012 Labels Label printing Closures Bottles
WINE PACKAGING Capsules
Amcor Flexibles, amcor.com
Corks
Cork Supply USA, corksupply.com; Rich Xiberta, xiberta.com
Nomacorc, nomacorc.com
Demptos Glass, demptos.com; TricorBraun Winepak, tricorbraunwinepak.com
CF Napa, cfnapa.com
Collotype, collotypelabels.com Winery Sorting table $23 60,500 80,000
