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April 2018 WINES&VINES 41 WINERY & VINEYARD EQUIPMENT Wines & Vines reports on new wineries throughout the year, and several of those feature the latest equipment and innovations in grape processing as well as fermentation technology. Larger production, custom crush The new Riboli Family Winery in Paso Robles, Calif., is designed for small-lot premium wine- making as well as large-volume processing. The family-owned company recently pur- chased a Pellenc Optimum harvester, and grapes from that machine typically can go straight to the fermentation tank. Otherwise, the crush pad also features a Pellenc Selectiv' Process Winery L destemmer. For larger lots coming in on gondola bins, the winery uses a Brix Buddy auger from P & L Specialties. The winery has two presses: a Diemme Enologia Velvet 150 press as well as a Puleo SF70 press. For fermentation, the winery has 50 tanks by Santa Rosa Stainless Steel that in- clude 10 open-top tanks that can hold 19 tons and also have lids so the tanks can be used for storage. When they're filled with fermenting must, the caps on the open tops are managed with a punch-down device from R.S. Randall. All of the closed-top tanks that can hold 40 tons of must have individual pumpover pumps that are controlled by a TankNet system that can be used to set pumpover schedules as well as monitor and control tank temperature. "Not many people on the Central Coast have that," Riboli said of the dedicated pumpover system in the article first published in the July edition of Wines & Vines. "But when you look at the efficiency of the labor, we just felt in the long run it would be efficient and this year (2016) it did prove, very, very useful." The temperature and humidity of the win- ery's expansive 50,000-square-foot barrel room are controlled by a Smart Fog system as well as the TankNet network. One of the other major investments at the winery was a Clocina waste- water treatment system. The water treated with the membrane bio-reactor can be used for landscape irrigation or sent down the city sewer. One of the newest wineries in the Napa Valley is a Rutherford custom-crush facility owned by Bart and Daphne Araujo. The Arau- jos purchased the property and permit for a winery from a group of Japanese investors after they had sold their namesake winery and Eisele Vineyard to a French wine company. Named Wheeler Farms, the winery fea- tures the very best in winemaking equipment and is home to several small brands, including Arrow & Branch, which use it for production as well as hospitality. The crush pad features custom-built receiv- ing hopper by Wolf Welding & Fabrication and Iso Flo vibratory sorting tables by Key Technol- ogy. After sorting, the grapes are fist destemmed with a Bucher Vaslin Delta Oscyllis and then sorted with a Delta R1 Vistalys optical sorter. When Araujo was speaking to Wines & Vines for the article in the October 2017 issue of the magazine, he said he had long been skeptical of optical sorting until he saw the latest generation of the machines in action. "I have to say it's truly amazing," he said. "The differences in the tech- nology over the decade are extraordinary." Inside the winery, client winemakers can choose as little or as much intervention as they'd like to manage fermentation. All of the tanks are closed system, with individual pumpover pumps managed through the Vin- Wizard system. The double-walled tanks are also produced with 47 stainless steel by Canby, Ore.-based JVW and range in size from 4 to 7 tons. The winery also is equipped with two Bucher Vaslin presses, a JLB basket press for whites and XP30 membrane press for whites. "We're here to give the client exactly what they want. This system allows us to do it with very little labor," said winemaker Nigel Kinsman, who oversaw the design and outfitting of the winery. "With the closed system, the health of the wine is protected from a microbial stand- point from cross-contamination, and there's significantly less losses of wine." • TBC Barrel Washer – Saves 50% water over manual spray ball use. Current Financing Available. • TBC Recycling System Retrofit & Heat Exchanger – Replaces one rinse cycle and adjusts wash cycle for savings of nearly 50% water use. • TBC High Pressure Pump Upgrade – (For machines 2004 and older) Upgraded system creates low volume / high pressure water and saves 25% water use. CALL TODAY for a consultation 707-573-3150 www.tombeard.com 25% - 50% WATER SAVINGS