WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
60 WINES&VINES May 2018
Tolosa Winery
4910 Edna Rd., San Luis Obispo, Calif. 93401 • (805) 782-0300 • tolosawinery.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
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Source: Wines Vines Analytics Source: Wines Vines Analytics
WINERY CASE PRODUCTION WINERY AVERAGE BOTTLE PRICE
0 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Tolosa Winery
SLO County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
70,000
42,000
$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100
Tolosa Winery
SLO County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
$13
MAKING THE WINE
Destemmer/optical
sorter
Pellenc America, Inc., pellencus.com
Fermentation tanks La Garde, lagardeinox.com
Temperature control,
tank monitoring
TankNet, Acrolon Technologies, Inc., acrolon.com
Presses JLB, Bucher Vaslin North America, bvnorthamerica.
com; Europress EHM-120, Euro-Machines, Inc., eu-
romachinesusa.com
Pumps Waukesha and air pumps, Carlsen & Associates,
carlsenassociates.com
Racking wands Bulldog Manufacturing, bulldogmfg.com
Barrels Tonnellerie Marsannay, Nadalié USA, nadalie.com/
the-range-marsannay; Francois Frères USA, fran-
coisfreres.com; Tonnellerie de Mercurey USA, Inc.,
tonnellerie-de-mercurey.com; Ermitage Tonnellerie,
tonnellerie-ermitage.com; Tonnelleries Billon, Damy,
Bouchard Cooperages, bouchardcooperages.com;
Tonnellerie Sirugue, sirugueusa.com; Tonnellerie
Rousseau, tonnellerie-rousseau.com
Barrel racks Western Square Industries, Inc., westernsquare.com
Barrel washer Tom Beard Co., tombeard.com
OWNERS
Robin and Michelle
Baggett
WINEMAKER/PARTNER
Jean Hoefliger
WINEMAKER
Frederic Delivert
GENERAL MANAGER
June McIvor
YEAR BONDED
1998
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES
30%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
720
$13
$27
25,000
13,000
$80
PACKAGING
Bottling SLO Bottling Services, Inc., slobottling.com
Glass Encore Glass, encoreglass.com
Corks Portocork America, portocork.com
Screwcaps Amcor Flexibles American Canyon, stelvin.com
Mesa Vineyard Management oversees the estate vineyard. All of the picking for
the Tolosa wines is done by hand.
