WINEMAKING TECHNICAL SPOTLIGHT
30 WINES&VINES July 2018
Crocker & Starr Wines
700 Dowdell Lane, St. Helena, Calif. 94574 • crockerstarr.com • 707-967-9111
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 20 40 60 80 100
Thousands
Crocker & Starr Winery
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
Crocker & Starr Winery
Napa County Average
California Average
U.S. Average
70,000
42,000
$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100
$13
BUILDING THE WINERY
Architect Taylor Lombardo, taylorlombardo.com
Excavation RCX, Inc., rex-inc.com
General contractor Cary & Associates, carybuilders.com
Landscape architect Charlie Crocker
Concrete RCX, Inc.
Plumbing TRIMYC Mechanical, Inc, trimyc.com
Drains/flooring ACO Drain, ACO Polymer Products, Inc., acousa.com;
North Coast Concrete, Inc., northcoastconcrete.com
Catwalks,
metal fabrication
Wolff's Welding & Fabrication,
(707) 933-8590
Electrical Napa Electric, (707) 252-6611
PACKAGING AND OTHER SERVICES
Glass Saverglass, Inc., saverglass.com;
TricorBraun, tricorbraun.com
Corks Nomacorc, Vinventions USA, vinventions.com;
Ganau America, Inc., ganauamerica.com;
Amorim Cork America, amorimca.com
Capsules Ramondin USA, Inc., ramondin.com;
Rivercap USA, rivercap.com
Label printing Herdell Printing, Inc., herdellprinting.com;
Multi-Color Corp., mcclabel.com/wine-spirit.html
Label design James Cross
OWNERS/PRINCIPALS
Pam Starr and
Charlie Crocker
WINEMAKER
Pam Starr
ASSOCIATE
WINEMAKER
Evyn Cameron
CELLAR MASTER
Samantha Johnson
YEAR FOUNDED
1997
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER
SALES
90%
VINEYARD ACREAGE
85
$13
$19
45,000
$90
MAKING THE WINE
Sorting table Burgstahler Machine Works, (707) 967-0553
Destemmer Bucher Vaslin North America, bvnorthamerica.com
Press Diemme Enologia, diemme-enologia.com
Fermentation tanks Criveller Group, criveller.com
Pumps ColloPack Solutions, collopack.com
Harvest boxes API Kirk Containers, apikirkcontainers.com
Barrels Tonnellerie Bossuet, The Boswell Co.,
boswellcompany.com; Vincent Darnajou
Cooperage, The Morlet Selection, Inc.,
mortletselection.com; Tonnellerie Orion,
Tonnellerie Orion, tonnellerieorion.com;
Taransaud, Tonnellerie Taransaud, taransaud.com;
Sylvain, Tonnellerie Sylvain, tonnellerie-sylvain.fr
Additions, enzymes
and nutrients
Scott Laboratories, Inc., scottlab.com;
Enartis USA, enartis.com;
Gusmer Enterprises, gusmerwine.com
Hoses, clamps and
other fittings
Burgstahler Machine Works
Ml Bacteria Gusmer Enterprises
3,200
A stand-alone tasting room opened in 2009.
