US: Spring Mountain invests $1 million in winemaking technology upgrade
US: Spring Mountain invests $1 million in winemaking technology upgrade
Nov 21, 2012 6
(NapaValleyRegister) - In its continuous quest for quality, Spring Mountain Vineyard this past year invested $1 million in cutting-edge winemaking technology.
The technology included a heating and cooling system, Vin Wizard software to control and track fermentation, and eight Taransaud French oak fermenters.
Each of the fermenters holds 1,848 gallons of wine and has a per-unit price of more than $30,000 before installation. Because of their size, the 12-foot-tall fermenters couldn’t be brought into the winery through Spring Mountain Vineyard’s regularly used doors. They had to be laid on their sides on a moving platform and rolled circuitously through the cave network into the adjacent cellar.
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