Custom Crush

It all started when…

We moved to our current winemaking facility on Suburban Road back in 2008. While producing our Stephen Ross and Flying Cloud Wines, we found that we had enough room in our facility to take on custom crush and alternating proprietor projects.

We work in collaboration with with our clients to make wines that both parties are proud of. From fruit processing to bottling, we will help you create the wines you want to make. We help clients produce white, red, rosé, and base wines for sparkling wine.

For all custom crush and alternating proprietor projects, we have an annual minimum of 8 tons. Lot sizes have a minimum of 2.5 tons and 130 case bottlings.

If this is a new venture for you, consider looking at Ag West Farm Credit for New Producer Grants and the Young, Beginning, and Small program. We are not affiliated with Ag West, but love what they do for wineries.

Services Include

We provide a number of services for our custom crush products. These include…

  • Receiving, crushing, fermenting, pressing, and moving to tank or barrel

    • Receive barrels and racks prior to harvest

    • Rinse and prepare barrels

    • Receive grapes

    • Destem or press for juice

    • Lab analysis for brix, pH, TA

    • Monitor alcohol fermentation and ferment grapes and/or juice

    • Press and transfer to barrels

    • NOTE: For white wines, we are able to help you from press to bottle, or we can press and then ship the juice to be fermented elsewhere.

  • Barrel Storage

    • Top wine every four weeks

    • Maintain SO2 and moisture in empty barrels

    • Steam clean barrels

  • Stainless Steel Tank Storage

    • Tank sizes: 350 gallons, 450 gallons, 750 gallons, 1,730 gallons, and 3,100 gallons

  • Cold Stabilization (2 week maximum)

  • Filtration

    • Lenticular or Plate and Frame Filters available

  • Bottling

    • 100 case minimum

Our Equipment

Our facility includes a range of state-of-the-art winemaking equipment. Some of the equipment we use is…

  • Europress 3000, a slotted tank membrane press

  • Carlsen & Associates Programmable Stainless Steel Basket Press

  • Carlsen & Associates Puleo Vega 10 Crusher-Destemmer

  • And more!

  • A sorting table is currently available at our facility

Our Pricing

Pricing varies for each project. Please inquire with us by phone or by using the form below.

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