Services
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Winemaking
Cellar cleanliness and organization
Setup and efficiencies of production
Harvest to bottle protocols
Wine analysis - Sensory and chemical
Building planning and equipment procurement
Fermentation, blending, filtration, and stabilization
Vineyard
Site specific management
Equipment advise
General
Product orders
Vision advice
Honest truth
Warehousing and Inventory
Where do all my packaged goods live, and how do I track inventory once sales start?
Problem Solving
How to restart a stuck fermentation, and why did this happen in the first place?
How do I create balance? It starts in the vineyard and ends with your vision of the final product.
Acids, sugars, alcohol, pH, what do they all mean and can they be adjusted?
Textures & aromas. The why and how do wines create sensorial effects?
Vintage variation or annual consistency? How mother nature and winemaking play their part.
Wine faults, where do they come from, and how to mitigate?
Do yeasts and bacteria really matter, and what else throughout the process? Enzymes?
Why should I filter and stabilize my wine, or is it safe to leave it?
Colour extraction. Why, when, how?
Can I afford to age my wine prior to release or should it be easy to consume post bottling?
What to do with leftover wine post blending? Selling or purchasing bulk wine
How do I top barrels and with what and how often?
Sulphur, why or why not?
What's the difference between low intervention and hands on?
Who are my clients and what are their expectations?
When to do what and how in the vineyard?
What tools do I need to complete my tasks? Everything from apparel to equipment, tanks to barrels, vehicles to tractors, pruning sheers to duct tape.