Meeting Mike McAndrew---Winemaker at Stonington Vineyards

Following our meeting with Nick and Happy Smith of Stonington Vineyards, we met with Mike McAndrew, winemaker and Jim, assistant winemaker.

It was a beautiful spring day. Mike and Jim showed us around the winery. They have a new EuroPress that handles up to 24 hectoliters (or about 5000 pounds) of grapes an hour. He mentioned that when they had a problem with the EuroPress, Paul, the service representative was there within 24 hours and fixed the problem. For us, the after purchase service of a major piece of equipment is just as important as the equipment itself, so it was good to hear that EuroMachines has such prompt service. Mike also has a new Cima sprayer for the vineyard and we got a closeup look at the sprayer. Visiting wineries and talking with the winemakers is giving us a good idea of the types of equipment that we will need when we get our winery up and running.