We would like our winery to be as gravity driven as possible and our building plans will take that into consideration. Getting the proper tank is a part of right-sizing the building. Toward those ends, the representative that we saw (trying still to be impartial, no names will be mentioned until we make a decision), will provide us with a schematic on how the tanks should be placed. This will help us immensely when we go to the architect with our plans.
For the first year we will be planting only white grapes but plan on planting some red variety in the future so we will need to purchase tanks to accommodate both white and red winemaking.
- Here is the computation:
- 1 ton of grapes = 160 gallons of must
- 160 gallons = approximately 800 bottles of wine
(160 gallons x Five 750 ml bottles) - 800 bottles = approximately 66 cases of wine
(800 divided by 12 bottles in a case)
We also will be getting some neutral oak barrels for the Chardonnay so we will need to plan on space for the barrels. The typical barrel can hold approximately 60 gallons which means approximately 25 cases from 1 barrel. Since the wine will be in the barrel for at least 18 months, we will have to project how many barrels we will be using for at least a season and a half.
Many things to think about!
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