Villa Maria Estate by Shaun La Franco

Position: Cellar Hand , 10 March 2011 - On-going

Supervisors: Dave Field, Cellar Manager; Dave Roper, Auckland Winemaker.

Auckland Winery

Auckland Winery

• 5HL & 15HL air bag presses• Destemmer/roller crusher w 25T bin tipper• Over 100 tanks and fermenters ranging from

500L to 140,000L.• Pneumatic punchdown, pulsair and micro-

oxygenation systems.

Tank farm: Drainers/tanks on left and open top fermenters on right.

Pall Oenoflow XL crossflow microfiltration plant.

Krones 12,000BPH bottling plant.

Auckland Winery

• Modern filtration/clarification capability – centrifuge, pad, lenticular and crossflow microfiltration.

• Barrel hall – 2000 in use, 3000 capacity.• Krones 12,000BPH bottling line.

EQUALS = Flexibility in vinification!

Highlights

Gaining experience with all aspects of vinification at harvest and during bottling season:– Fruit receival & processing– Fermentation– Clarification– Maturation– Preparation for bottling

Thank you to Villa Maria EstateFor the great experience!