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In The Winery

“The Vision-2 features the best optical eye in
the industry combined with the best software to
produce the highest level of quality consistently
throughout the harvest. The cleated belt holds the
fruit from moving around and allows the Vision-
2’s optical system to determine what it keeps and
what it rejects. You can set the Vision-2 to keep
or remove raisins and remove fruit that does not
meet a certain size or color level. With today’s labor
shortage, the Vision-2 will control up to six other
machines on the receiving and sorting line. This
level of automation allows you to run the optical
line with one to two people.”

Developing a Crush Pad

Equipment and supplies for crush pads are critical
components for a successful crush season. Experts
say that coordinating with knowledgeable compa-
nies makes a big difference for wineries developing
a crush pad.

The Vinter’s Vault helps wineries of all sizes solve
the dilemma of exactly how to execute a crush pad.
With two locations in Paso Robles and Temecula,
California, and a third in Texas, the company’s
reach is global, including clients located throughout
the U.S. and in Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, China,
Nova Scotia and Indonesia. The Vinter’s Vault works
with several manufacturers to provide wineries with
equipment such as destemmers, presses, tanks, lift
conveyors, sorting and vibrating tables. Ryan Horn
is the company’s President.

“We do full crush pad set-ups and often help
clients with their designs. We commonly do full
design layouts for new and expanding wineries
where we can design and plot the flow of work for
their view and to fit their needs, desires and loca-
tion,” said Horn. “For crush pad equipment, we are
most known for the Athena Presses, which are very
state-of-the-art central membrane presses that are
faster, more gentle and more efficient than any
press on the market. Our IMMA crush pad equip-
ment is also well known.”

Pellenc also deploys a design and sales team to
work with wineries worldwide to develop crush
pads, including wineries in California, Texas, the

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