Create your Muse

redefining excellent service

CUSTOM CRUSH & HOME TO MUSEION

Our Museion facility embodies duality, serving both as a premier custom crush operation and as the cherished home of our family’s Museion wine label. Here, we produce the highest quality wines for over 40 esteemed clients, including renowned winemakers, iconic Napa wineries, and boutique projects. At the core of our operations is Atelier Melka, our consultant winemaker, whose expertise guides the creation of wines that reflect the passion and dedication we bring to every bottle. At Museion, our family’s legacy and the art of winemaking flourish side by side.

SERVICES

Innovint and Vinwizard integration create a seamless interface of work order management and inventory control for every client. Our process ensures that the outcome is nothing less than perfection.

Crush, Press, Ferment and Barrel Down
Monthly samples for analysis pulled and submitted (lab fees not included)
2 Additions to tanks (not including the supplies). Tartaric acid, DAP and so 2 will be included.
Heating and cooling to every tank.
Up to 10 months aging, including monthly sampling, so2 addition and one topping per month.
Stirred every 2 weeks
Heat and Cold Stabilization prior to bottling (3 weeks max)
1 racking per lot during the 10 months of aging.
Complimentary empty barrel storage through Dec 31st (wash every 3 months, ozone 1x/month and 2x/year steam)
Not including any in house analysis (We will only run brix and temp during harvest).
Innovint cloud-based software for real time winemaking, inventory and work order management.
* Stainless ferment for White is not guaranteed and depends upon tank availability during harvest as determined in Winery’s sole discretion.
Fruit receiving and Processing on a full Processing line with Optical sorter.
Crush, Ferment, Press, and Barrel Down.
14-16 Days on Skins. including up to 3 PO’s a day. EM negotiable.
Monthly samples for analysis pulled and submitted (lab fees not included).
Additions to tanks (not including the supplies). Tartaric acid, DAP and so2 will be included.
Heating and cooling to every tank.
Up to 22 months aging, including monthly sampling, so2 addition and one topping per month.
1x/Week Barrel Stirring for sluggish lots.
3 rackings per lot during the 22 months of aging.
Pump-overs during extended maceration if available.
Complimentary empty barrel storage through Dec 31st (includes wash every 3 months, ozone 1x/month and 2x/year steam).
Not including any in house analysis (We will only run brix and temp during harvest).
Press cuts – Either leave or combine with free run by Feb 1st.
Innovint cloud-based software for real time winemaking, inventory and work order management.
Tanks are monitored using Vinwizard software.
As a full-service, state of the art custom crush winery, we also offer topping, additions and other analysis monitoring while your is wine in our storage facility. To ensure your wine ages as it should, our climate control systems maintain warehouse temperatures of 55° to 58° and 65% to 70% humidity. Backup generators ensure no fluctuations in temperature. Motion-activated lighting minimizes UV exposure.
Monthly Storage of Empty and Full Barrels
Barrel fermentation
Topping
Analysis
Additions
Barrel sanitation with ozone
Barrel steaming
Empty barrel maintenance
Alternating Proprietorship
Rack and return
High pressure, hot water wash
SO2 gas empty barrels
Inventory tracking
Blending
Filtration
Fining
Cold stabilization

EQUIPMENT

Our tanks range from 3-15 tons that can accommodate any wine making program and style. State of the art technology is used from the moment your grapes arrive. From our Oscillys destemmer to our optical sorter and then to our closed top tanks with auto pump capabilities.

Receiving hopper
Buchar Vasilis Delta Oscillys 100 Destemmer
Bucher Vaslin Delta Oscillys 200 Destemmer
Key technology Sorting Table (MOG)
Shaker ISO-FLO grip system (receiving station/ grape sorting table]
WECO Shaker table (Berries)
WECO optical sorters are both 32” wide, 4 Chromax HD cameras
G&D Chiller/Heater unit
3.5 ton Euro Press EP 2 Closed Press
10 ton Euro Press EP 2 Closed Press
Vinwizard remote tank monitoring, temperature and auto-pumpover control
Innovint production and work order management
Auto Pumps to all closed top tanks

PORTICO

created with our boutique clients in mind

Meaning ‘entrance to the temple’, our Portico structure is located immediately adjacent to Museion, and specializes in small-lot, hand-crafted wines under the watchful eyes of our Director of Winemaking Jay Turnipseed, longtime winemaker Juan Alfaro, and our dedicated cellar team. From grape to bottle, our Portico shines as an example of everything Museion stands for in winemaking.