This week, Defranceschi will be displaying an entirely new product to the world at 2026 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium.
Our ceramic barrel heads not only reduce cellar loss/evaporation through the head of the barrel, but they also keep the interaction with oak to the premium toasted wood in the longer staves of the barrel.
Embedded in the ceramic head is an induction coil that can be used to keep individual barrels at the proper temperature for malolactic fermentation. More info about our barrels here: https://www.winebusiness.com/wbm/article/304438
Find Defranceschi in booth F1. We will also have a ceramic walled wine tank and one of our wine presses on display.
Defranceschi Turns Barrels on their Heads with New Ceramic Feature
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Join Defranceschi at the Eastern Winery Exposition, taking place March 25-27! Stop by booth 130 and say hello!
Learn more: https://easternwineryexposition.com/
Explore Defranceschi’s range of winemaking solutions, including wine presses, tanks, grape receiving equipment, and our custom-designed wine tanks. Discover our expertise in winery architecture and design, with displays showcasing our unique blend of artistry and technical excellence.
Our team will be available to answer your questions and provide personalized guidance. Matt Brennecke, our Head of New Equipment Sales has decades of experience as a winemaker using Defranceschi equipment. Leonardo Valenti, our Technical Lead and Parts & Service Manager, has a lifetime of experience working on Defranceschi presses and receiving equipment. Together they can use that firsthand knowledge to answer your questions and help you find the right equipment for your workflow and winemaking style.
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WIN Expo Booth: 337
For more than 50 years, Defranceschi has been providing the winemaking world with innovation by combining technology and precision, knowledge and passion, all with one overriding goal: to optimize the work that goes into each bottle by providing solutions with cutting edge technology and design.
- Technologically advanced presses designed for user ease.
- Crafted entirely in stainless steel for durability and purity.
- Open drum or closed drum options for versatile production.
- Customizable accessories to meet unique needs.
- Extended warranty up to three harvest seasons.
Defranceschi is proud to exhibit at the 2024 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium in Sacramento, California January 24-25th.
Come see us in Booth #1818 for the newest innovations in wine press technology, winemaking equipment, and the best custom-designed wine tanks. We offer complete winery design working with your architects or ours.
Visit Us in Booth #604
Visit Defranceschi in booth #604 at WINExpo to get a look at the JP22 open drum wine press with an easy dump juice vat. No more bins or shovels required for getting rid of skins and seeds after pressing. Simply empty the press into the vat, pick it up with a forklift and pull the lever to dump. The vat resets itself when you lower it to the ground and it is ready to go again after a quick rinse. The Defranceschi booth will also feature examples of our unique design tanks and winery design projects.
Cellese has a working methodology which is totally different from any other winery, i.e: each customer owns four or five wine barriques which are located in their private tasting room.
Once a year their customers embark on a journey to Tuscany. They meet together with the producer Cellese in the tasting room and together with the enologist they make the wine “assemblage” by mixing wines in a glass, obtaining different results. They go on tasting these results until they reach a wine considered perfect both by the customer and the producer/enologist. After that, they choose the “assemblage” and the corresponding barrique number which contains it and decide the quantity of wine which will be produced in that same tasting room. In the case of a wine which has been assembled for a season when a particular event will take place (for example a son’s wedding, birthday etc), specific packaging and bottles will be designed and sent to the final destination. There could be seasons when a specific event won’t be involved, but a private label will be packaged instead.
Moreover, every customer owns a quota of their own wine produced in Italy.
This tasting room is open just for these partners/barriques owners and not for the public.
Designed by Defranceschi, 6 flacons positioned on a wooden support, (capacity 250lt) specific sepage/terroir ready to be “assembled” per glass are stored. In the 6 cylindrical tanks which are positioned on a metal structure, the “assembled wines” ready to be bottled are stored.
Please visit www.defranceschiusa.com to see more examples of custom winery design projects and wine tanks.