FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS

Our suppliers are family-owned businesses that place a premium on the quality of life in the workplace, with an emphasis on positively affecting the environment around them.

SIRIO AMPHORA FOR POST HARVEST ELEVAGE

Show off your fruit by vinifying your wine in these spectacular clay containers. Mimicking the porosity of a tight-grained oak barrel, you gain all the benefits of oxygenation without adding aroma or flavor from the container.

MOVING FORWARD IN TODAYS DYNAMIC BUSINESS CLIMATE

IQ's products and service solutions are structured on business innovations. "This ain't your daddy's wine industry"! Wineries are searching for an edge to catch their consumer's imagination. Every project we work on provides creative wine production solutions for your specific needs.

Master Cooper, Enologist and Botti Provocateur. Striking a balance of inovation and tradition.

"IQ" Limousin Oak Hogshead And Puncheons. Barrels For Evolving Tastes
In the early eighties, Limousin oak barrels were prevalent with winemakers trying to make a statement with Chardonnay and Cabernet. Fast forward to 2022 we are drawing on that experience to bring you Hogs Heads and Puncheons designed to frame fruit while making a character statement to blend in as a nuance. Our commitment to large format barrels is an ideology of cost-efficiency as well as a more measured infusion of character.

Sirio Anfore - Wine Amphora Traditional In Concept Modern In Structure.
A lifetime of transforming matter, aiming to create objects that could give emotions from sight and touch. We balance art, historical craft, and technology in our wine amphora to allow you to coax the style and nuance out of your best grapes. The refined design is done by a winemaker for winemakers. Our process is done by hand overseen by a Master Potters ensuring the optimal transformation of the gres into the final product.

Louis Latour Cooperage - Eleven Generations, Singularly Great French Oak Barrels
The quintessential "house barrel" is an original industry standard. Always respecting the wine's origin Latour Cooperage has inspired others to rethink toasting.

Louis Latour Cooperage - Eleven Generations, Singularly Great French Oak Barrels
The quintessential "house barrel" is an original industry standard. Always respecting the wine's origin Latour Cooperage has inspired others to rethink toasting.

Based in the Russian River Valley, devoted consulting winemaker Daniel Moore has made wine for several noteworthy wineries such as Martinelli Winery and Lynmar Estate. He was the founding winemaker for both wineries and worked at the latter for over a decade in the mid-1990s. His 38 plus vintages included establishing his Zmoore Winery, a Gewurztraminer centric brand made entirely in puncheons. He also co founded a Rose only brand, SoloRosa in 2001, leading the “pink revolution”. A wine cellar consulting expert— his knowledge comes steeped in 40 vintages of hands-on winemaking. Eschewing “work order” and “sample bottle” consulting, he prefers boots in the winery to continue to channel his inner cellar rat.

"Let the wine happen in the vineyard!" Chris Bowland

Daniel Moore - Recovered Winemaker Balance, Elegance And Finesse.....In Wine And Life

"Let the wine happen in the vineyard!" Chris Bowland

Improve production flow and efficiencey with custom stainless solutions

Custom Wine Tanks
Put 30 years of tank building expereince and inovation to work for your wines. Let Wine IQ's years of winemaking exoerience combined with Sonoma Stainless' creative design create tanks that offer flexibility and efficiency.

Catwalks And Crush Pad Layout
We can design new or retrofitted catwalks. With safety and functionality a must we can also add architecturalflair for the DTC experience.Not all catwalks are large and fixed to a building. Safety is an issue for large and small vessels. Let our innovative solutions create a safe working environment for your staff.

Good Stuff Fabrication
The big equipment might bring efficiency of scale, but its the small stuff that makes the cellar run. Sonoma Stainles hs the tools for you to get through any production day with aplomb. If you need it we will make it.

A Balanced Palette Of Options

We are committed to finding production solutions for all of your wine programs. New construction or a cellar/crushpad remodel, Sonoma Stainless can take you from design and layout to installation of stainless steel tanks and catwalks, through pumpover and punchdown automation. When less is more the Louis Latour barrels are unparralled for thier elegance and consistancy. Bred to showcase the terroir of your wine and not inluence it. Our house barrels comes in one flavor. "IQ" Barriques offer the unique perspective of Limousin oak for todays emerging and traditional varietals. We have partnered with Jean Christophe Varron a visionary in oak aging and toasting. We rely on his steadfast commitment to artisanal consistency in the end product. A clear focus and the right approach can save time as well as money. Let our experience help you move forward faster with yout production choices and efficiencies.

Get In Touch

If you have a question concerning our business products or services - let us know. We invite you to learn more about winery production with consulting winemaker Daniel Moore, he is ready to share his enthusiasm for the process of winemaking.We love the challenge of turning your ideas into reality and are always ready to talk through any message.