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Williams Selyem opens new winery in California

DBR Staff Writer Published 29 August 2010

Williams Selyem, a producer of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel, has opened a new winery located at the Healdsburg, California to provide winemaking team more control over all aspects of production.

The new 28,000sqft winery will house barrel storage, the bottling line, hospitality spaces and wine tasting areas, three outdoor picnic areas, the laboratory and administrative offices.

John Dyson executive winemaker Bob Cabral said that every element of the production facility including floor coverings, ceilings and water treatment systems is of the highest scientific standard in the State. It is tailor made for Willians Selyem's unfiltered, non-interventionist wines.

The company said that the new winery includes the preservation of a number of 200 year-old California oak trees, utilization of sustainable design elements such as a 'green roof' of native grasses, the repurposing of 50 year-old heartwood redwood fermentation tanks purchased 18 years ago from the old Almaden winery in the Cienaga Valley and the installation of solar panels on the roof of the parking structure and mechanical room resulting in significant savings in electricity and hot water costs.

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