Myrtle Creek
The winemaker/owner of Myrtle Creek Winery had what seemed to be an unrealistic construction budget at 50% of the lowest conceivable cost per square foot. Using modular construction materials, simple geometry, and minimization of the installations, the building was built within 15% of the budget. The building has large door openings on three sides and […]
S.F. Vineyards
Architecture was retained to advise on vineyard layout, design a winery, tasting experience, kombucha bar, and support facilities. The site is flat and overlooked from the adjacent highway. The layout of the property includes: -a textured vineyard with efficient grape transport to the winery -a highly visible elevated tasting pavilion with extensive patios and water […]
Escondido Winery
A large agricultural parcel populated with the remnants of farm and residential structures that were destroyed by a wildfire, is being restored for agricultural use as a winery and guest facilities. Eighty percent of the site is planned for the planting of vineyards. For the remaining area the program includes placing Spanish influenced buildings into […]
Derby Wine Estates
For this building, the winery owner wanted a mission style structure that authentically captured the look and feel of the original California missions. It was discovered that the production needs of his wine maker, for lot sizes and technique, were a good fit for typical proportions and dimensions of a mission. The buildings are arranged […]
Gilbert Cellars
The initial extent of the winemaking on this 2,000 acre apple orchard included 20 acres of grape vines and a production facility in existing farm buildings. Subsequently a concrete structure was buried at the edge of a bluff for barrel storage. Our design for the winery was to relocate the production facilities into a building […]
Cottonwood Canyon Winery
This winery design capitalizes on the presence of a mesa, with seventy feet of elevation change, tracking the mid point of the vineyard. The concept was for a series of wine caves, excavated into the face of the mesa with architectural elements, containing support facilities, located at the three portals into the caves, two on […]
Paso Robles Cellars
With the style of the owner’s current winery facility in Napa as a model, this winery was designed as a collection of barns with prominent cupolas providing natural light to the interior. Contemporary detailing references design and production techniques using progressive technologies. The buildings are arranged along the eastern slopes of a small hill, nestled […]
Stuart Cellars
The Temecula wine valley is of limited size but impressive in the steepness of the valley walls and the vineyards that adorn them. Stuart Cellars is fortunate to have prime vineyard land on these slopes but a winery site on a back slope that is not visible from the road at the valley floor. The […]
Arciero Vineyards/EOS Estate Winery
The ownership team at the Arciero Vineyards/EOS Estate Winery had the vision to construct a bed and breakfast/events facility on their property to serve the needs of the growing wine industry in the Paso Robles AVA. The facility, designed by Architecture, J. A., Inc, is Italian styled, in keeping with the owner’s ancestry. The focal […]
Oak Hollow/Prospero Winery
When an existing agricultural operation decides to participate in the expanding wine industry, they are typically challenged with issues of esthetics and scale. This is specifically the nature of the Oak Hollow project. A vineyard was planted on a portion of the 200 acres of land, and wine produced in the existing 50,000 square foot […]