Raas Consulting Services
Winery Development & Winemaking
Wine is grown in the vineyard but refined in the winery. From beginning a pick to finishing fermentation, Raas Consulting offers the essentials:
Everything from single barrel-fermentation, to large scale production
Work as a liaison between client & custom crush facilities
Prescribe fermentation monitoring and treatment
Develop best practice fermentation programs for clients goals
Correcting musts pre-ferment
Work with winery staff to monitor malo-lactic fermentation, barrel aging, and reserve lot selection
Winery planning & build-out, from the ground up
Facility contracting for all shapes and sizes, whether as a bonded winery, alternating proprietor, custom crush client, or “crush & flush” contract
Aging & Blending Advice
Enhance the style of the wines that have been established by the winery or help the winery create a new style. This involves understanding the story that the owner wants the wine to tell.
Review barrel programs and help the client have wood sources and oak aging that work with the client goals
Blend new wine or existing inventory to enhance clients program
Improve fruit profile, color stability, overall complexity and positive mouthfeel characteristics
Polish a wine to prepare it for bottling and aging
Be at winery for bottling to ensure wines and packaging all are at expected standards
Laboratory analysis and interpretation
Vineyard Development, Management and Fruit Sourcing
It takes years to know soils and grow grapes that reliably produce incredible wines, vintage after vintage. Raas Consulting offers expertise in all facets of vineyard development, farm management and fruit contracting. Moreover, we provide tailored services based on a client's desired goals including:
Site evaluation & soil analysis
Vineyard planning & planting
Vine architecture and vineyard modernization
Best farming practices conventional and organic
Grape sourcing & grower relations
Harvest sampling & calling a pick date
Schedule and logistics of fruit picking and fruit receiving
Determine vineyard site potential and reserve tier block recognition
Grower winery relations
Market Advice & Assistance
Decades of vintages and hundreds of 90+ scores have earned wines crafted by Raas Consulting a place at the table. A bottled wine is only half finished. The most important part is yet to come. Long experience in the market helps get our wines to the right customer's table.
Niche market analysis
Brand positioning and analysis
Referrals for expertise on licensing & compliance
Concept and brand development
Wine style and marketing coherence
Contact us and find how our services can benefit your company.