Experienced Wine Making Consultancy Services
Vivid Wines provides a complete consultancy service from vineyard planning, growing and harvesting to wine production, bottling and labeling.
With expertise in both viticulture and enology disciplines you are assured of practical advice based on experience of every aspect of the wine making process.
We are able to apply our knowledge to your specific needs and conditions both in the vineyard and in the winery, for the production of white, rosé, red and sparkling wine.
Taking on a consultant may feel like a difficult decision, but we work closely with our clients to maximise the potential of their business and quickly overcome any operational issues.
Our aim is to help our clients produce the best possible wines. An improvement in taste can often be experienced in a short space of time.
We offer an extensive range of vintage and non- vintage winemaking consultancy services, including vineyard and winery planning, system and work-flow improvements, as well as advice in cellar hygiene, record keeping, labeling and packaging for both, still and sparkling wines.
Vintage consulting services:
- Vintage planning
- Grape evaluation & harvest determination
- Pre-harvest vineyard & winery preparation
- Grape reception & pressing strategy
- Fermentation management and malolactic fermentation
- Oak treatment
- Fining, stabilisation and clarification
- Winemaking protocols
- Organoleptic Balance
- Quality assessments
- General vintage operations
Non-Vintage consulting services:
- Blending
- Fining, stabilisation and clarification
- Oak selection, maturation & Barrique handling
- Pre-bottling adjustments
- Laboratory set-up and training
Tasting and wine evaluations
- Tasting notes
- Back label creation
- Systems analyses & work procedure evaluation and establishing
- Health and Safety
- Guides and Guidelines
- Tasting room consulting
- Wine list creation
- Selections and pairings for restaurants & wineshops