Hidden Hangar Services
Hidden Hangar Winery - Custom Crush Services
Hidden Hangar Winery is now offering Custom Crush Services, as part of our ongoing expansion into vineyard and winery services. Custom crush wine services offer a unique solution for winemakers who want to produce their own wine without the significant investment in a winery. These services provide the infrastructure and expertise needed to take grapes from vine to bottle. At Hidden Hangar, clients can access a range of services including grape crushing, fermenting, aging, and bottling, all with the guidance of skilled staff and state-of-the-art equipment. This allows both start-up and established brands to focus on the creative side of winemaking while leaving the technical aspects to the professionals. Hidden Hangar even offers programs to assist growers in turning their fruit into wine, which can then be sold on the bulk market. It's an innovative way to enter the wine industry with reduced risk and overhead, while still having the opportunity to produce high-quality wines. As one of the largest Estate Wine producers in the State of Texas, Hidden Hangar is the right partner for you and ALL your winemaking needs.
Our Winemaker, Mark Schable, has 30 years’ experience, and has produced several award-winning wines for Hidden Hangar and our services customers. Our team of experienced viticulturists has worked with vineyards throughout the Texoma AVA and beyond.
Menu of Services
- Crushing and Fermenting: Services include mechanical and manual berry sorting, standard crush, crush for juicing/must chill, and various pressing options.
- Winemaking and Tank Storage: Offering temperature-controlled stainless storage, lees filtration, additions, racking, blending, fining, and stabilization processes.
- Barrel Services: New barrel preparation, temperature-controlled barrel aging, and general barrel maintenance such as topping and racking.
- Bottling: Capabilities range from screw-cap bottling to comprehensive quality assurance and quality control routines.
- Lab Analysis: Extensive testing services including Brix, pH, TA, SO2, VA, alcohol levels, and more.
- Packaging: Custom packaging solutions and package consulting to meet diverse needs.
- Compliance: Assistance with TTB/TABC wine tracking/reporting and label registration/COLA.
- Consultation: Expert advice on vineyard procurement, fermentation protocol, and winemaking processes.
- Facility Access: Use of state-of-the-art facilities designed for luxury-level custom crush winemaking services.
- Innovative Programs: Unique offerings like the 80/20 Growers Program for fruit-to-wine production and sales.
Call us today to discuss your custom crush needs.
Vineyard Management Services
We specialize in private estate vineyard design & installation, private vineyard management, and vineyard removal services in North Texas. We are the ideal solution for small (1-10 acre) vineyards as our mechanical solutions displace expensive labor requirements, and allow task completion in a fraction of the time required by manual solutions.
Vineyard management programs include:
Mechanical Pre-Pruning
Pruning - selecting positions and setting structure by pruning each vine according to plant health and the season’s objectives.
Cover crops
Soil analysis and adjustment to control erosion, attract beneficial insects and fix nitrogen.
Fertilization
Monitor pH, N, P, K, organics, and adjust as needed.
Spray
Herbicide application. Fungicide/mildewcide application - define spray regimen based on environmental factors, varietals, etc.
Vine Training
Training of each plant critical to maximize performance via ties/wires, shoot-thinning, mechanical shoot binding, mechanical removal of laterals/suckers.
Mechanical Canopy Hedging
Late summer in order to induce fruit flavors.
Mechanical Leaf Removal
Late summer to focus afternoon heat on fruit clusters.
Bird Deterrent
Work with you to determine best bird deterrent solution based on local pressures. Solutions can include netting, visual deterrents, audio deterrents. Installation services.
Irrigation management.
Monitor fruit ripening
Refractometer for brix, acidity, tannins, forecast harvest date.
Harvest
As directed by client and winemaker.
Vineyard Removal
Removal of trellis system, irrigation components, training stakes, and plants.
Winter repairs & Spring vine replacements
As directed by client and Vineyard Manager.
Give us a call to discuss how we can help you achieve your vineyard goals!
