Patents Assigned to Global Vintners, Inc.
  • Wine fermentation vessel with lees containment apparatus
    Patent number: 8015915
    Abstract: There is provided a fermentation apparatus that allows the separation of a wine, beer or other brewed or fermented beverage from its lees using a single container. The vessel can be used in wine making operation and is constructed so that the lees that settle out during fermentation may be mechanically trapped at the bottom of the vessel and the wine then removed, typically through a spigot, without contamination by the entrapped lees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Global Vintners Inc.
    Inventor: Philip L. Poissant
  • Flush mounted spigot assembly
    Patent number: 7837072
    Abstract: A spigot assembly for use in a fermentation vessel, such as the type used in wine making, is provided. The spigot assembly is of a multiple part construction such that it substantially avoids entrapment of either sediment or air in or on the assembly as the spigot operates to remove liquid from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Global Vintners Inc.
    Inventors: Philip L. Poissant, William Herbert Evans
  • Wine making vessel
    Patent number: D612656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Global Vintners, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Poissant