Patents Assigned to The Vineyard, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11702624
    Abstract: A system and method for regression modeling an interior volume of a containment vessel and interpolating data from multi-point sensor arrays within the containment vessel to detect conditions across the interior volume of the containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cedar Knoll Vineyards, Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Gastón Palmaz
  • Patent number: 4999209
    Abstract: Simultaneous double reverse osmosis process for production of low and non-alcoholic beverages, particularly wines, from any traditionally fermented table wine feedstock. A portion of the feed wine is subjected to remove alcohol and water as a permeate, with recycle of the concentrated retentate, while simultaneously a volume-balanced amount of reverse osmosis water is input back into the feed tank to maintain the in process wine at the initial level of the feedstock wine. The process may be run batch-wise, alternately, or in a modified semi-continuous operation to produce non-alcoholic wines (wines having residual alcohol content of less than 0.01% by volume) low alcohol wires (less than 0.5 volume percent alcohol), or wines having reduced alcohol content (less than 11-13 volume percent). The process also overcomes the 5% alcohol barrier problem of conventional reverse osmosis. The resulting finished wine has flavor, aroma and color solids concentrations of a level acceptable in good commercial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Ariel Vineyards, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry R. Gnekow
  • Patent number: 4888189
    Abstract: Simultaneous double reverse osmosis process for production of low and non-alcoholic beverages, particularly wines, from any traditionally fermented table wine feedstock. A portion of the feed wine is subjected to remove alcohol and water as a permeate, with recycle of the concentrated retentate, while simultaneously a volume-balanced amount of reverse osmosis water is input back into the feed tank to maintain the inprocess wine at the initial level of the feedstock wine. The process may be run batch-wise, alternately, or in a modified semi-continuous operation to produce non-alcoholic wines (wines having residual alcohol content of less than 0.01% by volume) low alcohol wines (less than 0.5 volume percent alcohol), or wines having reduced alcohol content (less than 11-13 volume percent). The process also overcomes the 5% alcohol barrier problem of conventional reverse osmosis. The resulting finished wine has flavor, aroma and color solids concentrations of a level acceptable in good commercial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Ariel Vineyards, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry R. Gnekow
  • Patent number: PP8463
    Abstract: A grapvine cv. Bianco One that is a mutation of the Flame Seedless grapevine and that is particularly characterized by its round berries which have a bright red skin color, very crisp flesh texture, high sugar content, excellent eating quality, and which ripen approximately 15 days before Flame Seedless and differ from Flame Seedless in having a somewhat smaller berry size, smaller vestigial seeds and earlier time of flowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Anthony Vineyards, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert O. Bianco
  • Patent number: D355087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: The Vineyard, Inc.
    Inventor: J. David Billingsley
  • Patent number: D754470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Blossom Bench Vineyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia M. Rothfield, Dean A. Colpitts
  • Patent number: D779938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: DRY CREEK VINEYARD, INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Lee Auston
  • Patent number: D823684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Dry Creek Vineyard, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Lee Auston