Ànforum · Barricas de Piedra

Granite vessels for winemaking

Ànforum grew out of a research and development project involving companies in Galicia's wine industry. It designs and manufactures egg-shaped granite vessels for winemaking, combining stonework and technology as an alternative to wooden barrels.

How the vessels are intended to work

Ànforum says the oval granite design allows controlled micro-oxygenation that helps avoid reductive notes, keeps temperatures steadier, and encourages the wine to move naturally, keeping lees in suspension. The vessels can be used for maceration, fermentation, and aging on the lees, with the aim of expressing the wine's place of origin.

Development

The company presented a larger vessel in November 2020. Its website has covered wines aged in granite vessels developed in Valga and Blanco Granito from Pazo Torre Penelas, which it describes as the first wine fermented and aged in Galician granite.

Location and contact

Ànforum is at Avenida da Coruña 15, 36645 Valga, Pontevedra, Spain.

• Spain phone: +34 986 559 477
• Email: anforum@anforum.es

For Mexico, it lists a contact through Ardoaméxico:

• Phone: +52 (646) 257 1313
• Email: info@ardoamexico.com
• Website: ardoamexico.com