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Nickel & Nickel Timber Frame
Winery
Napa Valley, California
www.nickelandnickel.com
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Some who take the tour of the Nickel and Nickel winery call it a theme park
of barns. Originally the land had a landmark house and two historic barns.
The winery wanted to retain the agricultural heritage so the main
fermentation building (above) was designed to look and feel like it had been
on the property for years. The rustic handcrafted frame is intended to
contrast with the new high-tech stainless steel fermentation equipment and
catwalks.
The entry area to the main fermentation building is called the Crush shed.
The crush shed is the staging area where grapes are received and the
processing of wine begins with the crushing of the grapes. The Posts are
12x12s, the rafters are 6x10s on 8’ centers and the purlins are 4x4s. We
used a traditional Dutch anchor beam with principal plate sections that have
swing beams to help with the open span. This crush area is open on three
sides and has an open footprint of 48’x32’. Inside the main barn you will
find the same Dutch anchor beams; however, these anchor beams are made of
34’-16x22 inch beams.
The natural patina on the timbers was key to the design process. We wanted
the timber frame to look as natural as possible with an aged look. Finding
40,000 bd. ft. of timber with the proper size and a similar patina took more
than a year to source. We pulled material from all over the west coast:
Vancouver, Canada to SanDiego, CA.
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