Innovative Science & Engineering Solutions

for the Wine Industry

Perception and Reality Winemaking as a polluting industry?

The Reality

• Wineries emit ethanol vapor during fermentation

• Ethanol vapor is a volatile organic gas (VOC)

• VOC forms smog

• Most USA wine made in large Central Valley

tank-farms

• Central Valley smog

second worst in USA

• New winery emission limits

• Substantial winery compliance costs

• Production caps imposed

• Conventional pollution controls incompatible

• No Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)

• Ethanol vapor lost opportunity

The Problem

The Solution

• Patent-pending system retains ethanol vapor

• Liquor & offset credit revenue from captured vapor

• PAS designed for wineries

• May be used to enhance wine quality

• Pollution control with positive winery ROI

vapor

fermenting

wine

80-100 proof

alcohol

CO2

CO2 carries

vapors to PAS Winery refrigerant liquifies

ethanol vapor in PAS

Dry and clean CO2

collected or vented

Process Diagram

No moving parts,

fans or pumps

Fermentation heat

vaporizes ethanol

Wine flavors and aromas

collected with ethanol

Geraldine Ritchie, Ph.D. Cal Poly-SLO; Professor,

Enology and Viticulture

Charlotte Hill, Ph.D. CEO & President

Georg Fischer Signet, Inc.

Gianni Manucci Winery Owner and Winemaker

James Lunt Winemaker and Winery Management

Alan Kraemer Chief Technology Officer, DTS Inc.

John Dmohowski Dir. Client Services, PortTech Los Angeles

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Corporate Legal

Advisory Team

Steve Colome, Sc.D. Co-founder; Science and

Regulatory Compliance

Marci Norkin-Schöpel Co-founder; Engineering

and Product Design

Management Team

Market Potential • >$1B initial target market in San

Joaquin Valley California

• USA 10% global production

• >$17.5B addressable global

market

Sacramento Valley

San Joaquin Valley

South Coast

South Central

Coast

North Central

Coast

San Francisco

Bay

Lake County

North

Coast Mountain County

PAS vs. the Competition

Nohmovo

UV-Activated Scrubber

Pollutant Removal

Cost-Effective

No Hazardous Disposal

Low O&M Costs

No Water Use

Low Energy Use

• Intellectual Property • Pat. Pend: 12/476,231

• Pat. Pend: 13/358,499

• First to market

• Trade secrets from 5-yr R&D

• Extensive proprietary client

database

Barriers to Entry

Sales and Marketing

Direct Sales to Customers International sales agents

Licensed sales agents

Industry Publications Wines & Vines and annual “Buyer’s Guide”

Vineyard & Winery Management

Trade Shows Unified Wine & Grape Symposium (Sacramento)

ProWein (Germany)

WinTech (Australia)

Steven Colomé, Sc.D. Marci Norkin-Schöpel

sdcolome@eco-pas.com mnorkin@eco-pas.com

office: (626) 539-5850

website: www.eco-pas.com