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The first wine tank ICC Northwest manufactured was in 1981 under the trademark name JVNW. It was a floating lid tank for Amity Vineyards in Amity, Oregon. It was also the first floating lid tank manufactured in the U.S. It is still in use today along with its more modern sisters and brothers. There have been a lot of ‘firsts’ in ICC NW wine tanks. Grapes love our tanks.

Wine is a pleasure of the senses. ICC Northwest wine tanks make good sense and the Engineering Department takes pleasure in pushing the boundaries of what started as simple fermentation storage units. Today, the tanks can be gentle giants featuring sophisticated monitoring systems or simple totes for the elegance of single lot fermentation.

White Wine Fermenters
Red Wine Fermenters
Open Top Fermenters
Variable Capacity Fermenters

Combi Wine Fermenters
Charmat Tanks
Tapered Fermenter
Convertible Fermenters

Bulk Storage Tanks
Automated Pomace Removal
Portable Open Top  Fermenter
Blending Tanks

Red Fermenter

  • Multi use for fermentation, storage, blending, bottling
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, racking port
  • Sump-style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Stainless steel legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, drain screen, racking door, truncated top for easy access to door

White Fermenter

  • Multi use for fermentation, storage, blending, bottling
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, racking port
  • Sump-style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Stainless steel legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, drain screen, racking door, truncated top for easy access to door

open top fermenter

  • Unlimited access to cap
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, racking port
  • Sump-style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Stainless steel legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, pulse air spools, drain screen, racking door

portable open top fermenter

  • Unlimited access to cap
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, racking port
  • Built in 2-6 ton capacities
  • Rotating fork lift channels
  • Sump-style drain
  • Pomace door
  • Drain Screen

Punchable / convertible fermenter

  • Super-sized removable top manway, air-tight gasket, greater access to cap
  • Multi use for fermentation, storage, blending, bottling
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, racking port
  • Sump-style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Stainless steel legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, drain screen, racking door

variable capacity fermenter

  • Tanks allow for varying amounts of product with full access to cap
  • Multi use for fermentation, storage, blending, bottling
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, racking port
  • Sump-style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Winch assembly, stainless steel legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, pulse air spools, drain screen, racking door

tapered fermenter

  • Multi use for fermentation, storage, blending, bottling
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12″ temperature well, sample port, 2″ TC racking port
  • Sump style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Stainless legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, drain screen, racking door

Energy Efficient Fermenter

  • Fully jacketed (tank floor heat jacket available)
  • Encapsulated 2” thick chloride-free insulation with fully welded 12 ga polished skin
  • Dimpled cooling/heating jackets
  • Gusseted 12” temperature well, Sample port, Racking port
  • Sump style drain
  • Sloping bottom
  • Pomace door
  • Options: Stainless legs with adjustable foot pads or anchor pads for concrete pedestals, Drain screen, Racking door

2 ton econo-tote

We stock these econo totes to be available when you need it.

email us or call +1 503-468-6560.

  • Open top 2-ton capacity (~575 gal working volume)
  • 60″ diameter X 48″ height (52″overall height)
  • 12-gauge polished stainless steel
  • Dimpled, heat-transfer jacket
  • Temperature well & sample port
  • Flat floor with 2″ tri-clamp sump drain
  • 2″ tri-clamp racking port
  • Removable, perforated drain screen
  • Includes lid stop and forklift channels
  • Options: one-arm rectangular outswing door
  • Extras: stacking clips, valve kit

Automated pomace removal

Our Engineers often work in a collaborative environment with winemakers. The automated pomace-out door is the result of one such venture.

  • Manual pomace removal eliminated
  • Direct pomace-to-press
  • Economical bottom cone/inverted dish design
  • Bottom cone cooling
  • Wash-down safe motor
  • Over-sized discharge chute
  • Non-contact sweeps automatically clear tank floor
  • Options: cap-breaker feature

ICC NW Combi Tanks

The ICC NW Combi Tank is comprised of two tanks stacked one over the other. The top tank is an open top primary fermentation tank. The lower tank acts as storage for the fermented wine. The top tank can be used as additional storage during the off-season.

The Combi Tank is excellent for use in the red wine fermentation process known as delestage, or “rack and return”. Gravity pulls the juice from the upper fermentation tank down to the lower, entering in over the top to become aerated. It then travels back into the upper tank and back onto the huddled mass of grape skins, thus accomplishing a second aeration. This process is efficient and simple with the ICC NW Combi Tank, fewer hoses reduces cleaning, no harsh pumping action for gentle grape handling, and a faster more efficient use of time and manpower.

The open top, punch down fermentation tank has a sloped bottom for easy pomace out direct to press.

Options & Features

Whether a wine tank is conical, truncated, dished or open top; all are available in 2B (mill) finish or polished stainless steel. Specialized or standard manways are the best part of any ICC Northwest Wine Tank and a great source of pride.

Dimpled heat transfer surface (HTS) allow economical cooling/heating jackets to regulate the heat of fermentation. Multiple or split jackets offer precise control.

Fittings, valves, rotating racking arms, vents, pump-over piping extensions, removable drain screens, or cap management mechanisms, are all tools apart of the winemakers magic.

Fittings are always adjusted, angled or gusseted per the winemaker’s instructions. Temperature wells are always gusseted for extra strength.

New louvered drain screen is offered as an alternative to the standard perforated screens.

Tank floors have changed dramatically in the past several years. Although flat & sloping with sump drains, dished or conical tank bottoms are still standard; new designs of steeply truncated floors have advantages when confined entry space regulations are involved.

Powder coated (painted) or stainless steel Legs/Bases are adjustable and can always accommodate fork lifts. Legs can be replaced with anchor pads for bench mounted tanks. Tank sizing specifications reflect seismic conditions. Adjustable foot pads for uneven ground surface are always constructed of stainless steel material.

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