<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Delano, CA-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">12.13.12</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Columbine Vineyards has broken ground on its new state-of-the-art cold storage facility. M. Caratan Inc. staff and industry professionals gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony on December 12th to officially launch construction of the facility which will serve as a model of energy efficiency, safety and sustainability, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Thank God for this beautiful day. I am pleased to see Columbine Vineyards graduate towards a higher level,” said Martin Caratan, M. Caratan Inc., President.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/bodyimage1.jpg" alt="images121312" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mr Caratan adds, “We have assembled a team of experts with the goal of building the facility to preserve the shelf life and the nutritional value of the high quality grapes that Columbine Vineyards has produced for many generations.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/bodyimage2.jpg" alt="images121312" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The project has the possibility of expanding to three phases with the first phase, slated to be completed by March 2014, consisting of building a new 204,200 square-foot concrete and steel structure with the capacity of 750,000 boxes. The final build-out would be a 428,000 square-foot structure and an ultimate capacity of 1.5 million boxes, the release states.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.columbinevineyards.com/our-grapes" target="_new"> Columbine Vineyards </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
