The NuTrend innovation archive

Built across industries.
The work is part of the evidence.

Recovered photographs, diagrams, and films preserve what John and his crews built—and the way he thought—while protecting confidential dimensions, processes, and proprietary details.

Wine & sparkling wine ↓Industrial & public work ↓Historical films ↓

The winery work archive

Equipment, installations, and the people who remember them.

These photographs begin a growing record of John’s work during Northern California wine country’s formative installation years. Winery names and project descriptions come from John’s working record; exact photograph locations will be refined as former clients and crew members contribute their memories.

**Tanks & processing vessels**John’s working record identifies tank and processing-system work across numerous Northern California wineries, including Freemark Abbey and Sutter Home.

**Riddler (VLM)**NuTrend’s verified image of the Very Large Machine developed to automate sparkling-wine riddling.

**Riddling & bottle handling**Historic handling equipment from John’s archive. His record includes riddlers for Rack & Riddle, Gloria Ferrer, and Roederer Estate.

**Controls & automation**An early engineering and controls workstation preserved with the winery-equipment photographs in John’s working archive.

**Production-floor systems**A historic production-floor view showing large handling frames and bottle crates. The precise winery and date are still being verified.

**Oval-Square Tank**The original gray-and-black rendering of NuTrend’s space-efficient wine-tank design concept.

**Robotic Bin Unloader**The bottle-handling system designed to unload two crates and integrate with sparkling-wine production.

**CHANDON California**John’s project record identifies the VLM—Very Large Machine—for CHANDON. The current entrance is shown for location context.Current location / brand reference

**Robert Mondavi Winery**John’s project record identifies a vacuum-filter system and forklift scale. This brand image is shown for location context.Current location / brand reference

Industrial & public work

Structures, machines, public systems, and difficult installations.

John’s work crossed industries because the operating problems rarely fit inside one trade. This archive brings those projects together without claiming details that have not yet been verified.