Kalasi Cellars Brings Optical Grape Sorting to Texas
Enabling a Colossal Leap in Wine Quality to Rival Best in the World
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (August 9, 2022) – Kalasi Cellars, a boutique, 100% estate-grown winery in the Texas Hill Country, has received delivery of its Pellenc Selectiv’ Process Vision 3 optical sorter, marking the first time this world-class technology has made its way to a Texas winery.
This equipment enables Kalasi Cellars to solely use the perfect red grapes for winemaking. It does this by scanning all harvested material and empowering the winemaker to choose the desired ripeness (color), shape (no raisins), and size (no shot berries) of grapes to be used for winemaking. All material other than grapes (MOG) can also be removed. The speed and level of control this equipment provides is unprecedented in Texas winemaking and will play a central role in Kalasi Cellars continuing to raise the bar for Texas wine quality.
About Kalasi Cellars
Kalasi Cellars is a boutique winery owned and operated by husband and wife duo, Greg and Nikhila Narra Davis, with a vision of producing and selling world-class quality, estate-grown wines in Texas, while providing customers unique and memorable tasting experiences.
Kalasi Cellars utilizes estate grown grapes from the Texas High Plains AVA (Narra Vineyards), as well as its tasting room’s onsite vineyard in Fredericksburg (Texas Hill Country AVA). Kalasi Cellars’ inaugural vintage was 2017, and doors opened to the Fredericksburg, Texas tasting room in 2020.
Media Contact:
Greg Davis
Greg@kalasicellars.com
Kalasi Cellars Engages Dan and Spencer Gatlin for Winemaking Consultation
Team to Support Kalasi Cellars’s Mission to Create World-Class Texas Wine
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (October 3, 2021) – Kalasi Cellars, a growing boutique winery in the Texas Hill Country, is pleased to announce its winemaking collaboration with Dan and Spencer Gatlin from Inwood Estates. Over the past 45 years, Dan has created some of the highest quality wines in Texas and has helped show the world the potential of Texas wines. Through the years he’s mentored his son, Spencer, into an excellent winemaker as well. They have made fantastic wines not just through excellent work in the cellar, but also through meticulous grape growing. Nikhila Narra Davis of Kalasi Cellars began working with Dan and Spencer Gatlin in 2017 when they first started buying fruit from Kalasi Cellars’ vineyard, Narra Vineyards, for Inwood Estates.
Over the years, Dan and Spencer have become intimately familiar with the vision that Greg and Nikhila have for Kalasi Cellars. To help Kalasi Cellars achieve its mission of creating world-class wines made from 100% Texas fruit, Dan and Spencer will provide winemaking mentorship to Greg and Nikhila Narra Davis. It is the first mentorship of its kind that Dan and Spencer have undertaken and is a sign of the potential they see in Kalasi Cellars and the Texas wine industry.
The timing of this mentorship coincides with the completion of Kalasi Cellars’ wine making facility in Fredericksburg, Texas. All Kalasi Cellars wine is now produced in-house, making it one of the few wineries in Texas growing 100% of their own fruit in Texas (Narra Vineyards) and processing all fruit for the winery in house, setting it up to be a leader in the Texas wine industry for years to come.
About Kalasi Cellars
Kalasi Cellars is a boutique winery owned and operated by husband and wife duo, Greg and Nikhila Narra Davis, with a vision of producing and selling world-class quality, estate-grown wines in Texas, while providing customers unique and memorable tasting experiences.
Kalasi Cellars utilizes estate grown grapes from the Texas High Plains AVA (Narra Vineyards), as well as its tasting room’s onsite vineyard in Fredericksburg (Texas Hill Country AVA). Kalasi Cellars’ inaugural vintage was 2017, and doors opened to the Fredericksburg, Texas tasting room in 2020.
Media Contact:
Greg Davis
Greg@kalasicellars.com
Kalasi Cellars to Host First Anniversary Celebration
Celebrating One Year of Serving Fantastic Wine and Creating Memorable Experiences
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (July 8, 2021) – Kalasi Cellars, a growing boutique winery in the Texas Hill Country, is pleased to announce its first anniversary celebration on August 14th, 2021. This ticketed event commemorates the tasting room’s first year of business, and kicks off a significant new chapter for the business – the grand opening of its 10,800 sqft production building, enabling the winery to have end-to-end control from grape growing at its vineyard (Narra Vineyards in the Texas High Plains) to winemaking (all in house starting with the 2021 vintage) to sales through the tasting room.
This night to remember will incorporate many Indian influences to highlight the winery’s heritage and culture. These Indian influences include a catered Indian dinner (vegetarian and meat options), live Indian tabla and dhol drummers, a DJ playing Indian hits, and henna. Additionally, this celebration also coincides with India’s Independence Day (August 15th), making it even more cause for celebration.
Tickets to this celebration are available now at www.kalasicellars.com/events. Note that there are a limited number of attendees and ticket sales will end on July 31st.
About Kalasi Cellars
Kalasi Cellars is a boutique winery owned and operated by husband and wife duo, Greg and Nikhila Narra Davis, with a vision of producing and selling world-class quality, estate-grown wines in Texas, while providing customers unique and memorable tasting experiences.
Kalasi Cellars utilizes estate grown grapes from the Texas High Plains AVA (Narra Vineyards), as well as its tasting room’s onsite vineyard in Fredericksburg (Texas Hill Country AVA). Kalasi Cellars’ inaugural vintage was 2017, and doors opened to the Fredericksburg, Texas tasting room in 2020.
Media Contact:
Greg Davis
Greg@kalasicellars.com
Kalasi Cellars Breaks Ground On Fredericksburg Production Facility
Now vertically integrated from grape growing to end-to-end wine making
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (April 21, 2021) – Kalasi Cellars, a growing boutique winery in the Texas Hill Country, is pleased to announce the groundbreaking on a 10,800 square foot production facility at its tasting room site in Fredericksburg, Texas. This facility will feature a crush pad, space for bin fermentations and small batch tanks, barrel storage, case good storage, a laboratory, and restrooms. The facility is due to be completed prior to harvest such that the entirety of the 2021 vintage can be produced in house.
With the addition of this production facility, Kalasi Cellars will be well situated to continue its rapid growth trajectory. Per owner Nikhila Narra Davis, “this new facility will help us realize our vision of creating world-class quality, 100% estate-grown Texas wines. Greg and I are ecstatic for the potential this building provides our winery and our customers.”
After completion, Kalasi Cellars will be one of the few wineries in Texas growing 100% of their own fruit in Texas (Narra Vineyards) and processing all fruit for the winery in house, setting it up to be a leader in the Texas wine industry for years to come.
About Kalasi Cellars
Kalasi Cellars is a boutique winery owned and operated by husband and wife duo, Greg and Nikhila Narra Davis, with a vision of producing and selling world-class quality, estate-grown wines in Texas, while providing customers unique and memorable tasting experiences.
Kalasi Cellars utilizes estate grown grapes from the Texas High Plains AVA (Narra Vineyards), as well as its tasting room’s onsite vineyard in Fredericksburg (Texas Hill Country AVA). Kalasi Cellars’ inaugural vintage was 2017, and doors opened to the Fredericksburg, Texas tasting room in 2020.
Media Contact:
Greg Davis
Greg@kalasicellars.com