Vessels

For the blending process you can use tanks and barrels to hold the blend lots on which you perform operations. For tanks you define the characteristics of the tank, such as calibration and storage capacity, and set up a dip chart that the system uses to convert height measurements of the tank contents into volume.

Wineries often purchase and use large numbers of barrels. You can set up a barrel profile as a template of characteristics that you can use when setting up barrels in the system or purchasing barrels. You can define styles for barrels that indicate the effect of the barrel on the blend lot stored in the barrel. For example, you can specify a blending method that indicates what happens when two lots are blended in this barrel. Groups of barrels often share characteristics, and therefore are represented in the system as virtual barrel tanks (VBT). A virtual barrel tank can consist of one or many barrels.

For sparkling operation, you can use different types of containers, for example, layers, pallets or racks.