Slide deck - Passive Alcohol System (PAS)

1. Innovative Science & Engineering Solutions
for the Wine Industry

2. Perception and Reality
Winemaking as a polluting industry?

3. The Reality
• Wineries emit ethanol vapor during fermentation
• Ethanol vapor is a volatile organic gas (VOC)
• VOC forms smog
• Most USA wine made in large Central Valley
tank-farms
• Central Valley smog
second worst in USA

4. • New winery emission limits
• Substantial winery compliance costs
• Production caps imposed
• Conventional pollution controls incompatible
• No Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)
• Ethanol vapor lost opportunity
The Problem

5. The Solution
• Patent-pending system
retains ethanol vapor
• Liquor & offset credit
revenue from captured
vapor
• PAS designed for wineries
• May be used to enhance
wine quality
• Pollution control with
positive winery ROI

6. vapor
fermenting
wine
80-100 proof
alcohol
CO2
CO2 carries
vapors to PAS
Winery refrigerant liquifies
ethanol vapor in PAS
Dry and clean CO2
collected or vented
Process Diagram
No moving parts,
fans or pumps
Fermentation heat
vaporizes ethanol
Wine flavors and aromas
collected with ethanol

7. Geraldine Ritchie, Ph.D.
Cal Poly-SLO; Professor,
Enology and Viticulture
Charlotte Hill, Ph.D.
CEO & President
Georg Fischer Signet, Inc.
Gianni Manucci
Winery Owner and Winemaker
James Lunt
Winemaker and Winery Management
Alan Kraemer
Chief Technology Officer, DTS Inc.
John Dmohowski
Dir. Client Services, PortTech Los Angeles
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Corporate Legal
Advisory Team
Steve Colome, Sc.D.
Co-founder; Science and
Regulatory Compliance
Marci Norkin-Schöpel
Co-founder; Engineering
and Product Design
Management Team

8. Market Potential
• >$1B initial target market in San
Joaquin Valley California
• USA 10% global production
• >$17.5B addressable global
market
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin Valley
South Coast
South Central
Coast
North Central
Coast
San Francisco
Bay
Lake County
North
Coast Mountain County

9. PAS vs. the Competition
Nohmovo
UV-Activated
Scrubber
Pollutant Removal   
Cost-Effective  
No Hazardous
Disposal 
Low O&M Costs 
No Water Use 
Low Energy Use 

10. • Intellectual Property
• Pat. Pend: 12/476,231
• Pat. Pend: 13/358,499
• First to market
• Trade secrets from 5-yr R&D
• Extensive proprietary client
database
Barriers to Entry

11. Sales and Marketing
Direct Sales to Customers
International sales agents
Licensed sales agents
Industry Publications
Wines & Vines and annual “Buyer’s Guide”
Vineyard & Winery Management
Trade Shows
Unified Wine & Grape Symposium (Sacramento)
ProWein (Germany)
WinTech (Australia)

12. Steven Colomé, Sc.D. Marci Norkin-Schöpel
sdcolome@eco-pas.com mnorkin@eco-pas.com
office: (626) 539-5850
website: www.eco-pas.com