Laffort USA now has its innovative enological products more easily accessible by the Sonoma County winemaking community. Carlsen & Associates in Healdsburg and TCW Equipment in Santa Rosa are widely known and respected suppliers to the wine industry.

The Compleat Winemaker (now TCW) began selling winemaking equipment in 1966 in St Helena, and have recently moved to new and expanded premises in Santa Rosa. Carlsen & Associates began building and distributing specialist winemaking equipment in 1987 in Healdsburg. Both companies come with renowned reputations of offering outstanding products and services, and Laffort are very proud to be associated with each.

Laffort celebrates 120 years in 2015 as a fourth generation family owned business founded in 1895. The history of Laffort in research and discovery in enology dates back to Pasteur’s seminal works. The Laffort group is proud to dedicate one of the largest budgets among private enological companies to Research and Development in the wine industry. As a result of these efforts, Laffort holds many patents and regularly launches innovative products and processes for the wine industry. Laffort holds HACCP and ISO certifications and Laffort USA is the first winemaking product supplier in the U.S. to achieve Green Business Certification.