Vendor News

Mio Vigneto Products is now offering a new line of barrels, casks and fermentation tanks made of Slovenian oak. The importer reports the Slovenian oak products are made with wood that has been air dried for 4 to 5 years and has a tannin level of between French and American oak.
Skolnik is now producing its stainless steel wine barrels in 85 gallon and 110 gallon capacities. The drums feature a 2” Tri-Clover opening in the center half of the drum body and can be used for storage and fermentation.
Vine Tech Equipment released a new smartphone app to help growers calibrate their sprayers for orchards, berries and vineyards. The app is available for Android and Apple products, and according to Vine Tech app will work with any sprayers using Teejet nozzles. Users select row spacing, MPH, PSI and then select the combination of nozzles that meet the goal for gallons per acre.
Sales and marketing consulting firm Winery Advisor announced the release of its new tasting room sales training video. The 50-minute video is based on Winery Advisor’s classroom program and instructs tasting room staff on methods to create desire, handle objections, spot buying signals and tips on how to close the sale on wine purchases and club memberships.
(Kent, OH) A commitment to advanced environmental standards has earned Kent Elastomer Products, Inc. two Encouraging Environmental Excellence Silver Awards from the Ohio EPA. Kent Elastomer received the awards for environmental stewardship at its corporate headquarters in Kent and its processing and assembly operation in Winesburg.
Trinity Logistics, a nationally top ranked third party logistics provider headquartered in Seaford, Delaware, has recently opened a new regional service center in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of the major focuses of this office is to expand the company’s already existing business in the beverage alcohol industry.
G3 Enterprises has recently installed a new Nilpeter Flexo Press providing customers with the latest technology to meet the ever-changing demands of wine label designs.   The press was manufactured in Denmark by Nilpeter, the world’s leading manufacturer of printing presses for the wine industry.
The start-up company Aunt Fannie claims to have raised $500,000 in seed money to develop what it’s touting as a natural pesticide to quickly attract and kill fruit flies. The company’s FlyPunch! is a 3.4 ounce pouch filled with a proprietary liquid “made from natural concentrates with no poisonous ingredients” that attracts and kills fruit flies quickly.
GW Kent released new sanitary strainers that fit 2” tri-clamps and come in various configurations. The company reports the strainers offer a large surface area and provide high flow rates with minimal pressure drop. The strainers can handle medium to fine straining and can be equipped with a variety of mesh sizes.
The heavy-duty Mc Mag 3000 flow meter is designed for “dirty water” applications such as surface water and wastewater ponds. The electromagnetic sensor measures in multiple locations to deliver results within 1% accuracy. Each unit comes with a guaranteed five-year battery life, and the angled sensor sheds debris to help ensure accurate measurements.
Summit Agro announced it’s adding the Ranman 400SC fungicide to its portfolio of products. The fungicide’s active ingredient is Cyazofamid and according to Summit Agro the product is an ideal candidate for disease resistance management. The fungicide is designed to be applied at 2.1 to 2.75 fl.
The new MCR-4TC data logger by TandD provides four channels of temperature monitoring and logging. Up to four units can be linked to provide 16 channels of monitoring. The unit supports K, J, T, S and R thermocouple types.
WineDirect announced the launch of WineDirect Compliance a new component of the company’s wine business technology suite. The new service connects compliance management directly to the Vin65 commerce platform to streamline order workflow. The web-based system is available on a trial basis for all of Vin65’s winery customers.
PRES RELEASE   Aix-en-Provence, France, and Brussels, Belgium, May 27, 2014 – INSIDE Secure (NYSE Euronext Paris: INSD), a leader in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, and Selinko, the object identification company, announced the availability of CapSeal, a smart, patent-pending and secure system to fight counterfeiting in the wine and spirits market.
Winery Advisor, a sales and marketing consultant to small and medium sized wineries, has produced a tasting room sales training video just in time for the busy wine-touring season. The 50-minute video is based on the successful Winery Advisor on-site sales class, which for the past five years has trained tasting room teams to increase club, case and bottle sales.
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