Vendor News

Enartis Vinquiry announced its WS yeast is now available as an active dry yeast. WS is a strain isolated from late harvest Zinfandel from Williams-Selyem Winery in Healdsurg, Calif., and considered one of the strongest strains from California.
Norcal Ag announced it had entered into an exclusive distributorship with PAC BIO Fungbact, an India-based biological plant nutrient supplier. Norcal will now be selling Fungbact’s line of environmentally safe bio-fertilizers to California farmers.
Today’s sparkling wine producers seek to make wines that stand out in a very demanding market. One challenge is that the organoleptic qualities of sparkling wine can be reduced by the natural ageing process during storage. To address this, Oenobrands, in collaboration with the specialist mannoprotein manufacturer DSM Food Specialties, has launched Final touch POP.
PolyScience’s 6000 Series Chillers provide up to 2,900 watts of heat removal at 68F to bring juice to the right temperature for fermentation or chill wine for tartrate precipitation. The unit can be hooked up to cold plates or a heat exchanger and features large, dual displays for temperature and pressure or flow rate.
Wilden, part of Dover Corporation’s Pump Solutions Group, introduced its new Advanced FIT line of air-operated double diaphragm pumps that feature improved flow rates and are easier to install. The new pumps feature a 54% larger fluid path and are designed to precisely “fit” existing pump systems with no re-piping necessary.
Oregon Wine Services, the premier wine shipping, storage and transportation company in Oregon, announces that it has joined with Wineshipping, the Napa-based leading provider of wine shipping services, in a move that strengthens and streamlines fulfillment of e-commerce and winery-direct shipments across the country.
Grapevine leafroll associated virus 3 (GLaV-3) is, arguably, the No. 1 most economically important virus in grapevine production and is designated as an exclusion pest in most certification programs. However, growers are often frustrated to find this virus in their vineyards and in certified nursery stocks.
PRESS RELEASE   New York City, September 24, 2014 — The portfolio of Vias Imports, Ltd, the leading importer of Italian fine wine in the United States, now includes I Stefanini, a family-owned, sustainability-focused producer of aromatic white wines in Soave—a key winemaking area in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
Invisible Sentinel Inc., a life-sciences company that develops rapid diagnostics for the food and beverage industries, announced today that its first-in-class Veriflow® BRETT assay will be distributed under a non-exclusive agreement by Enartis, a global provider of specialty winemaking products and services.
Enartis Vinquiry is pleased to announce that after 25 years of significant success in liquid form, WS yeast is now available as an Active Dry Yeast. Isolated from late harvest Zinfandel from Williams-Selyem Winery, WS is considered one of the strongest California yeast strains.
Granbury Solutions has completed the asset acquisition of WineWeb.com, a leading provider of technology for the wine industry. WineWeb, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, offers wineries nationwide a solid, easy-to-use e-commerce platform with integrated website management, customer relationship management, wine club, and point-of-sale.
Niles, IL – A family of highly reliable, easy-to-operate chillers that keep the wine fermentation process stable and optimize tartrate precipitation during cold stabilization is available from PolyScience.
Granbury Solutions has completed the acquisition of eWinery Solutions, a leading provider of technology for the wine industry. eWinery Solutions, based in Napa, CA, is an innovative provider of e-commerce, wine club, wine production and point-of-sale solutions and is known for providing feature rich, flexible technology and excellent service to many leading wineries nationwide.
German manufacturer Allplastik has developed a multiple use cable tie for securing vines. The new Blitzbinder releasable cable tie is made with high-quality premium material for strength and durability. The Blitzbinder features a dual-closure design that allows the user to create a hanging loop making it ideal for use in the vineyard.
Caster Concepts' CasterShoX is a new line of shock-absorbing casters that the company claims reduce workplace noise by as much as 15 dbA or 90%, reduce shock by up to 80% and cost less than conventional spring-loaded casters.
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