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Lighting influences how wine tastes and how much consumers are willing to pay for it, the National Lighting Bureau reports, citing conclusions drawn from a series of three German experiments in which more than 500 people tasted white Riesling wines.
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VinoVisit.com, a winery search engine, enables visitors to search, then select and winery tours and wine tasting events by location, varietal, and dozens of other attributes. Winery profiles include robust descriptions, photo galleries, video, maps, visitor reviews and ratings.
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Using a memorable tagline and eye-catching visuals, Armstrong Associates successfully re-launched ZORK USA’s alternative wine closure at the 2010 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium.
As screw caps and alternative wine closures began to gain market share, ZORK USA brought in to energize the sales program.
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02/17/10
P&L Specialties, international manufacturer of grape reception and selection equipment, has been certified as a "Green Manufacturer" by the Bay Area Green Business Program. P&L Specialties is the second Manufacturer in Sonoma County to receive this prestigious certification.
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02/16/10
The wine industry has a new Certified Public Accounting firm—one with more than 60 years of expertise: Brown Holder Alfaro & Co. LLP. The new St.
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Okanagan Barrel Works Ltd. of Oliver, B.C., has tossed their barrel-maker’s gauntlet to a number of internationally renowned cooperages: Seguin Moreau (Napa), Demptos (Napa), Radoux (Santa Rosa) A&K Cooperage (Missouri), Canadian Oak Cooperage (Ontario) and Carriage House Cooperage (Ontario) to determine how each cooper’s barrels will impact on a given wine.
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The wide spread adoption of aluminium screw caps for bottling wine has seen the emergence of a new problem for bottlers. What to do when a bottle on the production line fails the quality test and it needs to be reprocessed? The cap and collar needs to be removed before the issue can be addressed.
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Universal Specialties Inc has announced that it has changed its name to Universal Packaging Inc.
The words “Universal Specialties” have been synonymous with high quality since 1985. The company’s history dates back to when it originally screen printed bottles for wineries and breweries.
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Water usage reduction of 17% in two years makes cork wine stoppers from ACI CORK USA a closure alternative that is more environmentally friendly than any other option available in the wine industry today. Statistics recently released by ACI CORK USA show that the production facilities of parent company Àlvaro Coelho & Irmãos, S.A.
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02/11/10
Is China becoming the largest producer of California wines? An alarming number of fake California wines are being sold in Asia as authentic imports. Counterfeiting does not just damage the brand owner's reputation and result in loss of revenue, but may also expose the owner to liability and the consumer to harm.
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Tonnellerie Quintessence is proud to present Fleur de Quintessence, a new premium barrel for aging the world’s finest wines. This barrel celebrates artistry, craftsmanship, French heritage and an exceptional wood source, all of which contribute to Fleur de Quintessence’s status as the cooperage’s icon barrel.
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Leonardo LoCascio, President, CEO and Founder of Winebow, Inc., announced the expansion of Winebow's distribution business into the state of Illinois. Winebow will operate as a distributor serving the market from a new Chicago distribution facility.
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Schneider Packaging Equipment and Lantech introduce the Stack and Wrap Palletizing/Stretch Wrapping Cell combining two or more lines into a centralized automated palletizing stretch wrapping station. The unique stack and wrap solution actually builds the unit load on the stretch wrapper which more efficiently handles and stabilizes lightweight, unstable loads in a reduced floor space.
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Máire Murphy and Walt Averill have officially launched their second venture in the wine industry. Following long, distinguished careers in wine, the couple founded Sín É Wine Company in 2001 creating and developing several negociant brands, including Solex Chardonnay.
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Longtime wine industry professional Neil Foster and internationally recognized glass industry leader David Hammond have launched Vertical Glass & Packaging (www.verticalglass.com) to manufacture and distribute a full range of imported and domestic high quality glass bottles for the North American wine industry.
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