We’re excited to unveil our Spring & Summer Calendar of Events! This year, we’re turning up the fun with even more Sip & Savor Fridays — now with a twist! Each Sip & Savor kicks off a weekend built around a big event, making it the ultimate way to start the celebration. Check out the lineup below and grab your tickets! For just $25, enjoy tastings from four of our member wineries, stroll through our salons at your own pace, and soak in the themed vibes. Local food trucks will be on-site with delicious bites available for purchase to match the evening’s theme. Let’s make this a season to sip, savor, and celebrate!

For the traditional Moscow Mule cocktail (vodka, ginger beer and lime). Each has a unique coating to resist tarnishing. Mugs can pre-chill in the freezer.  Mule Mugs are great vessels to use for beer, cocktails and coffee as well as the famous Moscow Mule. Stainless Steel based, with food grade copper plating on the surface.  These are 2 of 6 Moscow Mule Cups available in our new 55th Anniversary Catalog.  Call to reserve your copy. Over 2000 items including over 500 new products.  800-423-588, orders@franmara.com, and Franmara.com. 8401 Polished Moscow Mule Mug, 20 oz. 20 ounces rimfull. Copper plating outside, brushed stainless inside. 8395 Old Fashioned Mule Mug, 16 oz. Old Fashioned Mule Mug, 16 oz. 16 ounces rimfull. Brushed copper plating outside, brushed stainless inside.

A discrete analyzer is an automated chemical analyzer in which the instrument performs tests on samples that are kept in discrete cuvettes in contrast to a continuous flow analyzer (SFA and/or FIA) that uses a peristaltic pump for a continuous stream of reagents. Discrete analyzers have had a long, successful history in the clinical market, and were introduced into the Environmental and Wine markets about a decade ago. Like other discrete analyzers, Astoria-Pacific’s rAPID-T system is very simple to operate: The Operator selects the test(s) he/she would like to run and enters the Sample IDs and any other pertinent information for the analysis Sample cups and reagent bottles are loaded onto the system The run is started The system uses its robotic arm, sample needle and syringe to mix samples and reagents in replaceable and reaction cuvettes. NOTE: If selected to do so, the system can create a calibration curve from a single stock standard, thereby reduci

A “generic” label design might sound uninspired at first – but not when it comes from the hands of Caroline Becker, Head of Prepress & Marketing at CCL Label Trittenheim, where the labels were also brought to life. The concept perfectly balances creativity, technical finesse and visual storytelling.  These wine labels bring together romantic symbolism and modern branding through the depiction of an angel with a bow and arrow – a clear nod to Cupid, the classical figure of love and attraction. In this context, the angel becomes a playful metaphor: just as Cupid’s arrow makes hearts fall in love, this label aims to make consumers fall in love – first with the label and then with the product. (Read more about the power of labels in article “Choosing Wine is an Emotional Decision“!) Visually, the angel adds a sense of timeless elegance, while the bow and arrow bring movement and impact, reinforcing the emotio

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