From Fermentation to Bottling The color of a red wine is a powerful sign of quality and style. From the first pump-over to the final bottling, every step of vinification contributes to extracting, fixing, and preserving a vibrant and stable the color. Fermentation: Extraction & Early Stabilization Enzymes for Maximum Color Release ZIMARED® PLUS Speeds up anthocyanin extraction, encourages polyphenol release, reduces punch downs/pump overs, improves clarification and filtration, and increases yield. EXTRARED L High color-extracting activity, ideal in the final stages of maceration to help form stable anthocyanin complexes.   Tannins for Immediate Color Fixation   - V Tan® SG Promotes anthocyanin–tannin bonding and early color stabilization - Smartan® Uva Enhances structure while safeguarding fresh fruit notes and protecting color during the most critical phase Post-Fermentation: Tannins for Structure & Lo

Hard to believe, we are a quarter of the way through 2025! It seems like just yesterday we were starting 2025, but here we are, 90 days in to the "new" year. Here are a few things you may have missed, things that caught our eye (or ear), and a few actionable ideas for the next quarter. 2024 Annual Report Card - WISE Mystery Shopping Triple Score In early 2025, we released our Annual Triple Score Report Card. While Mystery Shopping covers over 75 criteria points, these three are perhaps the most important. How often are our Mystery Shoppers asked buy wine, how often are they warmly invited to join the wine club, and how often are they asked to keep in touch via joining the mailing list? In 2024, we saw a dramatic decline in Triple Score averages. In particular, data collection is critically low at just 18%—meaning we’re only asking fewer than one in five guests to keep the conversation going. Wine clubs work because people DO like to be part of them (did you know

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW  As we passed the end of January, were you prepared for the changes happening in the email marketing realm, courtesy of the giants Google and Yahoo? These email overlords have a set of new deliverability standards that you MUST have adhered to as of February 1st, or risk being silenced. If you’re using or delivering to Gmail, Google Workspace, Yahoo, Yahoo Business Email, or AOL, you’re on the list. Google and Yahoo command a whopping 2 billion active users collectively, and thirty percent of the world’s daily email traffic flows through Gmail. So pretty much everyone’s invited to this party, and not attending could land you in spam folders, so pay attention. But worry not, you have WGM nerds in your corner. We have broken down the requirements for you to forward to your internal tech chick/dude. (Or if you are lacking one, we can handle it for you.) Read on for the 411. The new guidelines: 1. EMAIL MARKETERS MUST AUTHENTICATE THEIR E

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What’s a winemaker to do when cool weather persists and Brix levels aren’t rising? Spring rains delayed the grape harvest by nearly a month, jeopardizing grape maturity as summer closed and temperatures cooled. Many vineyards are seeing persistently low Brix levels, causing worries among winemakers that temperatures won’t rise enough for grapes to reach optimal sugar levels before harvest. “Last year at this time, I was getting calls that juice had high VA [volatile acidity] levels,” says Bryan Tudhope, Founder and CEO of VA Filtration. “This year, they’re asking, ‘What are my options for fixing juice with low Brix levels? What can I do with high levels of Methoxypyrazines?’ These early calls are canaries in the coal mine. I expect the challenge for winemakers will be far-reaching unless we see sustained warmth through October.” Calling the right moment to harvest is difficult, even in a typical year. In 2023, the deluge of s

A new edition of Prowein together with the Aluminium Closures Group has just passed. We had the possibility to discuss about some hot topics: sustainability, design, trends on screw caps and more. Watch the interview with Federico Donato, our Business Development Manager for wine segment: https://lnkd.in/dKjJnJu5

Atlas Copco Compressors is pleased to announce a new distributor agreement with Hoffman & Hoffman for Atlas Copco’s complete range of industrial process cooling systems. Hoffman & Hoffman will represent the product line exclusively across South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. The product and application experts from Hoffman & Hoffman will work with the dedicated Atlas Copco process cooling team to provide an unrivaled experience for customers. Atlas Copco launched into the industrial cooling space in 2020, bringing their own innovation stamp to the market, particularly when it comes to connected controllers, advanced monitoring and diagnostics, and full-service packages for a range of industrial equipment. The Elektronikon® Mk5 Touch controller is one key feature, putting control at the user’s fingertips. Additionally, SMARTLINK 24/7 monitoring and diagnostics is available as part of the chiller’s total package.  The first prod

Afternoon Brief, November 2nd

RNDC Completes Acquisition of Young’s Market Company, LLC : Republic National Distributing Company, the national distributor and broker of premium wine and spirits, announces it has acquired from Young’s Holdings, Inc. the remaining fifty percent of Young’s Market Company, LLC, which includes distribution operations in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming...

The historically high heat spike in early September resulted in an unusually high level of dehydrated fruit in what was otherwise looking to be a bumper crop in Northern California. Estimates indicate the raisening of 20%-30% of the grapes, which means 20% or 30% lower tonnage. This accelerated raisening led many wineries and vineyard managers to harvest early to avoid the rain. "If it should have been 22-26 Brix and now it's over 30 Brix, that's a big difference, and there are reports of juice reaching 40 Brix or more, with VA's over 1 g/l," says Bryan Tudhope, Founder and CEO of VA Filtration. "People are coming to me asking, 'How are we getting vinegar in our grapes?"  Tudhope adds, "I can't explain how, but I can say that excess vinegar in the actual fruit out on the vine is unusual. Fruit typically comes in at 0.2 g/l or less; instead, it's at 0.8 g/l or more. We've never seen levels this high before. Winemakers used to see

Afternoon Brief, August 26th

EEOC Sues Justin Vineyards & Winery and the Wonderful Company for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation: Winemaker and Parent Company Allowed Sex-Based Harassment at Southern California Locations, Federal Agency Charges...