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DH Wine Compliance plans to relocate from the Sonoma County airport area in mid-2025 to an office building it purchased in Windsor. The founder reflects on how the business has evolved with agency tech adoption and a recent industry slowdown. DH Wine Compliance, which helps the wine business stay in line with federal, state and local regulations nationwide, will be getting a new home this year, its 15th in business. An affiliate of the Sonoma County-based company purchased a 9,950-square-foot office building in Windsor on Dec. 30, 2024, for $2.2 million, according to public records. Founded in 2010 by Drea Helfer, DH Wine Compliance has been operating out of 2,237 square feet at 5570 Skylane Blvd, Suite A, north of Santa Rosa. The move to the new building will provide the company with a permanent home and room for future growth, according to Helfer. "It's a big step for the company," she said. "We've been renting for the past 15 years, and it just feels great t

Close tolerance temperature control units are designed to maintain tight control over process temperatures, ensuring that operations run smoothly and meet the highest standards. Find out how these specialized systems are used to maintain product quality, improve efficiency, and protect your equipment. Close Tolerance Temperature Control Units – An Overview A close tolerance temperature control unit is a high-precision system that regulates temperature with an extremely narrow range of deviation. While standard temperature control units may allow for broader temperature swings, low temperature control systems are engineered to maintain the desired temperature within a tight window, typically within fractions of a degree. This precision makes them indispensable in industries where small temperature variations can lead to compromised product quality or equipment failure. If you’re looking to upgrade your temperature control system, contact Cold Shot Chillers to lear

Did you see our poster at the 2024 ASEV National Meeting? It was a big hit, possibly even the most popular poster at the conference – though the Voodoo Doughnuts we handed out might have helped! Feel free to download the poster for reference. If you're interested in a one-pager on the topic written specifically for winemakers, message me and I'll send it your way.  1718923651561.pdf

In the introductory blog in the Wine Series, we took a look at why it is important to rehydrate yeast properly. In the future, we will talk about and compare and contrast specific strains of yeast. But before we get into what the differences are between specific yeasts, we should take a look at how the yeasts used in winemaking came to be what they are today. Yeast is not new. It didn’t get invented. The fungus occurs naturally and has always been here with us and has changed along with us humans. Sometime, possibly around 5,000 years ago, humans realized yeast could be a tool and domesticated for our own purposes – whether that’s making bread or alcohol. In breadmaking, the yeast gives the bread CO2 bubbles to make the dough rise. Back then, people didn’t know about potassium bitartrate or other chemical means of making dough rise, so all bread was naturally fermented by using yeast and/or sourdough bacteria. In nature, yeast divides and makes a clone of itself

Afternoon Brief, September 1st

Walmart Move Threatens Oklahoma Wine Retailers: The retail giant is pushing to dominate the state's wine and spirits market, at the expense of smaller, independent retailers...

Dough Wines Announces Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja as New Brand Ambassador 

Council of Ambassadors Features Four Culinary and Advocacy Leaders Who Personify Dough’s Purpose and Mission of “Rising to the Occasion”  SONOMA, CALIFORNIA (August 24, 2022) – Dough Wines, the first […]

Afternoon Brief, July 26th

Cornell Partners with NYS to Fight the Spotted Lanternfly: The devastating spotted lanternfly's spread to upstate and western New York is not a matter of if, but when, experts say - and Cornell is a key player in helping slow the infestation...