Precision irrigation automation has never been accessible for most viticulturists. Because it’s expensive and complicated, only the largest producers with sizable budgets could afford its benefits – until now. Since its inception, Verdi has thrown open the door to a high quality, affordable, user-installed irrigation automation system for wine grape growers at all levels of production. Verdi allows irrigation to be managed on multiple properties manually, remotely, with schedules, and by utilizing farm sensors that notify the system when crops require additional water. It also alerts them when there are problems, so they always know if their watering systems are functioning properly. “We installed Verdi on a couple of our properties, which historically had been difficult to manage as far as irrigation and immediately I noticed just the labor cost savings overall.” — Stephanie Adamson, Irrigation Technician, Quails Gate Winery The Verdi system solves anot

Precision irrigation automation has never been accessible for most wine grape growers. Because it’s expensive and complicated, only the largest producers with sizeable budgets could afford its benefits – until now. Since its inception, Verdi, has thrown open the door to a high quality, affordable, user-installed irrigation automation system for wine grape growers at all levels of production. Verdi allows irrigation to be managed on multiple properties manually, remotely, with schedules and by having farm sensors tell the system when the crops need more water. It also tells them when there’s problems, so they always know if their watering systems are functioning properly. “Previously, we would spend up to four hours a day, turning on valves, turning on pumps, ensuring everything was working. Now, I can remotely plan out execute my whole day within fifteen or twenty minutes, which frees me up to do bigger and better things on our site.” — Mathew Fortu

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Meets with WineAmerica and Waterloo Container WATERLOO, NY–Senate Majority Chuck Schumer met on Friday, December 2 with leaders of WineAmerica, the National Association of American Wineries, and owners of Waterloo Container, a large supplier of bottles to the American wine industry located in the fabulous Finger Lakes wine region of upstate New York. WineAmerica President Jim Trezise, Vice Chair Scott Osborn of Fox Run Vineyards, and Board Member Erica Paolicelli of Three Brothers Winery met with their Senator and discussed WineAmerica’s National Economic Impact Study of the Wine Industry plus two legislative priorities. Scott Osborn, Erica Paolicelli, and Jim Trezise join Majority Leader Schumer The USPS Shipping Equity Act would allow the postal service to ship wine (and beer, and spirits) directly to consumers like FedEx and UPS have been doing for years. Federal funding for the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of USDA to cond

It’s not often in a competitive industry that a company is so confident in its products and services that a 100% quality promise becomes part of its signature – yet, that’s exactly what Scott Laboratories has incorporated through the Scott Promise™ program for its entire range of cork offerings. Scott Laboratories, the leading supplier of packaging, equipment, filtration, and fermentation products for the North American wine industry, is no stranger to firsts. Former CEO Bruce Scott spearheaded the formation of the Cork Quality Council to help set minimum quality standards for the cork industry. Scott Labs is the only independent North American-owned cork company, the first to bring Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) testing to the North American wine industry, and the first to use SO2 to protect natural cork. According to Chris Holman, Scott Labs’ General Manager of Cork & Packaging, it was the game-changing nature behind the company’s revolutio

Petaluma, California – December 2020 – Scott Laboratories, the leading supplier of packaging, equipment, filtration and fermentation products for the North American wine industry, is excited to share  initial results as provided by ETS Laboratories for a validation study conducted by Scott Laboratories.   ETS Laboratories, an independent wine analysis lab headquartered in Saint Helena, performed the  analyses on corks submitted to them to evaluate Scott Labs’ proprietary cleaning process for cork  closures – a process Scott Labs has coined as “Dry-Steam” technology. The goal of the study was to  provide Scott Labs with preliminary information on the efficacy of the cleaning process based on  measuring TCA before and after the Dry-Steam treatment.   Scott Labs’ standard QC process rejects any cork bale that shows results higher than 1ppt of TCA. However, for the sake of this study, Scott Labs provided ETS

Petaluma, California – December 2020 – Scott Laboratories, the leading supplier of packaging,  equipment, filtration and fermentation products for the North American wine industry, is excited to share  initial results as provided by ETS Laboratories for a validation study conducted by Scott Laboratories.   ETS Laboratories, an independent wine analysis lab headquartered in Saint Helena, performed the  analyses on corks submitted to them to evaluate Scott Labs’ proprietary cleaning process for cork  closures – a process Scott Labs has coined as “Dry-Steam” technology. The goal of the study was to  provide Scott Labs with preliminary information on the efficacy of the cleaning process based on  measuring TCA before and after the Dry-Steam treatment.   Scott Labs’ standard QC process rejects any cork bale that shows results higher than 1ppt of TCA. However, for the sake of this study, Scott Labs prov

We are excited to announce the launch of our Scott Promise™ program against cork derived TCA for all cork products purchased on or after October 1, 2020.   Due to the overwhelming success of ScottPlus™ and the revolutionary technology behind our Dry-Steam process, we are now able to offer the Scott Promise program.   Scott Promise: 100% clean cork or Scott Labs will buy the bottle back. Every cork, every day, at no additional cost to the customer. Winemakers can have confidence that their wine is protected, and quality is preserved, with 100% clean cork purchased from Scott Labs. That’s our way of doing business.      Through our independence and continuous innovation, we can source the best cork available and provide the best treatments available to ensure success. Now, with the upcoming launch of our Scott Promise program, we will be the first to validate 100% treated, tested and clean cork for our entire range of cork offerings -

The next generation of cork technology is here After four years of research and trials, we are proud to bring you ScottPlus™, a revolutionary process that combines two technologies for the removal of TCA and other off-aromas. ScottPlus™, the clean cork with a clear promise delivered at scale, with the Scott Laboratories legendary promise of quality and integrity. What makes us different? Scott Labs is the only independent North America-owned cork company. Our independence is the cornerstone of our program. Independence protects customer interest over supplier interest. We have no incentive to accept lots of cork that do not meet the most stringent quality control specifications. Our TCA testing protocols are done prior to even purchasing raw materials. These tests are performed by ETS Laboratories. We believe that third party testing removes any conflict of interest within the supply chain. We've done the leg work for you Visual Inspection: Scott Lab's

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