The nutritional health of yeast can determine the success – or failure - of the resulting wine. To get the most out of your yeast, a high-quality nutrient product is essential. “High quality micronutrients are essential to the healthy development of the yeast and a robust fermentation,” emphasizes Bill Merz, Gusmer Enterprises Inc’s Director of West Coast Beverage Sales and a winemaker himself. “The solubility of those nutrients is also key to yeast cell access. That’s exactly the kind of scientific research Gusmer has done and the superior products it provides.” Gusmer Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of fermentation and filtration products for the beverage, food and pharmaceutical industries since 1924, specializes in the distribution of yeast nutrition developed to ensure healthy, vigorous and clean wine batch fermentation, vintage after vintage. Included in Gusmer ‘s comprehensive portfolio of nutritio

Afternoon Brief: How TikTok Could Transform the Wine Industry

Within hours of TikTok announcing that it would allow alcohol advertising in North America, alcohol companies began running recruitment ads for TikTok specialists. Whats surprising is how few wine companies joined in...

Quintessential Pays Tribute to Robert Pepi Jr.

Honors Veteran Napa Winemakers Illustrious Multi-Decade Career (NAPA, CALIF., August 14, 2024)Quintessential, a distinguished import,

Afternoon Brief, May 2nd

How Wine Brands Are Leveraging Douyin’s 750 Million Daily Users to Boost Sales: Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, commands an unparalleled audience, making it a powerhouse in driving digital sales across countless categories—including wine...

Afternoon Brief, April 24th

Is the Industry Ready for CBD Wine?: CBD wine, which combines the properties of CBD with traditional wine, has been forecast to see “explosive growth” in the next few years...

Afternoon Brief, November 27th

‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Wine Labels to Be Destroyed: New European Commission guidelines concerning the labelling of wine bottles could result in a huge number of already printed labels being destroyed, according to the Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV)...

Afternoon Brief, November 15th

Total Wine Asks US Court to Spurn ‘Alarming’ FTC Subpoena: National wine and spirits retailer Total Wine & More has asked a U.S. judge to deny a request for corporate records from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating the practices of one of the company's wholesalers.

Afternoon Brief, June 6th

Global Grape Production in 2022 Reached the Second Highest Peak of the Last Twenty Years: Since 2000, the share of non-pressed grapes has significantly increased, mainly due to the rise in production of table grapes that has almost doubled in twenty years...