Ensuring good wine filterability is key to saving time, protecting quality, and avoiding costly production issues. Poor clarification and high polysaccharide levels can quickly lead to fouled membranes and slow filtration. We are excited to introduce our innovative solutions to help you streamline clarification, reduce microbial load, and improve the overall quality of your wines. Improve Filterability with Oenoflow Max Œnoflow Max is formulated with specific enzymatic activities (pectinase, AG-II-hydrolase, hemicellulase, and β-glucanase) to break down a wider variety of complex polysaccharides compared to other enzymes on the market. This advanced formulation ensures a more effective and cleaner filtration process, saving time and preserving the purity of your wine. Better filtration, better balance, less time with VinoTaste Pro VinoTaste Pro is a purified enzymatic blend of pectinase and β-glucanase that improves clarification while enhancing wine quality. Impro

Every winemaker knows that fermentation is a delicate dance between art and science. Behind every great wine lies a thriving microbial ecosystem—some organisms we invite, others we need to keep far away. Mastering that balance is what separates clean, stable wines from those plagued by faults, spoilage, or inconsistency. Fermentation: Harnessing the Right Microbes During alcoholic fermentation, controlling microbial populations ensures your chosen yeast strain dominates the process. This helps achieve a complete and predictable transformation of sugars into alcohol and COâ‚‚ without unwanted by-products that can dull aroma or flavor. In malolactic fermentation, Oenococcus oeni converts malic acid to the softer lactic acid, reducing sharpness and enhancing mouthfeel. But MLF is also a vulnerable moment: the wine’s natural defenses are low, and spoilage microbes can easily gain ground. When MLF isn’t desired, those bacteria must be inhibited completely to protect the wi

Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Group, including operating companies Key Technology, PPM Technologies and WECO, will showcase their world-class equipment at Pack Expo Las Vegas booth W-1044. Delivering high-performance optical sorters, conveyors and other processing solutions, Duravant helps customers maximize food safety and ensure product quality while increasing yield, reducing labor and improving operational efficiencies. “Food growers, processors and packers are navigating significant hurdles right now, from workforce shortages to market uncertainty. With companies making very targeted investments, we're focused on providing technology that offers immediate value by automating manual tasks, minimizing training, simplifying sanitation and boosting overall productivity,” said Jack Lee, Duravant Group President – Food Sorting and Handling. “Our group’s comprehensive equipment portfolio and decades of experience enable us to deliver the ide

76 Restaurants from across the country and Mexico receive inaugural ‘Magnum Award’  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (September 2, 2025) – Seventy-six restaurants spanning from Graton, California, to Greenwich, Connecticut, are being honored with the 2025 Sonoma County Magnum Award for their exceptional support and promotion of Sonoma County wines.  Earlier this year, Sonoma County Winegrowers launched this new initiative to recognize restaurants that demonstrate outstanding support for Sonoma County wines and showcasing Sonoma County as a world-class wine region. Each restaurant will receive a uniquely etched magnum bottle, symbolizing their role as an ambassador for Sonoma County’s farmers, winemakers, and wines. During the year, Sonoma County wineries submitted nominations of restaurants they felt were deserving of recognition. Input was also provided by partners, trade, and sommeliers from throughout the country. Restaurants were selected based on key crit

X-PRO® GRAPES  Natural Redox Protection for White & Rosé Juices X-PRO® GRAPES is a unique solution for redox balance and natural stabilization in white and rosé juices. Developed with the innovative X-PRO® process, this product combines specific inactivated yeast (LIS) with a special plant-based chitosan to provide clean, aromatic, and well-balanced wines - with significantly reduced sulfite use. DISCOVER X-PRO® GRAPES WHAT IS IT? Inactivated yeast obtained via X-PRO® technology Enriched with active chitosan from Aspergillus niger Presented in aggregated form (flakes) Easily soluble, ideal for early-stage treatment of juice WHY USE IT? X-PRO® GRAPES provides targeted antioxidant protection and supports clean fermentations by reducing suspended solids and microbiota. Key benefits: Improved redox stability from pressing to finished wine Faster clarification and better yield Preservation of varietal aromas over time Ideal for o

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You can glean a lot of information about a wine from the label. The next time you walk down a wine aisle, you may notice that you feel comfortable with the common terms and symbols like vintage, place of origin, and percent alcohol, but feel some confusion when you see some of the increasingly present ones like natural, vegan, and organic. In this week’s Marketing Tip, we’re giving you a green wine glossary: 5 common wine designations defined so you’ll wonder no longer.   Your Green Wine Glossary Vegan  Not every wine fits a vegan lifestyle. During the winemaking process, small particles can cause haziness or unwanted flavor properties. Winemakers can add a fining agent that will bind to these tiny particles and make them large enough to be filtered out. Many fining agents are animal-based – for example: egg whites, casein, and gelatin. Wine that was fined with any of these materials cannot be considered vegan. Vegan wines include those that

From blog posts and email campaigns to Instagram Reels and virtual tastings, the content you create sets the tone for how people discover, engage with, and connect to your winery. Great content isn’t just filler for your website or social media—it’s a powerhouse tool for growing your winery’s audience, converting casual visitors into loyal wine club members, and driving revenue.  Even better, content works double-duty: it supports inbound marketing, by attracting new customers who find you organically, and outbound marketing, by amplifying your message through ads, email, and other promotional efforts. Whether you’re sharing your winemaking journey, crafting a how-to wine pairing guide, or highlighting your latest release, well-planned content is key to building your brand and boosting your sales. Here’s how to create winery content that attracts, engages, and converts your audience into loyal customers and club members. What Is Inbound Marketi

Let me introduce amaea, the latest addition to VA Filtration’s suite of services. amaea is an award-winning, molecular filtration technology known for its unrivalled selectivity - allowing winemakers to enhance product quality while preserving the integrity of their wines. Using molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP), amaea targets and removes undesired molecules, without the need for fining agents, masking or excessive stripping. The result? Refined and more balanced wines. Why winemakers are choosing amaea: Precise removal of unwanted compounds – from balancing bitterness to remediating smoke impacts and pyrazines Preserves varietal character and body Reduces waste by replacing single-use fining agents Saves time with rapid, real-time results Tailored solutions to achieve desired sensory outcomes We are currently offering in-house bench trials, where my team is available to demonstrate how this breakthrough technology can benefit your winery. Contact our team to book your