Jose Pedro Machado, R&D+I Manager at MA Silva talks about their research collaboration with Universidade de Aveiro in Portugal, what their objectives are and the preliminary lessons that winemakers can consider when choosing a closure for their wines.

Come by Booth #151 to say hello and see what’s new at Scott Laboratories!   WHAT WE DO: Yeast & Bacteria Fermentation Nutrition Oak & Wine Finishing Filter Media Filtration Systems Crossflow Crush Equipment Cellar Equipment Cork & Wine Closures WHAT’S IN THE BOOTH: Come check out the newest Armbruster Rotovib 5 destemmer, processing up to 5 tons per hour and well-suited for small to medium sized wineries. Chat with our filtration experts and look at options for lenticular, cartridge, and water filtration setups. See our custom and stock packaging options including corks, capsules, screw caps, and sparkling wine closures. ATTEND OUR TRIAL TASTING: Join us for this tasting session where you can experience how Final touch® mannoproteins can positively impact wine quality and contribute to potassium tartrate and colloidal stability, reduced astringency, enhanced color, improved wine texture. Click here for more info: https://wineindustryexpo.com/confer

Four Decades & Three Generations of Setting Sparkling Closures Apart Relationships, quality and innovation are at the heart of Scott Laboratories and its vendors, and with ICAS and Relvas, those relationships go beyond business. “They are like family,” says Chris Holman, GM of Cork & Packaging at Scott Labs. “Deep-rooted, engrained, and with unbreakable foundations.” Like a family, these relationships stretch back generations. Robert Scott (right) with Bruno Getto (center). Ivrea, 1965 with the Alps in background. “Our relationship with ICAS began in 1964,” writes CEO Zack Scott in an article highlighting the history of their collaboration, “when my grandfather, Robert Scott, purchased Scott Labs. The company owned the patents and molds for the plastic sparkling wine stopper. We needed wirehoods to hold those bad boys in place, so Robert headed to Europe to sign up new vendors. ICAS was his first success.” Paola Datta, who has bee