Need Extra Capacity This Harvest? Container Logic has 350-gallon stainless steel wine totes available now in McMinnville, OR — perfect for storage, crushing, or mixing during harvest. ✔️ Month-to-month rental ✔️ No long-term commitment ✔️ Just $225/month These durable, versatile totes are ready when you are — whether you're scaling up, troubleshooting tank space, or need flexibility on the fly. 📩 Interested? Email craft@containerlogicsrp.com

The makers of SmartBarrel Wine Storage system are proud to announce the introduction of GOlite, a new fermentation head that enables primary fermentation in SmartBarrel liners. It is suitable for use with grape juice (but not grape must), cider, mead and other liquid substrates. “We chose the GOfermenter system to minimize water use in our extreme desert location, but the benefits go far beyond water conservation,” avers Ann Torrence of Etta Place Cider in Torrey, Utah, “We are known for clean flavors because our fermentations are so hygienic in the bags, and we love the ease of clean-up when we are racking ciders.” The new add-on tool includes a temperature probe and a sampling port with a weighted ball for dipping into the fermenting liquid. A large relief valve permits the safe venting of gas from the primary fermentation. Its sealed liner condenses volatile aromatics back into the wine, enhancing the flavor profile of the final product. This new head also el

If you’re thinking about purchasing some portable wine tanks for small lot fermentations now is the time to get your orders in while we still have limited pre harvest completion times available! These portable, stackable, tanks can be configured in our popular tote style or the traditional cylindrical style. Make these tanks exactly what your looking for. These tanks aren’t just for wine. Distilleries, breweries and other craft beverage producers will love them too!

Exciting times..... I hope everyone is having a great harvest in this 2021 season! This has been a great departure from our last harvest indeed! WECO entered the Wine grape market 11 years ago with our original WineGrapeTek optical sorter and has placed nearly 100 machines for wine. Recently we have also branched out to other areas of the winery with new and exciting equipment! In addition to managing sales for the original WineGrapeTek optical sorter, I am also the rep for Key Technologies Wine grape equipment. If you have any interest in the MOG shaker, or Iso Flow cluster table, please let me know.Also, we have available a front of line automation system developed by one of our partner companies. Whether you’re using half ton bins or FYB‘s to bring grapes in from the field, we can automate the process of filling those into your line. With the automatic dumper, set all of your totes or half ton bins at the beginning of the machine and let it feed at the rate of y

Wineries producing small lots of white or rose wines can face many challenges throughout the various phases of winemaking.  Below are some of the steps in making these 2 varietals, and ways Flextanks can help solve common challenges along the way: Phase #1 Grape Picking & Transportation The typical production cycle for whites/roses’ begins with transporting the ripe fruit to the winery. Flextank offers several options for picking bins and transporting totes for use in the vineyard and fruit transport to the winery. These bins are built in the US using extremely durable, FDA-approved resins. They are easy to clean and have a solid wall construction, which means no cracks or voids to harbor bacteria. Our most popular bins for grape transportation are the Versa Bins which include stacking lids for stacking bins 2-3 high for transportation. Phase #2 Sorting Out the MOG After receiving the fruit at the winery the next important step is sorting out the “MOG” (mate

New Technology Minimizes Water Usage  California has just mandated strict General Waste Discharge Requirements for Winery Process Water. These new regulations will greatly impact small wineries in the State that were previous exempt. Many small wineries (840 – 8,400 cases) will be classified as Tier 1 dischargers and will be required to file permits, build treatment facilities, and perform expensive monitoring and reporting. The issue is water usage and wastewater discharge from cleaning of fermentation and processing operations. The regulation itself is sound. Wineries need to stop wasting water and generating contaminated runoff. GOfermentor has always been at the forefront of water conservation. Our single-use biodegradable liners do not require any cleaning, and wineries using this equipment generate almost no wastewater. The built-in press eliminates the need for cleaning a conventional press. GOfermentor technology has been in use world-wide for over 7 years and

Company Will Showcase Advancements at Unified Wine & Grape Symposium MODESTO, Calif. (January 29, 2020) – Looking to better assist customers in the coming year, G3 Enterprises will be highlighting a variety of new cost-effective solutions, services and locations intended to provide wineries and viticulturalists with more options and convenience to improve their operating efficiencies at this year’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium. “Given the challenges currently facing our industry, G3 is focusing on how to better serve our customers so they can be more successful in the coming year,” said Tom Cook, President and CEO of G3 Enterprises. “We are focusing on providing more convenient solutions and locations to make more products, services and technical support available to help our customers improve their bottom line.” G3 Enterprises has been offering packaging and logistics support for more than fifty years and provides wineries with the latest innovation and technical services