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We know Charles personally. He is a family man, a very talented musician, certified Eastern wine nerd, and a man who will finance anything from bird net to bottling lines. Finance that press, the new tasting room furniture, anything!
$100K would cost about $2200/ month right now. Please call Charles if you are shopping for money.
VINTNERS CAPITAL
New and Used Winery & Vineyard Equipment Financing
Contact Charles Barnard
(313) 920-0259
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Keep wine out of grocery stores
Proposal will reduce selection and hurt smaller wineries
By Duncan Ross
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS February 14, 2010

.."While on the surface it appears that wine in grocery stores would be beneficial to consumers and wineries, this is not the case. Selection of wine would be reduced and sales for smaller wineries will suffer, meaning the smaller wineries will not be able to grow into larger wineries."

Full Story: http://www.buffalonews.com/367/story/956232.html

 
 
  Wineries Unlimited 2010
Please Book Your Lodging!
Attention Attendees!A block of rooms has been set aside at the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge for Wineries Unlimited attendees.  That block is running low, so we encourage all attendees to book their accommodations if they haven't done so already.

To book your loding at the $146/night discounted rate you can either:

(1)  Call the Radisson at 610-337-2000 (8am to 5pm ET) and mention Wineries Unlimited 2010 to receive your special room rate

OR

(2) Book online at http://www.radisson.com/wineries  (enter the code: wines).

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to to call us at 1-866-483-0172.

Thank you,

Winerires Unlimited Registration

 
 
Fine wine being crafted in Hunterdon at Unionville vineyards
 
 
Start shopping for your American Made Wine Bottles Now!

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"The focus of the course is the development of a business plan that new entrepreneurs can apply to current and future opportunities. Those already in the industry will find the class useful for improving their existing business plans, or refining their management of one of their winery’s business units.

Topics to be addressed include: Competitive strategy, raising capital, credit from the banking perspective, valuation and capital costs for wine business and vineyard development, cash management and corporate housekeeping, managing growth, brand protection, developing a marketing plan, direct to consumer sales, public relations, managing logistics and distributions, human resources, leadership, exit strategies and the unique legal challenges associated with the wine business.

The experts and successful entrepreneurs who speak to the class will share their real-world experience on the important components of a successful wine business. This year’s speakers include a cadre of successful entrepreneurs and educators."

Enroll Here
 
 
Occasionally we get a request to design a crushpad which is capable of handling sorted  premium red wine grapes.

The first step is deciding where you want to sort. Traditionally, I prefer pre- sorting. This means that we intend to sort the fruit prior to destemming. This does not preclude post- destemmer sorting.

The best way to do this is to dump half- ton bins into a receiving hopper, which feeds a constant, metered feed to the sorting table. I prefer a vibratory table which can be positioned before the destemmer and allow time to remove bad bunches of grapes, reptiles, hammers, crustaceans, rocks, etc. Another benefit of the use of a sorter is, as I have always said, no matter the brand of the destemmer, if you supply it  with a constant, metered feed of fruit, it will improve your result.

Ideally, I would skip the second stage of sorting, as it is often redundant. But in the case where you choose to sort after the destemmer, the crush rollers that came with the destemmer can be mounted at the end of the crush rollers.

The fruit is then sorted, destemmed, and crushed (or not crushed) and ready to ferment in a one- ton fermenter, or you can dump half - ton bins into a larger fermentor to avoid pumping must.  You may still want to pump your must. And this can be done at no detriment to quality with your Waukesha.

But one of our very creative customers came up with a way to dump, destem, sort, and crush right into a TranStore tank, which is a multi- functional storage vessel.
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Tank Cleaners 12/23/2009
 
Ho,Ho,Ho!

Here is a little something every winemaker should have on his Christmas list: The Bovine

Sold by Carlsen & Associates out of Healdsburg, CA, this little beauty sells for less than the flashy, high pressure cleaning tank balls and does NOT require an expensive pressure washer. We would still love to sell you your next pressure washer for the winery. But this tank cleaner is low pressure, high flow and can tolerate massive throughput while recirculating hot caustic or citric water and BLASTING the tartrates off your tank inside. And you use it with the pump you already have!

So far, Fulkerson Winery's Jesse Bean loves it!   Howdoes $1800.00 instead of $3800.00 sound? And you don't need the $4500.00 pressure washer!!!!
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