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Section 179- Equipment Purchase Deduction

Section 179- Equipment Purchase Deduction

Free Money? Well sure, if you understand how to use equipment financing, depreciation, and a nice tax "Gimmie" called Section 179.

You still have time to buy a pump, ozone machine, etc. for a nice deduction against 2017.

Section 179 at a Glance for 2017

2017 Deduction Limit = $510,000
This deduction is good on new and used equipment, as well as off-the-shelf software. To take the deduction for tax year 2017, the equipment must be financed/purchased and put into service between January 1, 2017 and the end of the day on December 31, 2017.

2017 Spending Cap on equipment purchases = $2,030,000
This is the maximum amount that can be spent on equipment before the Section 179 Deduction available to your company begins to be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis. This spending cap makes Section 179 a true "small business tax incentive" (because larger businesses that spend more than $2.5 million on equipment won't get the deduction.)

Bonus Depreciation: 50% for 2017
Bonus Depreciation is generally taken after the Section 179 Spending Cap is reached. Please Note> Bonus Depreciation is available for new equipment only; used equipment qualifies for Section 179 Deduction, but does not qualify for Bonus Depreciation

The above is an overall, "simplified" view of the Section 179 Deduction for 2017. For more details on limits and qualifying equipment, as well as Section 179 Qualified Financing, please read this entire website carefully. http://www.section179.org/www.section179.org/

GREAT Wine Is Made in the Vineyard!!!!

Great wine is different than great with pizza, great for a picnic, great looking, and greatly overrated. To be "great"for a winery, a wine has to be profitable for you to make and sell. And darned good to boot! You can't make a profit if you are constantly doing replants and workarounds in the field.

When you establish, maintain, or expand a vineyard, having some help will not hurt.

The official shout out to a good friend who knows his way around the vineyard is below.
If you want your vineyard to look like this, you better get ahold of this guy!!!!!
GREAT Wine is Made in the Vineyard!!!!



NICK PEHLE
Midwest Vineyard Consulting
1-phone
https://midwestvineyard.com

NO TCA. Guaranteed.

NDtech The World’s First Natural Cork with a Non-Detectable TCA Guarantee*.

NO TCA. Guaranteed.NDtech No TCA Guarantee
Conundrum:
You hate TCA. You love corks. You won't dream of using a screw cap or a piece of plastic on your wine because you don't like reduction or oxidation or having to pass on using a cork puller. But you really, really hate TCA with a venomous, seething hatred like only the Cardinal fans feel for the Cubs; Like Chevy guys hate Fords; Like Ford guys hate every other brand of automobile. Like dogs hate the mailman. Like, well... OK point made. This wine is one of those that in five years, should be on your resume.

You have cool bottles, a really nice label, and your wine club is waiting for your next release. This wine will redefine the term "expression of place" and perfectly exemplifies your own unique style of winemaking. You want nothing left to chance. How do you choose your cork?

SOLUTION:
It's so easy. If you want the best grade of cork available on the market with a 100% individually tested TCA guarantee, we have your cork. It's Amorim's NDtech.

We are Amorim Cork America's only Service and Sales Agent in the U.S. We are not a reseller. You buy through us at the Amorim price. Please contact us to learn more.

*releasable TCA content below the 0.5 ng/L quantification limit;
analysis performed in accordance to ISO 20752.

Sometimes You Need Closure

Put a Cork in It!...... Or Just Screw Cap It?

Sometimes You Need ClosureThank you, Gary Larson!!!
We at ENOTOOLS.COM are more than happy to provide the closure that you so desperately need sometimes for your wines.

Among the many blessings, challenges, achievements and rewards which come with talking to winemakers for a living is the dreaded discussion about cork versus screw caps.

Having just turned 48, I feel like I need to concentrate on the next 20 years of whatever life I have left since I have lived 30 years longer than I had originally planned. I just don't have the brain space to argue any more about why cork is still and always will be my personal wine consumer favorite general category of closure. I mean seriously: I'm practically a Cork Crusader. There is Economy, Sociology, Ecology, Botany, Psychology, Oceanography, Astronomy, Numerology, Dichotomy and Deuteronomy in the cork vs. screw cap discussion. It will wear you out.

So here is the solution:
WE SELL BOTH!!!!!!!
Boom! That. Just. Happened.
Fun stuff to remember: I can ship your capsules or screw caps with your corks. And I can arrange to ship screw caps directly to you if you are one of the very big wineries. Your call.

To Top It All Off

Carlsen & Associates Topping System

To Top It All Off
Yamada NDP-15
This is our lowest cost, most lightweight pump. The pump flows 0-10 GPM and runs on compressed air. Think of this as riding the scooter while your truck stays in the driveway.

The Topping System is this pump with the following:

-A Barrel Dip Tube with 10’ of Inlet Hose
-Triclamp® or Camlock® Connections
-Air Filter and Regulator for speed, on/off.
-Stainless Steel Topping Gun with 50’ Hose

In stock. $1300.00 FOB Healdsburg, CA

They fly off the shelf this time of year!

Using Stock Screw Caps?

So Many Wines in the Wine Store Have a Stock Screw Cap with No Decorations. Does Yours?

Why Not See If We Can Provide Similar Quality at a Lower Price?

Using Stock Screw Caps?
Stock Colors of 30x60mm Screw Caps with Saranex Liner.
What can it hurt? Contact us today to get a price for your volume.

The "O" Zone. We're Talking Ozone.

The Big O. Carlsen & Associates PORTABLE Ozone Generators.........Just Add Water.

Why ride the line between clean and sanitary?
Control the population of bad bugs in barrels, give a sanitary rinse to tanks, equipment, and other winemaking surfaces whenever you want. It's on wheels, it uses cold water (min. 5 GPM) and 110v AC. It's (over-) built at Carlsen in Healdsburg and might outlast you.
With its aggressive, European- inspired (Russian Cold War Era) styling, it's sure to feng shui any cellar.

WHO Said Anything About CHRISTMAS?

For the Winemaker Who Has Everything.
The SWASH Barrelscope

WHO said anything about CHRISTMAS?
Maintaining barrels with an inspection device
$750 plus shipping from Southern California.
Text the word "BARRELSCOPE" and your contact from your phone to phone to order one today.

KEEP IT CLEAN ON HALLOWEEN

Unbeatable Sanitation Setup

fifty percent of the work involved in making great wines is cleaning. And the goal is sanitary.

Here at Enotools, we specialize in providing solutions like these:
KEEP IT CLEAN ON HALLOWEEN
The KEW Poseidon 7 Commercial grade, heavy duty pressure washer which tolerates 180 degree F water.
KEEP IT CLEAN ON HALLOWEEN
Tankless, on demand water heaters.
KEEP IT CLEAN ON HALLOWEEN
Super effective, fast, efficien, pressure washer driven barrel / small tank cleaners.
KEEP IT CLEAN ON HALLOWEEN
The self- contained, super convenient hot cart.

TWO Used Presses For Sale

Wilmes- 18HL? Age Unknown

TWO Used Presses For Sale
Wimes Used Press Needs Repair
No idea what year, probably a 18hl maybe more. Needs Paint.

Needs a new gear and or motor (gear has to be made)

Useable Bladder

8k or 12k if we fix it

Contact ENOTOOLS.

Stollenwork 23HL Used Press For Sale

TWO Used Presses For Sale
TWO Used Presses For Sale

Worked well last time used, needs to be painted

  • 23hl press
  • Bladder is in good shape
  • Has pomace auger in pan

$14k with air compressor

Contact ENOTOOLS