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JULY NEWS Barrelblasting moves to new location SUPPL I E R S Enartis Vinquiry partners with Fruition Sciences Lab analysis and equipment supplier Enartis Vinquiry of Windsor, Calif., announced it had partnered with Fruition Sciences in Oakland, Calif., to correlate lab analysis with data gleaned from vineyard and environmental operations. Analysis programs include grape-maturation tracking, the ICV method of berry sensory analysis, grape phenolic panel and a Botrytis panel. Details: enartisvinquiry.com. The barrel cleaning and rejuvenation company Barrelblasting (formerly Barrel Blasters by Cryo Clean) moved into a new location at 918 Enterprise Way in Napa, Calif. Owner Vic Vasquez is also now the sole owner of the company, which uses a high-pressure stream of dry ice to remove tartrates and wine residue from the inside of barrels. Details: barrelblasting.com. Western Square invests in equipment Barrel rack manufacturer Western Square Industries Inc., invested $300,000 in a Western Square president Trygve Mikkelsen said the company's new cure oven increases capacity by 30%. new powder-coating system. The Stockton, Calif.-based company installed a new cure oven with two separate, high-efficiency burners and better conveyors for improved automation. Get details at westernsquare.com. New sales director at Vicard Georges Milcan is the new group sales director of cooper Tonnellerie Vicard in Cognac, France. Most recently, Milcan was the sales director of Tonnellerie Saury. Details: bouchardcooperages.com. Astro-Cooler opens second location Astro-Cooler, the Sacramento, Calif.based maker of cargo insulation products, opened a manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Kan. The new factory is the company's second and is intended to better serve the firm's clients in the Midwest and on the East Coast. Details: astrocooler.com. Promotion at Saury Tonnellerie Saury of Cloverdale, Calif., promoted Ian Hartnett to the post of sales manager for Saury USA, overseeing all North American sales. Hartnett is a former winemaker. Details: sauryusa.com. VinoVisit.com announces financing The tasting room reservation and wine country trip planning website VinoVisit. com, based in Napa, Calif., announced it had secured $1 million in private funding. CEO Dan Lintz said the funding enables the company to expand its services nationally and internationally. eWinery Solutions adds Vinx2 winemaking software Software developer eWinery Solutions in Napa, Calif., is now the North American sales agent for VINx2 Winery Software. VINx2, which will now be offered through eWinery's VinSuite system, is cloud-based software for day-to-day winemaking operations as well as compliance and other record keeping. Details: ewinerysolutions.com. One BirdGardSuperPRO Wireless can control birds inupto 48 acres The Bird Gard SuperPRO Controller/transmitter can broadcast distress calls up to 1000 ft in all directions. And one Controller/transmitter can control up to eight 4-Speaker Wireless Receivers. No need to buy 8 complete Bird Gard Super PROs. Each 4-Speaker Wireless Receiver protects up to 6 acres. Buy 2, 3, 4, up to eight 4-Speaker Wireless Receivers. You get not only wireless speakers, but also the distress calls randomly jump from speaker to speaker keeping the birds from getting used to the sounds. One BirdGard SuperPRO Controller/transmitter & one 4-Speaker Wireless Receiver is $799. Each additional 4-Speaker Wireless Receiver that covers up to 6 acres is $399. More and more vineyard managers are replacing netting with the Bird Gard PRO series. "Last year we got the SuperPRO Wireless. Had the starling flocks been there, we would have lost $20,000-$30,000 worth of grapes," Manager, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards BirdGard Wireless JWB Marketing LLC birddamage.com 800.555.9634 Win es & V i n es JU LY 20 13 25