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AUGUST NEWS Active Club Solutions opens data center S U P PLI ERS EAST UK to offer wine courses The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture announced it would offer courses designed to train employees for the state's growing wine industry. The first course will be a wine-appreciation class covering grapegrowing, winemaking, sensory evaluation and wine regions. Details: ca.uky.edu. New chair for Ontario wine council Allan Schmidt, president and managing partner of Vineland Estates Winery in Vineland, Ontario, is the new Allan chair of the Wine Schmidt Council of Ontario. He came to Ontario to become winemaker and general manager of Vineland Estates Winery in 1987. Details: winecouncilofontario.ca. New director at Bacchus Mar k C an ty joined Bacchus Capital in San Francisco, Calif., as director. Canty formerly was a member of the corporate leadership development program at E. & J. Gallo Winery. Details: bacchuswinefund.com. Wine Management partners with ETS Wine Management Systems (WMS) in San Rafael, Calif., partnered with ETS Laboratories in St. Helena, Calif., to flow wine analysis results into WMS' cloud-based wine-production system. The change is intended to help winemakers manage lab results faster and with less data entry. Details: winemanagementsystems.com. Wine club management firm Active Club Solutions opened a new data center in Lacey, Wash. The company reports the new center should help wineries in Washington state and western Canada manage wine club websites faster. Details: activeclubsolutions.com. Used equipment dealer opens Revolution Equipment Sales opened in Santa Rosa, Calif., selling "certified preowned" equipment for the wine and beer industries. The company is owned by P&L Specialties and the Tom Beard Co. Details: revoquip.com. Scott Labs adds supplier Scott Laboratories Inc. completed a renovation of its main warehouse in Petaluma, Calif. The warehouse now has 30% more storage capacity and a streamlined process for managing inventory and shipping orders. The company also added Australian chemical firm AiRD to its list of suppliers. New CEO for Universal Packaging Steve Pelkey will become the new CEO of Universal Packaging following the retirement of Mac McLellan at the end of the year. Pelkey is currently the firm's vice president of sales and marketing. Details: unipack.ca. Correction Madrigal Vineyards' chief operating officer Steve Cousins' name was misstated in a page 14 News Bytes item in the June edition of Wines & Vines. The original, BOTTLE-MATIC-II 3 YEAR WARRANTY INCLUDED Front and Back! MADE IN USA! 21 day trial $1800 for Wines & Vines Readers! Front & Back! Label any cylindrical container fast and accurately from ½" to 8" diameter, @ Speeds of 1200 Pcs. per hour. NOT A CHEAP, IMPORTED KNOCK-OFF! ISPENSA-MATIC DLabel Dispensers 22 W in e s & V i ne s AU G U ST 20 13 STOP Wasting Time Labeling by Hand! Price subject to change without notice. 28220 Playmor Beach Rd, Rocky Mount, MO 65072 Call Toll Free: 1 (800) 325-7303 or (573) 392-7684 FAX:(573) 392-1757; E-mail: info@dispensamatic.com Web: http://www.bottle-labeler.com 2/01/10