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OCTOBER NEWS Product News selection. The Cool Climate Series is available for the 2013 harvest. Details: twboswell.com. 'Over the Top' tannins Send us your latest offerings and announcements by emailing edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. G.W. Kent offering Syntek closures Synthetic closures from French firm Syntek are now available through G.W. Kent. Syntek is the second-largest synthetic closure manufacturer in the world, and G.W. Kent is offering the firm's I-Tek closure. According to product information from G.W. Kent, the closure offers a consistent oxygen-transfer rate, and its outer coatings are made of a food-safe mixture of paraffin and silicone for good sealing and extraction. G.W. Kent is carrying 38x22 mm closures in bags containing 1,000 closures. Details: gwkent.com. Scott Laboratories announced its new Over the Top (or OTT) line of tannins to "provide a final stylistic touch to wines." The new Tannin Bold can add wood, caramel and vanilla notes and a touch of sweetness, while Tannin Finesse adds a perception of sweetness while reducing the perception of alcohol or "biting acidity" in white wines. Both are available in 500-gram packages. Details: scottlab.com. Wingman 2.0 sales support program Groove, a digital and social marketing agency, released Wingman 2.0, a tablet- and smartphone-enabled digital "sales book" for the wine, spirits and beverage industries. Wingman 2.0 provides sales reps with up-to-date brand information, plus improved ordertaking and order-transmission capabilities. "The days of walking into an account armed with glossy sell sheets and a pencil are winding down," Groove managing director Sean Dunn said in a statement released by the company. Details: sfgroove.com. Cool-climate wine barrels by T.W. Boswell Cooperages 1912 announced that it is expanding the T.W. Boswell barrel line to include three new barrels as part of its Cool Climate Series. "Cool-climate wines tend to be very fruit focused, with higher acidity and delicate overall tasting notes," Jason Stout, the company's international sales director, said in a news release. "Our team researched and experimented to carefully develop a line of barrels that responds perfectly to this style." The low-impact barrels featured in the series are made with 36-month aged, extra fine grain oak as part of T.W. Boswell's "special reserve" premium wood UNIFIED WINE & GRAPE S Y M P O S I U M January 28 – 30, 2014 exhibits: January 29 & 30 Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California Registration and Housing open in October. Check our website for details as they become available. www.unifedsymposium.org by the industry — for the industry 28 W in e s & V i ne s O C TOB E R 20 13 FFA licensed work gloves by Ranchmate Preformed Line Products released Ranchmate brand work gloves bearing the logo of the Future Farmers of America, FFA, to support the national youth agricultural education organization. The full-grain, cowhide gloves are available in four styles and feature the FFA logo and motto: "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve." 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