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28 WINES&VINES April 2015 Price quote comparison site Kinnek is a web-based program designed to help companies com- pare different price quotes for equipment and suppliers. Users create a "request for quote" and then compare quotes from sup- pliers that pay Kinnek to list their products and services. Once the user selects a quote, he or she negotiates the final price with the supplier direct- ly. kinnek.com Digital refractometer by Hanna Hanna Instruments released a new digital refractometer to mea- sure refractive index and Brix. The HI96800 unit has a 1.5-sec- ond response time and a du- al-level LCD screen to dis- play results. Accord- ing to the manufacturer, the unit features "simple, one-button cali- bration" and durable, water-resis- tant construction. hannainst.com BenchDeluxe labeler Great Engineering released its new BenchDeluxe labeler de- signed specifically for the U.S. wine industry. The company re- ports its ma- chine can enable an op- erator to label a wine bottle (front and back), pack and seal a case at a rate of one pallet per hour. The BenchDeluxe can label all bottle sizes without adjustment. greatengineering.com ECO3 barrel by Vicard Generation 7 The new ECO3 barrel by Vicard Generation 7 is made with wood that would have been discarded as too narrow for the traditional cooperage process. Staves for the ECO3 are produced with a patented tongue and groove pro- cess that joins narrow pieces of wood to form a standard-width stave. The ECO3 barrel received a 2014 innovation award at Vini- tech-Sifel in Bordeaux, France. vicardg7.com Sunshine carton printing by Amcor Amcor launched a new printing tech- nology called Sun- shine, which consists of an in-line application of a bright silver coating over an ultraviolet or electron-beam prim- er. The supplier reports the pro- cess delivers "a highly reflective metallic effect" with "unlimited design possibilities." The reflec- tive effect is achieved using a three-layer structure consisting of paperboard (layer one), an ener- gy-cured lacquer (layer two) and a specially developed metallic coat- ing (layer three). amcor.com Wine shipper, chiller The new chiller/wine shipper by Thermal Packaging Products is designed to help wineries fill orders during the hot days of summer. According to the manu- facturer, the cushioning carton liner features an ultra-insulating padding made from purified, recy- cled, super-absorbent cotton en- hanced textile fibers sandwiched between an inner layer and an outer layer of poly film sealed on all sides. The inner surface of the poly film is perforated to allow condensation from the refrigerant to wick away and be absorbed into the cotton fibers to protect labels. The shipper is available in four- and six-bottle configura- tions. thermomailer.com Tule water-use monitoring Tule Technologies reports its new system for water-use monitoring provides "Actual ET" data about the amount of water vaporized and transpired from a field or vineyard rather than Reference ET from a nearby location such as a California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) data station. One Tule sensor mea- sures evapotranspiration covering a 1- to 10-acre area and reports data back to the Tule dashboard. Weekly reports include a forecast of the atmospheric demand for the upcoming week. tuletechnologies.com Vintage's new 'Root Sock' Vintage Nurseries unveiled its new, patent-pending Vintage Root Sock system designed to make planting easier and quicker. The company claims its root sock can cut planting time by 15% and eliminates pots and trays from fields. The individually inspected vines are palletized for quick unloading and can be used with all pro- grams that add fertil- izer, Mycorrhizae or other amendments. vintagenurseries.com AVA Series of labels Labeltronix announced the re- lease of its new "AVA Series," which includes five new label materials "inspired by AVA grow- ing regions in the Golden State." Each of the new materials is also available within the company's "Arctic Shield" line of labels, which are guaranteed to stay affixed while submerged in ice buckets. The new labels include: El Dorado AVA, Los Carneros AVA, Chalk Hill AVA, Howell Mountain AVA and Monterey AVA. labeltronix.com New GNSS guidance system by TeeJet The new Matrix 430 by TeeJet is designed to be "an easy-to-use and low-cost GNSS guidance system." The unit features a high-contrast, full-color touch screen and contains an in- tegral GNSS receiver that sup- ports GPS and GLONASS signals. Other features include: return to point, coverage mapping, field area measurement, applied area alert, elapsed time counter, job reporting and a choice of four guidance modes. teejet.com Tasting room feedback system VinoVisit.com and Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services released a new tablet-based "Tasting Room Abandonment" application to help drive sales by incentiviz- ing customer feedback. Client wineries receive pre-configured, customized iPad tablets with built-in rating applications that guests use to rate their tasting experience. After completing a survey, the customers receive an automatic email with a special wine purchase offer from the win- ery. vinovisit.com PremiumSort by Oxbo Oxbo International Corp. unveiled its new, onboard destemming and sorting system for the company's 6120 model grape harvester at the 2015 Unified Wine & Grape Sympo- sium in Sacramento, Calif. The manufacturer reports its new system can remove 99.9% of MOG and can be configured to harvest with either an over-the-row conveyor or on-board storage bins. The system also allows the oper- ator to bypass the sorting system entirely and use Oxbo's standard fan-driven separating system. oxbo.com Product News Latest offerings and announcements Send your product news to edit@winesandvines.com