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PVC-coated Glidetech slides and cleans more easily By Richard Carey
F The shape of Tüdertechnica's Glidetech hose is noticeably different from conventional hoses.
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ancy tanks, high-tech presses and other innovative winery technolo- gies get lots of press. One item of great importance in any winery, large or small, is often neglected: the lowly hose. No winery can do without them, as hoses transfer wine from place to place, from truck to winery, from one tank to another, from tank to bottling. During the many years I have been a winemaker, I have used a wide range of hoses to transfer wines throughout many aspects of winemaking. One of the advantages of traveling to Eu- ropean wine trade shows is to see first-hand the many products for the wine industry that are often superior to those available in the United States. The wine industry in Eu- rope has a large number of hose companies servicing the industry, and I first saw Glide-
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