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DE CEMBER NEWS Product News Winery & Grower Product News: Send us your latest offerings and announcements by emailing suppliernews@ winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. Mavrik debuts water-removal system Mavrik North America said its Zero Impact Water Removal sys- tem removes only water—not sugar or volatiles—without using pressure or heat, and with very little energy needed. No thermal degradation or excessive volume loss is associated, Mavrik says. Details: mavrikna.com. Treasury Wine Estates launches iCropTrak Treasury Wine Estates and Scan- Control Inc. released an app ver- sion of CropTrak vineyard-man- agement software. This "one-stop" software combines GPS mapping, farm planning, vineyard, weather and labor data into one user inter- face via the iPad. Details: treasury- wineestates.com. Smart Papers redesigns Kromekote Label Smart Papers has re-engineered and expanded its premium high- gloss, cast-coated Kromekote Label papers brand. It has been re- formulated for improved dimensional stability in wet-glue-applied label applications. Details: smartpapers.com. Double-Mist sprayer Agri-Pro Enterprises presents the Double-Mist sprayer to the horticultural market. The dou- ble-action trigger delivers two sprays with every squeeze. Details: agri-pro.com. Agri-Pro introduces Vin65 premiers Facebook e-commerce for wineries Vin65's new Facebook app allows visitors to view and purchase wine on a winery's fan page without leaving Facebook. Wineries can moni- tor consumer interaction and manage every- thing in one place. Details: vin65.com. T&D Corp. introduced its new RTR- 505Pt wireless temperature logger. It is compatible with industry standard three- wire Pt-100 sensors and accepts the indus- try standard three-wire screw terminal at- tachments. Details: tandd.com. T&D releases new wireless temperature logger PakSense announces XpressPDF temperature-monitoring label The size of a sugar packet, this label is flat and features an integrated USB connection point that plugs directly into a computer's USB port. The la- bel generates a PDF data file containing complete time and temperature history, including graphs and summary statis- tics. Details: paksense.com. Neenah Paper reveals new Bella Label and more The Bella Label is made with a "wet strength" additive to increase resistance to tearing or shriveling in moist environments, while the updated Environment Folding Board now includes three heavier weight calipers. Details: neenahpaper.com. Lechler: Gyro tank cleaning nozzle Lechler's largest free- spinning model, the Gyro tank cleaning noz- zle, is designed to clean medium to large size tanks from 10 to 20 feet in diameter. Details: lechlerusa.com. The innovative filtec Lasetec III laser-coding system provides high- quality permanent characters, graph- ics, 2D data matrix codes and logos—in any orientation—on PET, plastics, car- ton materials, labels, glass and much more. filtec unveils Lasetec iii laser coding system Details: filtec.com. WineWeb debuts flavor search function WineWeb.com has enhanced its wine search functions to include wine flavor profiles. WineWeb identified more than 240 flavors through research from numerous wine tasting authorities and ref- erences. They grouped these flavors into 16 wine flavor groups to make it easy to search and select the wine flavors. All wineries can participate WineWeb's wine-listing service and add their wines and wine flavor profiles. More than 900 wines have a wine flavor profile established. Nomacorc manifests NomaSelector Based on factors such as grape variety, region, winemaking style and desired shelf life, the No- maSelector provides a scientific approach to clo- sure choice, enabling winemakers to determine the optimum closure. Details: nomacorc.com. Wines & Vines DeCeMBeR 2011 23