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26 WINES&VINES November 2016 PRODUCT NEWS Wireless readers for chip cards VinNOW is now offering wireless EMV (smart chip) credit card readers. The company also offers standard EMV services for what it describes as a very competi- tive monthly cost and small set- up fee. vinnow.com Coravin adds another model of dispenser Coravin released a new model of its wine-dispensing system that enables wine to be poured from a bot- tle without remov- ing the cork. The new Model One features what the company describes as a "friendly and functional design" and is priced less than the other models in the Coravin line. coravin.com Silicone hose for cellar use AdvantaPure announced its sili- cone hose is now listed by the National Sanitation Foundation for food equipment materials. According to the supplier, the hose is built with a liner of low- volatile-grade, platinum-cured silicone that is slipped onto a mandrel and wrapped with four piles of polyester mesh fabric, 316-grade stainless steel rein- forcing wire and additional sili- cone that is then cured into a smooth and uniform hose. The company currently produces hoses with interior diameters ranging from 0.5 inches to 2 inches. The supplier reports the hose liner is certified to be "free of animal-derived ingredients." advantapure.com Late-harvest yeast selections BSG introduced two new yeasts for grapes picked later in harvest, VP5 and Premium Zinfandel, which the supplier reports also work well as co-fermentors. VP5 is an isolate from the Italian prov- ince of Valpolicella and suited for producing "young, fresh red wines enhancing fragrant aromas." Pre- mium Zinfandel is an isolate from Primitivo de Manduria in Italy and is "highly resistant to both high osmotic conditions and tempera- ture stress." The supplier also notes the Zinfandel yeast can fin- ish in stressful conditions with "significantly" lower volatile acid- ity and low sulfide production. bsgwine.com New label option Verso Corp. introduced Craft- Point, a line of pressure-sensitive and cut-and-stack beverage label pa- pers "designed to make craft beers, spirits and wines stand out on the shelf or in the cooler." The labels are available in four finishes and basis weights ranging from 52 pounds to 70 pounds. The compa- ny reports the new la- bels also feature a high degree of wet strength and wet opacity. versoco.com/specialtypapers Augerless grape-receiving hopper Criveller is now offering an au- gerless receiving hopper that is designed to gently move large volumes of grapes, up to 80 tons per hour. According to Criveller, the machine employs "helical rollers that hold the fruit and slowly doses it onto the attached stainless steel augerless convey- ance system." The system can be used to move whole clusters as well as machine-harvested grapes. criveller.com Anti-counterfeiting label technology Levensohn Vineyards in Napa Val- ley announced its partnership with Authentic Vision to deploy the company's patented, copy- proof 3-D fingerprint on the win- ery's bottles. The system is designed to assure consumers that the product they've pur- chased is genuine. The technolo- gy is embedded in a small label that "cannot be reproduced and that is accessible from any smart- phone." authenticvision.com Updated UAV app for longer flights Sentera updated its AgVault 2.0 mobile iOS app featuring a bat- tery-swap capability that enables the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to plan flights of any duration and "seamlessly ac- commodates any number of bat- tery swap outs." The supplier reports the system recalls the exact coordinates where a UAV had to stop a job because of low battery power. "Once a replace- ment battery is installed, the UAV automatically resumes flight and data capture exactly where it left off." sentera.com/agvault POS and e-commerce system Wine Management Systems part- nered with simplyCMS to offer a cloud-based website, e-com- merce and POS platform for win- eries. According to the two companies, the new system is designed to be used "from the field to distribution to DtC." WMS provides end-to-end software as a service (SaaS) that tracks all winery activities from vineyard operations through production and bottling, inventory manage- ment and compliance while sim- plyCMS is a provider of "cloud-based" e-commerce, wine club and POS. winemanagementsystems.com, simplycms.com Dispenser for refillable bottles Bottle Ecology has developed a new wine system to accurately and quickly dispense wine. The supplier reports with just a "pull of the handle" the device dis- penses 500ml or 750ml of wine from a keg accurately and quick- ly. The filler tip automatically seals after dispensing, and the machine works with any size keg or a series of kegs. The machine also can be used to sparge bot- tles with an inert gas. bottleecology.com Product News Latest offerings and announcements Seismic anchors for wine tanks Onguard Seismic Systems, a company based in New Zealand, is now offering what it describes as a better way to keep winery tanks secure and protected from damage during an earthquake. The com- pany's anchors are welded to tank supports and during an earth- quake "provide controlled yielding in both tension and compression throughout cycling earthquake accelerations." The supplier claims the anchors will provide continual support even during aftershocks and can be reset easily once the risk has passed. onguardgroup.com Send your product news to edit@winesandvines.com v Earthquake Earthquake w Earthquake w Onguard seismic tank anchors Anchor yields in tension Anchor yields and shortens in compression Opposite anchor stretches in tension Opposite anchor yields/ shortens in compression