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2012 SUPPLIER GUIDE BUCHER VASLIN NORTH AMERICA Your success is our priority Sebastopol, Calif. P: (707) 823-2883 F: (707) 823-6954 W: bvnorthamerica.com E: info.northamerica@bucher- vaslin.com WHAT'S NEW: Scott Wallace joins Bucher Vaslin North America as the new managing director with more than 31 years of diverse experience in the wine industry, most recently serving as the vice president of operations for Ascentia Wine Estates. "I am excited to expand on my operations experience and provide our North Ameri- can customers with best in class winery equipment. 2012 is already proving to be a banner year for Bucher Vaslin equipment sales," Wallace said. CATEGORIES: PACKAGING • VINEYARD EQUIPMENT • WINERY EQUIPMENT BUFKOR We make more possible Clearwater, Fla. P: (800) 365-9991 F: (727) 572-0746 W: bufkor.com E: mrktg@bufkor.com WHAT'S NEW: Bufkor's manufacturing arm acquired a state-of-the-art Emmeci machine to expand packag- ing capacity and increased its design staff to provide custom design support to help brand your vineyard or vintage. CATEGORIES: TASTING ROOMS BURR PILGER MAYER (BPM) CPAs who make a difference Santa Rosa, Calif. P: (707) 544-4078 F: (707) 544-2190 W: bpmcpa.com E: tgrafe@bpmcpa.com WHAT'S NEW: BPM has been recognized for excellence in all aspects of our business. This year, BPM received nearly two dozen awards such as Best Place to Work, Best Accounting Firm, Top Corporate Philanthropists, Fastest Growing Companies and Excellence in Business. The firm converted to a corporation and established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), making BPM the first full-service accounting firm in the nation to adopt a benefits plan of this kind. CATEGORIES: FINANCE, LEGAL & ADMIN SVCS • IT SOLUTIONS BUTTITTA DESIGN & COMMUNICATION Communication arts in marketing and advertising for print and web Santa Rosa, Calif. P: (707) 546-1257 F: (707) 575-1109 W: buttittadesign.com E: info@buttittadesign.com C WHAT'S NEW: Development of complete web-design services, including client-side editing and CMS. Pro- gramming in Drupal and other CMS-based platforms. Food and product labels and packaging. Design consul- tation services and advertising. CATEGORIES: PACKAGING CCK OUTFITTERS The ear tag company: outfitting you with row tags is our business Aubrey, Texas P: (800) 977-4225 F: (940) 365-3668 W: cckoutfitters.com E: cckoutfitters@sbcglobal.net WHAT'S NEW: Customize row tags with your vineyard name or grape description. CATEGORIES: VINEYARD SUPPLIES CDMS Providing the grape industry with the most com- prehensive agronomy decision support service Marysville, Calif. P: (800) 237-2367 F: (530) 749-4780 W: cdmsadvisor.com E: sales@cdms.net WHAT'S NEW: ADVISOR is a comprehensive web-based agronomy management system providing decision sup- port for crop protection, soil performance and GIS-based field activity. Designed for use by producers, service providers and food companies to enhance crop produc- tion economics and traceability. CATEGORIES: IT SOLUTIONS CF NAPA BRAND DESIGN Maximizing ROI: return on innovation Napa, Calif. P: (707) 265-1891 F: (707) 265-1899 W: cfnapa.com E: dschuemann@cfnapa.com WHAT'S NEW: CF Napa works with clients in more than nine countries discovering their brands' essence, refin- ing through consumer insights, cultural understanding and market expertise, then transforming through com- pelling storytelling into exceptional design solutions that connect with consumers for market success and bottom- line profit. Naming, logos, package design, marketing collateral, custom glass bottle design, signage programs and web design. CATEGORIES: IT SOLUTIONS • PACKAGING • SALES & MARKETING • TASTING ROOMS CI SOLUTIONS Your gift card and membership card resource Los Alamitos, Calif. P: (800) 599-7385 F: (562) 493-2714 W: cardintegrators.com/wineries.html E: shelleyh@ cardintegrators.com WHAT'S NEW: Promote your brand on a wine bottle- shaped key tag—a friendly reminder of your great wine for the people who enjoy it. CATEGORIES: TASTING ROOMS CALHOUN & CO. COMMUNICATIONS The public relations fine wine and spirits specialists San Francisco, Calif. P: (415) 346-2929 F: (415) 346-6136 W: calhounwine.com E: katie@calhounwine.com WHAT'S NEW: Introduced social media services that include advice about all social media activities and campaigns, best practices and content suggestions. Offering strategic suggestions for launching social media programs or rebranding and updating existing platforms. Other services include social media audits of existing programs and social media training. CATEGORIES: SALES & MARKETING CALIFORNIA AGQUEST CONSULTING C & E CAPSULES Take a spin with C & E Fairfield, Calif. P: (707) 207-7904 F: (707) 425-3586 W: cecapsules.com E: djen@cecapsules.com WHAT'S NEW: Expanded 30x60 screwcap capacity with decorating capability including offset, silk screen, foil stamping, inking, embossing on custom colors. Addi- tional sizes available for screwcaps other than 30x60. CATEGORIES: PACKAGING 64 WINES & VINES NOVEMBER 2012 Merging science with agriculture Fresno, Calif. P: (559) 275-8095 F: (559) 275-5301 W: calagquest.com E: ron@calagquest.com WHAT'S NEW: Authorized reseller for the Ranch Sys- tems field monitoring platforms. CATEGORIES: VINEYARD SERVICES CALIFORNIA CAPSULES Uncompromising quality. Excellent service. Value always Paso Robles, Calif. P: (805) 610-9890 W: californiacapsules.com E: mario@californiacapsules.com Bucher Vaslin North America WHAT'S NEW: California Capsules is proud to announce the opening of our new office and warehouse on the Central Coast at 3500 Dry Creek Road, Ste. 15, Paso Robles, Calif. 93446. Our redesigned website, califor- niacapsules.com, includes online wine capsules sales and new product offerings for semi-automatic and fully automatic bottling machinery. CATEGORIES: PACKAGING CALIFORNIA GLASS, A SAXCO CO. Unbreakable solutions in glass packaging Oakland, Calif. P: (510) 635-7700 F: (510) 638-7624 W: calglass.com WHAT'S NEW: New lean and green lightweight molds from Owens-Illinois: W1506, W1507, W1510, W1511. CATEGORIES: PACKAGING • TASTING ROOMS CALIFORNIA SEED & PLANT LAB INC. We will figure it out Elverta, Calif. P: (916) 655-1581 F: (916) 655-1582 W: calspl.com E: randhawa@calspl.com WHAT'S NEW: Now offering Mersitem and tissue culture services for micro propagation and embryo rescue for grapevine breeders. CATEGORIES: WINERY SERVICES CALIFORNIA SHINERS Need more wine…shiner time Napa, Calif. P: (707) 927-0422 W: californiashiners.com E: sales@californiashiners.com WHAT'S NEW: Start your own "lifestyle winery" with California Shiners' innovative business platform. Fully leverage the power of social media and capitalize on the growing consumption of wine. Create your own wine brand and sell your wine online to consumers in 39 states; export your wines around the world. CATEGORIES: WAREHOUSING / SHIPPING • WINERY SERVICES • WINERY SUPPLIES CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Education and research: working together Fresno, Calif. P: (559) 278-2089 F: (559) 278-4795 W: fresnostategrw.com E: cynthiaw@csufresno.edu WHAT'S NEW: The Department of Viticulture and Enol- ogy now offers a formal internship program for students interested in gaining additional real-world experience in the grape and wine industry while receiving university course credit. For more information, contact the depart- ment office. CATEGORIES: ASSOCIATIONS & EDUCATION CALIFORNIA WINE FESTIVAL Featuring California's biggest wine festivals under the sun Santa Barbara, Calif. P: (805) 886-5103 W: californiawinefestival.com E: info@californiawine- festival.com WHAT'S NEW: Kicked off our inaugural California Wine Festival in Monterey and will host a Winter Wine Classic event in Santa Barbara during January 2013. See additional details on our website, californiawine- festival.com. CATEGORIES: ASSOCIATIONS & EDUCATION CAMALIE NETWORKS Get your growing under control with the latest technology Napa, Calif. P: (650) 799-6571 F: (650) 326-2155 W: camalienetworks.com E: mholler@pacbell.net WHAT'S NEW: In 2012 Camalie Networks added the ability to control pumps and valves via smartphone or by sensor-dependent control rules. Fully automated irriga- tion is now possible on a large scale. CATEGORIES: VINEYARD EQUIPMENT