Photos from Wineries Unlimited

We attended the Wineries Unlimited Conference and concentrated on meeting the vendors at the Trade Show. We saw many of these vendors in Sacramento and then again in Lancaster, PA. We spent more time with the vendors to ensure that the vendors we met have sales and service representatives on the East Coast. In no particular order here are some of the people we met.

We met Jim and Mary from Bouchard. Barrel aging can have an imprint on the flavor of the finished wine and barrels from different makers can interact in different ways with wine. Bouchard Cooperages sells barrels from the following makers: Billon, Cadus, Damy, Vicard and Canadell.

Jeff and Barrie from Winery Advisor showed us how they can take a website and make it compatible with social media such as facebook and twitter.

Sebastian from Mercier Grapevines was there. We ordered our grapevines from Mercier so Sebastian gave us an update on how our tall grafts were coming along.

We met Robert at the Lancaster, PA meeting and have been corresponding with him regarding the Estasi destemmer. Criveller is based in Niagara, Ontario. There is a great video of the Estasi destemmer in action taken at Southbrook Vineyards.

We spent some time with Charlie from Boucher Vaslin. When we were at the Lancaster meeting, we spent some time with Paul from EuroMachines since we were looking at presses. Both Charlie and Paul are located on the East Coast and they would be the people to call if any service was required on the presses.

Steve from Jacto informed us about their vineyard sprayer. We went to many more exhibits and amassed more literature before our legs gave out and we called it a day. There are so many things to buy, our heads are spinning!