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BubbleFlo Generates Excitement at Wine & Beer Show
New Winemaking Technology Introduced at St. Catharines Conference in Canada
International trade across the Peace Bridge may have just taken a big leap forward with the introduction of BubbleFlo?, an amazing new instrument that assists home winemakers in monitoring the fermentation of their wine. BubbleFlo takes the guesswork out of the fermentation process. BubbleFlo is the brainchild of two Buffalo entrepreneurs whose invention quickly captured the attention of participants at the Home Wine & Beer Trade Association (HWBTA) conference in St. Catharines during the second weekend in June.
?We received a terrific response to BubbleFlo from some important members of the trade in St. Catharines,? says Dan Kornacki, Bubble Flow, Inc. CEO. ?Distributors for home winemaking products in North America were very impressed with our product.?
Everybody knows that wine is becoming big business as the nation?s alcoholic beverage tastes encompass more reds, whites, and blushes and new labels seem to materialize at each visit to the wine shelves. But not all of the wine poured these days is being sold by wine merchants. An increasing amount of good serviceable table wine is coming from the bottles, vats, and carboys of North America?s burgeoning number of home winemakers. This operation usually goes on at home but can also take place at a u-vint, a store where knowledgeable wine folks will assist your winemaking efforts. With do-it-yourself vintners rapidly increasing on both sides of the border, Bubble Flow hopes to corner both markets with its new product.
The trickiest and most delicate part of making a decent wine is getting the fermentation right. Today?s commercial wine kits provide all of the necessary ingredients, primarily the grape juice and the yeast, but calculating the progress of fermentation is largely a matter of guesswork. That?s where Bubble Flow?s principals saw a niche for a product that would monitor the fermentation, take out the guesswork, and enable the home winemaker to make ?great wine every time.? To keep things simple, they named the product BubbleFloTM, the same as the company, without the w. But what is a BubbleFlo and how does it work?
?Several years ago I was making a batch of wine and the anaerobic fermentation seemed to go on forever,? recalls Andre Pazik, who is the Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer. ?I watched the airlock for activity and dipped into it to do hydrometer tests even though it risked contamination. I just wanted to know when the fermentation would stop.
Mr. Pazik set about to create an instrument that would quantify the fermentation rate and alcohol production rate. This technology would enable anyone to make great wine, from the novice following step-by-step instructions to the expert using charting and data analysis tools.
Mr. Kornacki contracted John Chew, a former associate, as a consultant to organize marketing and launch BubbleFlo into the eager hands of winemakers and distributors.
With a patent for the product in hand, the company is moving quickly to capitalize on the excitement generated among the trade at the HWBTA conference. An introduction to world markets is planned for later this year.
Bubble Flow?s successful product introduction has been assisted by a $200,000 venture loan from the ECIDA/Niagara Region Ventures Fund (www.nrvf.com) and the Buffalo and Erie County Regional Development Corporation. Al Culliton, CFO of the development corporation, stated, ?RDC and the Niagara Region Ventures Fund are happy to assist in the commercialization of new technologies by local companies.?
Bubble Flow is located in and supported by the University of Buffalo?s Baird Research Park, 1576 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, New York 14228.
For more information on BubbleFlo?, please contact Dan Kornacki at 800-817-1440 or dkceo@bubbleflow.com, or check the website at http://www.bubbleflo.com
For more information on BubbleFlo?, please contact Dan Kornacki at 800-817-1440 or dkceo@bubbleflow.com, or check the website at http://www.bubbleflo.com
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Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
"One of the greatest 1961s, La Mission-Haut-Brion has been fabulous to drink for the last 5-10 years. Where well-stored, this wine will continue to drink well for 10-20 years. It is more developed and drinkable than the 1959, and it remains a thick, rich, super-aromatic wine with a textbook Graves bouquet of tobacco, barbecued meats, minerals, spices, and sweet red and black fruits. It is dense, full-bodied, alcoholic, and super-rich. This soft, opulently-textured wine makes for a fabulous drink. Absolutely stunning! Last tasted 10/94" RP - 100 (Subject to Availability) LMHB61 LMHB61
Price: 2501.99 USD
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Penfolds Grange no longer top Australian red wine
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:44:26 PDT
Penfolds Grange has lost its position as the nation's top red in a tasting survey which gave equal points to a $38 shiraz made by a young South Australian woman. Penfolds Grange 2002 was listed in second place behind Henschke's Hill of Grace 2002 ($550).
Robert Parker Awards Australian Shiraz 99 out of 100 Point Score
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:08:34 PDT
Noted wine critic Robert Parker's October wine newsletter awards four 95+ point scores to Mollydooker Winery and awards their top Shiraz a score of 99 points. Mollydooker Winery is under the direction of Sarah and Sparky Marquis. This is the 3rd time Seah and Sparky have been awarded the rare 99 point score from Mr Parker.
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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:34 PST
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Tips for Buying Wine for Less than 10 Bucks
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:01:00 PST
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Colosi Rosso - Silcilian Red Wine
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:34:03 PDT
Here is installment three of my humble quest to find 6 or 7 very good inexpensive wines for the Summer of 2008 season. Today we go to Sicily to revisit a fine red, Colosi Rosso. This wine is consistently excellent, made of 100% Nero D' Avola, a grape also known as Calabrese, a very promient red grape in Sicily. Since this grape is vinified into dark, thick, flavorful reds that remind me of Australian Shiraz I thought it was an appropriate wine to include in this tasting group. We had it ton
Martin Fryer - 24hrs on a treadmill
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:23:30 PDT
The Road to Nowhere: The North Face 24 hour Treadmill Race 6/7 March 2008 “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.” - William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Treadmills are not for me I think it was sometime in early January this year when Ian Cornelius, President of the Australian Ultra Runner’s Association (AURA), sent around an email see
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BubbleFlo Generates Excitement at Wine & Beer Show
New Winemaking Technology Introduced at St. Catharines Conference in Canada
International trade across the Peace Bridge may have just taken a big leap forward with the introduction of BubbleFlo?, an amazing new instrument that assists home winemakers in monitoring the fermentation of their wine. BubbleFlo takes the guesswork out of the fermentation process. BubbleFlo is the brainchild of two Buffalo entrepreneurs whose invention quickly captured the attention of participants at the Home Wine & Beer Trade Association (HWBTA) conference in St. Catharines during the second weekend in June.
?We received a terrific response to BubbleFlo from some important members of the trade in St. Catharines,? says Dan Kornacki, Bubble Flow, Inc. CEO. ?Distributors for home winemaking products in North America were very impressed with our product.?
Everybody knows that wine is becoming big business as the nation?s alcoholic beverage tastes encompass more reds, whites, and blushes and new labels seem to materialize at each visit to the wine shelves. But not all of the wine poured these days is being sold by wine merchants. An increasing amount of good serviceable table wine is coming from the bottles, vats, and carboys of North America?s burgeoning number of home winemakers. This operation usually goes on at home but can also take place at a u-vint, a store where knowledgeable wine folks will assist your winemaking efforts. With do-it-yourself vintners rapidly increasing on both sides of the border, Bubble Flow hopes to corner both markets with its new product.
The trickiest and most delicate part of making a decent wine is getting the fermentation right. Today?s commercial wine kits provide all of the necessary ingredients, primarily the grape juice and the yeast, but calculating the progress of fermentation is largely a matter of guesswork. That?s where Bubble Flow?s principals saw a niche for a product that would monitor the fermentation, take out the guesswork, and enable the home winemaker to make ?great wine every time.? To keep things simple, they named the product BubbleFloTM, the same as the company, without the w. But what is a BubbleFlo and how does it work?
?Several years ago I was making a batch of wine and the anaerobic fermentation seemed to go on forever,? recalls Andre Pazik, who is the Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer. ?I watched the airlock for activity and dipped into it to do hydrometer tests even though it risked contamination. I just wanted to know when the fermentation would stop.
Mr. Pazik set about to create an instrument that would quantify the fermentation rate and alcohol production rate. This technology would enable anyone to make great wine, from the novice following step-by-step instructions to the expert using charting and data analysis tools.
Mr. Kornacki contracted John Chew, a former associate, as a consultant to organize marketing and launch BubbleFlo into the eager hands of winemakers and distributors.
With a patent for the product in hand, the company is moving quickly to capitalize on the excitement generated among the trade at the HWBTA conference. An introduction to world markets is planned for later this year.
Bubble Flow?s successful product introduction has been assisted by a $200,000 venture loan from the ECIDA/Niagara Region Ventures Fund (www.nrvf.com) and the Buffalo and Erie County Regional Development Corporation. Al Culliton, CFO of the development corporation, stated, ?RDC and the Niagara Region Ventures Fund are happy to assist in the commercialization of new technologies by local companies.?
Bubble Flow is located in and supported by the University of Buffalo?s Baird Research Park, 1576 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, New York 14228.
For more information on BubbleFlo?, please contact Dan Kornacki at 800-817-1440 or dkceo@bubbleflow.com, or check the website at http://www.bubbleflo.com
For more information on BubbleFlo?, please contact Dan Kornacki at 800-817-1440 or dkceo@bubbleflow.com, or check the website at http://www.bubbleflo.com
Wine Vineyard and More
Overproduction - the Greatest Challenges to the Wine Industry
Worldwide, overproduction has long been one of the greatest challenges to the wine industry.
In the last three years Spain, France and Italy's wine pr...
Click Here to Read More About Wine ...
Wine Vineyard Items For Viewing
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
Price: 2501.99 USD
News about Wine Vineyard
Penfolds Grange no longer top Australian red wine
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:44:26 PDT
Penfolds Grange has lost its position as the nation's top red in a tasting survey which gave equal points to a $38 shiraz made by a young South Australian woman. Penfolds Grange 2002 was listed in second place behind Henschke's Hill of Grace 2002 ($550).
Robert Parker Awards Australian Shiraz 99 out of 100 Point Score
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:08:34 PDT
Noted wine critic Robert Parker's October wine newsletter awards four 95+ point scores to Mollydooker Winery and awards their top Shiraz a score of 99 points. Mollydooker Winery is under the direction of Sarah and Sparky Marquis. This is the 3rd time Seah and Sparky have been awarded the rare 99 point score from Mr Parker.
Presents for the Almost Vegetarian gourmet (and a recipe!)
Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:34 PST
PERFECT GIFT IDEAS! For the almost vegetarian hostess, from a knife that prevents vegetables from sticking to the one book every foodie must have, the best handmade Tuscan biscotti, Dean and Deluca teas, an Australian Shiraz, and more! There is also a pretty vegetarian recipe for Middle Eastern sesame-pistachio biscuits.
Tips for Buying Wine for Less than 10 Bucks
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:01:00 PST
Nice quick list of recommendations for buying wine on a budget - including Australian Shiraz, Any S. African Blend, Argentinian Malbec, and Any Italian White Wine
Colosi Rosso - Silcilian Red Wine
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:34:03 PDT
Here is installment three of my humble quest to find 6 or 7 very good inexpensive wines for the Summer of 2008 season. Today we go to Sicily to revisit a fine red, Colosi Rosso. This wine is consistently excellent, made of 100% Nero D' Avola, a grape also known as Calabrese, a very promient red grape in Sicily. Since this grape is vinified into dark, thick, flavorful reds that remind me of Australian Shiraz I thought it was an appropriate wine to include in this tasting group. We had it ton
Martin Fryer - 24hrs on a treadmill
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:23:30 PDT
The Road to Nowhere: The North Face 24 hour Treadmill Race 6/7 March 2008 “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.” - William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Treadmills are not for me I think it was sometime in early January this year when Ian Cornelius, President of the Australian Ultra Runner’s Association (AURA), sent around an email see
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