Author Archives: Ryan ODonnell

Protecting California’s Historic Vineyards

Posted on 05/15/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Education, Vineyard Tagged , Leave a comment

Historic Vineyard Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of California’s historic vineyards. Educating wine consumers about the special nature of old vines and preserving their place in history as so many vineyards are ripped apart to meet … Continue reading →

Innerstave’s Binsert make “barrel” fermentation available to anyone

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Barrels, Equipment Tagged , , , Leave a comment

True barrel fermentations is a process that requires a lot of upfront cost and a staggering increase in labor. For winemakers that don’t startle from the words “alternative oak products”, there’s a new toy on the market that is worth … Continue reading →

VinoTrac Demos at the LVWA Spring Dinner

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Local News 1 Comment

Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association members can see us at the spring dinner where we’ll be demoing our winemaking production software. We love working close with local winemakers and are eager to collaborate so we can continue improving our service. We’ve … Continue reading →

New Features: Search Batches & Wines

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Features Leave a comment

We’ve been busy. Busy building features that our customers have asked for. We’re pretty excited about these and hope you find them as useful as we do. Search Batch & Wines Want to know how much wine you have from … Continue reading →

Home winemaker’s competitions are here

Posted on 02/21/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Home Winemakers, Local News Leave a comment

There’s prominent amateur winemaker competitions coming up and the time to submit your bottles is now! WineMaker 2012 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition This is the biggest competition for home winemaker anywhere. Send in your bottles by March 16, 2012 Sonoma … Continue reading →

Origination of “user-friendly” wines

Posted on 02/16/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Education Leave a comment

Clark Smith of Wines and Vines magazine had a great article in the December 2011 issue titled Some Like It Hot where he goes into the history of California wines alcohol levels rose 2% since the ’70s, how the trend … Continue reading →

Primera’s label printer looks ideal if you can make the initial investment

Posted on 02/13/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Equipment, Packaging Leave a comment

Printing labels is always one of those last-minute jobs that always seems to have some sort of issue related to it. Ordering too few or too many labels is common. The dreaded fear of discovering a typo or grammatical error … Continue reading →

VinoTrac Joins the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association

Posted on 01/11/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Local News Leave a comment

In an effort to contribute to the ever expanding Livermore Valley, VinoTrac has joined the ranks of other local, industry-related businesses that serve this incredible winemaking region and is an official affliate of the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association. Our goal … Continue reading →

Bob Bennett: the savior to amateur winemaker’s

Posted on 01/10/2012 by Ryan ODonnell in Local News Leave a comment

I’ve had the privilege to make fruit from Bennett Ridge Vineyard for two consecutive vintages and the fruit has always turned out fantastic wines. Of course, the wines would never had gotten to that point without a constant volley of question and … Continue reading →

Barrel tracking using QR codes is the latest feature to be released in VinoTrac

Posted on 12/19/2011 by Ryan ODonnell in Equipment, Technology Leave a comment

Barrel and vessel tracking in general is typically an expensive problem to solve. Not sure why really but I suspect it’s vendor who are holding your batch notes hostage and trying to shake every last nickel from your pockets. Sad. … Continue reading →

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