BarrelWise Technologies

Booth 423 at WIN Expo! Drop by to say hi and give the FS1 a try 👋

Kicking off the post-harvest event lineup with WIN Expo in Sonoma this month!

Drop by our booth 423 for a demo and consultation on how your winery can boost wine testing capabilities with us.

🤖 New integrations with wine tracking softwares
✨ New features to accommodate more workflows, whether you decide to track Individual Barrels, Individual Barrels with Virtual Composites, or Physical Composites
Also, our team will be available for on-site demos in the area. Nothing beats the testing and equipment in your own environment with your own wine and workflows, so let us know!

In Oregon for some in-winery demos of our FS1 System before harvest arrives! 🍇

If you’re in the area and curious about how our technology can aid your wine analysis, reach out to us for a quick visit.

📄 Another month, another round of insights! This month is all about designing an effective wine analysis program, including:

📌 A few things you can do to maximize the impact, with your current capacity:
- Part 1, Gaining Actionable Visibility: https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/make-the-most-of-your-analysis-capacity-pt-1-gaining-actionable-visibility
- Part 2, Getting Timely Results in Less Time: https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/make-the-most-of-your-analysis-capacity-pt-2-get-timely-results-in-less-time

📌 How Composite Sampling might not be good enough for your case, and the alternative: https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/composite-sampling-how-outlier-barrels-can-misdirect-so2-decisions

Read this month's insights here, and subscribe to get these in your mailbox monthly: https://www.barrelwise.ca/barrelwise-insights

📌 A must-read if your wineries make Barrel Fermented Chardonnay!

Did you know Barrel Fermented Chardonnay has the highest rate of free SO2 outliers of any variety, according to our real-time database? Learn more in this 3-minute article.

🔗 Article: https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/barrel-fermented-chardonnay-has-the-highest-rate-of-free-so2-outliers

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We're having a great time at ASEV! 🙌 Drop by our booth (right by the entrance) to say hi, chat about exciting learnings so far, and let us quickly show you our FS1 System for wine analysis.

🍇 We are going to be at ASEV next week in Napa!

Looking forward to discussing innovative wine analysis methods and demoing our FS1 System as a new approach to free SO₂ analysis.

Over the last few months, our FS1 System has helped winemakers increase quality control and reduce labor requirements for the wine analysis process. Barrels can now be analyzed in the cellar and actioned on as winemakers prescribed, with results uploaded instantly to a cloud database — all are automated.

Drop by the Supplier Table area to catch up and learn more about our system.

📦 Dropping a round of insights next week on Free SO₂ — Variation in Barrel Fermented Chardonnay, the Optimal Addition Multiplier, and SO₂ Stratification!

🤓 Our team has started mining the real-time data collected from all BarrelWise FS1 in the field, and excited to share our findings as we go. So make sure you stay in touch with us on LinkedIn, Emails, Instagram 👋

✉️ 📥 About Project BarrelWise Insights + Get these snappy and hot insights in your inbox: https://www.barrelwise.ca/barrelwise-insights

Our FS1 enjoyed wine every day as if it were National Wine Day! 🍷 Cheers to everything it takes to make great wine — the grapes, the oak, the hard work, the attentive monitoring, and more.

Don't forget to keep in touch for tips & resources on wine analysis 👉 ✉️ https://www.barrelwise.ca/barrelwise-insights

⚖️ To evaluate wine analysis tech — Tip #2 of 7 (comes with a template!): Establishing an accurate baseline to compare with the new technology is essential.

This is particularly useful for wineries with a trusted on-site or third-party lab and considering new analysis tech to save time and increase quality control capacity.

Discover how to assess the data quality aspect of your wine analysis tech with our helpful tips, handy comparison chart template, and key factors to keep in mind!

🔗 Read the 5-min article: https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/7-tips-for-evaluating-winery-analysis-methods-and-new-technology-accuracy-and-reliability

🔖 Keep in touch and subscribe to BarrelWise Insights: https://www.barrelwise.ca/barrelwise-insights

🤔 What to look at when evaluating chemical analysis technology for your winery? We have a list, and its starts with Repeatability! 📄

As part of our newly launched BarrelWise Insights, we have compiled resources that help wineries improve their sulfite management, from choosing the right analysis method for your operations to strengthen your quality control with it.

🔗 Read more about 7 Tips for Evaluating Winery Analysis Methods and New Technology (Accuracy and Reliability): https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/7-tips-for-evaluating-winery-analysis-methods-and-new-technology-accuracy-and-reliability

🔖 More about the BarrelWise Insights project and subscribe: https://www.barrelwise.ca/barrelwise-insights

🔥 🚀 BarrelWise Insights project has launched, with great insights for your great winemaking craft!
With thousands of Free SO₂ measurements streaming in monthly from wineries through our FS1 System, our team is now in a unique position to harness the data to generate insights on how Free SO₂ is measured and managed in practice.

In this first round, we're kicking off with some stories and tips:
🔍 Identifying Outliers: A Tale of Two Barrels
— A case of our partner winery about how they detected two outlier barrels early and investigated them.

📝 7 Tips for Evaluating Winery Analysis Technology
— Some tips from us on assessing the data quality aspect more effectively when considering new Free SO₂ technology for your winery.

⚖️ Which Free SO₂ test method is right for you? (The Workflow Edition)
— A call to look at the workflow aspect, in which automation plays a significant role, and how it can help you better choose your next test method.

🔗 Check out: https://www.barrelwise.ca/barrelwise-insights , and subscribe to keep in touch!

🥳 New milestone for us! 🚩 30,000 measurements in — that means many winemakers and lab teams are now focusing on high-level tasks such as spotting problematic barrels and improving the quality control programs.

With a steady stream of Free SO₂ data coming in, our team is soon launching a project to present the insights we found from this journey with BarrelWise partner wineries.
✉️ Make sure we keep in touch through our newsletter 👉 https://newsletter.barrelwise.ca/subscribe

Here's to thousands more to come 🍷

Are you considering a new Free SO₂ testing method and almost lost in the technical tidbits? Try looking from the workflow perspective — it's a refresh!

What you will get from the article:
- Correct interpretation of Per-sample time ⌛ (and Throughput). Hint: Not all numbers are comparable right off the spec sheets.
- How understanding Automation ⚡ is important in the evaluation process
- A Map 📜 that summarizes most currently available tech, and a quick rundown of their implications to your workflow

🔗 READ HERE:
https://www.barrelwise.ca/blog/how-to-assess-free-so2-test-options-the-workflow-perspective

2️⃣ days until WiVi Central Coast! We will be at Booth 428 showcasing our FS1 System. Drop by to see how our analyzer automates and creates Free SO₂ testing workflow that wasn't possible before.

Very often, we hear: "There's no way that can be done". Well, our customers are loving it! 😉

Here's how it is being used at our customer wineries:
✅ Test 100% of barrels in their high-end lots
✅ Get more post-addition checks and re-add until it hits the targeted level
✅ Flag and monitor outlier barrels
✅ Built their own testing protocols, such as: Test X barrels > If ppm is under Y amount, test X more barrels. These protocols can be done entirely by their cellar teams without bottlenecks.

And here are the TOP 2 FAQs:

❓Does this mean I have to test every barrel in my facility?
👋 Definitely not. Barrel-by-barrel testing makes it possible to measure and link results to individual barrels. This means YOU can decide which lots, how many within those lots, and how often to check on them.

❓But then I'll have to calculate the lot average, unlike composite samples?
👋 Our Virtual Composites feature automatically gets that number for you when barrels are sampled in the same lot.

Do you have any to add or any questions? Let us know in the comments below.

🤲 Make your barrels feel special by checking in often and giving them the care they need. Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️

⚡️Want to see lightning-fast Free SO₂ tests in person at your winery? BarrelWise is back on the road again for on-site demos of our FS1 System! 🚐

💵 Did you know — BarrelWise makes it cost-efficient to start through subscription-based pricing? This way, there are NO high upfront equipment costs and NO maintenance or support surcharges.

✉️ Chat with us to know more, and book a site demo now!

🗞️ For more information: https://www.barrelwise.ca/newsroom/site-demo-schedule-february-2023-6th-to-17th-california

Looking forward to see everyone at booth 132 at Unified! We’re excited to show you Free SO₂ tests, from sampling to data on the cloud, done in under 80 seconds.

For those who like things hands-on, you're welcome to try it yourself.

Tiny tanks carrying the spirit of big barrels!🤘

We needed portable vessels to store wine for the demo table at our Unified booth. Found these tanks in our stash from the previous product and thought to try them out.

Drop by our booth 132 at Unified next week for a chance to do a free SO₂ test by yourself on various wines. Anyone can do it, and will do it in 3 sips of wine! 🍷

Throwback Thursday on a demo trip last week in the Okanagan. Nothing beats seeing and trying the unit in person.

We are thinking this pose should be the way to present the FS1 Analyzer from now on 💁‍♂️💁💁‍♀️

Coming up soon! A case study of what can be done when FS1 meets an amazing winery team ⭐️

Since implementation, this customer of ours has shown, through actions, their commitment to creating consistently high-quality wines.

We’re excited to tell this story, believing in the values our FS1 can bring to quality-conscious wineries and any team that aspires to do things more efficiently.

📝 Make a note to see our FS1 Analyzer (and run it yourself!) at Booth 132 at Unified. We’re thrilled to be back with updates on FS1 success and exciting new features ✨

Wineries that want to see FS1 in action at your facilities can have a chat and book a site demo with us. For those in the North Coast, we still have some site demo slots ready for January!

Hope to see everyone there.

🗞️ Read more: https://www.barrelwise.ca/newsroom/measure-free-so2-with-barrelwise-fs1-at-our-unified-2023-booth

Gotta love a 3-in-1 trip: installation, site demo and filming in the Okanagan this week ❄️

🚐 Being in Napa & Sonoma next week until Unified. Full steam ahead!

Let us know if you’re in the area and would like a quick chat or site demo.