Marc Cuneo has joined Turrentine Brokerage of Novato, Calif., as a broker. A fourth-generation member of the Sebastiani wine family, Cuneo has managed vineyards, crushed and fermented grapes and worked in sales for both Sebastiani Vineyards and a major distributor. At Turrentine Brokerage, he will help wineries manage inventories to sustain brand growth and maximize cash flow through planning and the strategic use of the bulk wine market. Details: turrentinebrokerage.com.

Amorim preserves 200-year-old wine
Portuguese cork producer Amorim helped preserve 168 bottles of 200-year-old Champagne recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea off the coast of the Åland Archipelago. Amorim’s technical Champagne team advised on replacing the 200-year-old cork stoppers with new ones. The team developed a new stopper made from a single piece of natural cork to meet the specifications of the antique bottles. The company also provided manual bottling machines that allowed the recovery team to insert new corks at a location close to the shipwreck site. Details: corkfacts.com.

Vigneron launches XpressFill
Vigneron Specialty Products, San Luis Obispo, Calif., home of the XpressFill line of bottle filling machines, announced the launch of a new series named The Level Fill system. These one-, two- and four-bottle fillers are designed to fill each bottle to the exact level desired regardless of bottle variations. Options include gas sparging and speed flow rate variations. Details: xpressfill.com.

KLR becomes Bucher Vaslin
KLR Machines Inc. has changed its name to Bucher Vaslin North America and will continue to be based in Sebastopol, Calif. The newly named company still carries a full line of winery equipment, parts and a fully accessible service department. Details: klrmachines.com.

ASL Print FX earns awards
ASL Print FX took the top prize at the 2010 Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute awards meeting held in Boca Raton, Fla., for their Dan Aykroyd Sauvignon Blanc label. ASL Print FX operates two locations: Vaughan, Ontario, and Winston-Salem, N.C. Details: aslprintfx.com.

Precision Technology acquires Hypac
Precision Technology of Roanoke, Va., has acquired Australia-based Hypac Pty. Ltd., a manufacturer of basket presses for premium winemaking. Hypac has basket press customers in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Spain. Precision Technology’s U.S.-based team will allow Hypac to sell and support more effectively in North America. Details: pt-usa.net.

Robb joins Strike & Techel
San Francisco-based alcoholic beverage law firm Strike & Techel welcomed associate attorney Katherine Robb. After receiving degrees from Vassar and the UC Davis School of Law, Robb practiced corporate law for several years in the Palo Alto office of Cooley LLP. Details: strikeandtechel.com.

Caliber WinePak gets a new name
Caliber WinePak, a wine bottle distributor based in Benicia, Calif., has changed its name to TricorBraun WinePak, reflecting its ownership by TricorBraun, a North American distributor of glass and plastic packaging. TricorBraun acquired Caliber WinePak in 1997 but did not immediately change the company’s name. TricorBraun has more than 40 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Asia. Details: tricorbraunwinepak.com.

Saxco selects Doherty
Ann Doherty joins Saxco Pacific Coast, Vancouver, Wash., as sales account manager for wine bottles. Doherty will be responsible for everyday sales and new account development with wineries throughout the state of Washington. Saxco Pacific Coast specializes in wine and beer bottles for clients in the Northwest. Details: saxcopc.com/news/press.

Ameridia appoints Rodriguez
Ameridia, a division of France’s Eurodia Industrie S.A., Somerset, N.J., appointed Domingo Rodriguez to promote its wine processing technologies across North America, including ENERGY STAR Flex Your Power award-winning tartrate stabilization technology. Rodriguez, formerly with Winesecrets, introduced ENERGY STAR to the North American wine industry. Details: amerida.com.

Key Technology unveils crush pad options
Key Technology of Walla Walla, Wash., introduces new crush pad equipment solutions for wineries. Modules can be utilized separately or configured as an integrated system including a receiving hopper, cluster sorting table, post-destemmer sorting table with MOG separating system and color sorters.

OMISSION
Orchard Valley Supply, a wholesale vineyard and orchard supply company based in Harrisburg, N.C., was inadvertently omitted from the November Wines & Vines Guide to Suppliers. Orchard Valley Supply now offers Rejex-it, a sensory repellent that makes treated grapes unpalatable to birds, including turkeys. It irritates the mouths and stomachs of birds that try to ingest treated berries, without causing adverse physiological reactions in the birds. Details: orchardvalleysupply.com.