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High-Tech Vending Machines

Wine Vending Machines Self-serve wine-dispensing systems have been pouring into restaurants and bars nationwide over the last few years. One example is Napa Technologies' WineStation, which holds 28 bottles of wine simultaneously. It keeps open bottles fresh for up to 60 days by replacing oxygen with argon gas as wine is dispensed. Bottles stay chilled, thanks to a thermoelectric cooling system, eliminating the need for circulating liquid. To order, you insert a wine card purchased from the...

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The Grape & Ale

The Grape & Ale is a quaint wine shop located in Oak Island, NC. But don't be fooled by the quaint exterior....one step inside and you'll find a shopping friendly environment loaded with the latest technology! In addition to wifi, so that customers can "log on" while enjoying libations from their their lovely courtyard - Grape & Ale also features the finest in wine preservation and dispensing technology from Napa Technology. Just recently added, the WineStation 3.0 now allows guests to...

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HEB Grocery Stores – Adding Big Technology to their aisles

Well as the saying goes...everything in Texas is just bigger...and now at 6  H.E.B  grocery stores, big just got better too!  No stranger to excellence in their wine program, H.E.B has now added the WineStation technology to their highly trained staff and expansive wine offerings. Adding the WineStation to the Austin and San Antonio locations will now provide customers with the ability to sample featured wines, before they purchase them. The WineStation technology not only affords an...

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Roger Wilco Trifecta!

One is good, two is better and three is....well, just totally awesome. Roger Wilco,  a well known leader in the retail wine and liquor business located throughout New Jersey just hit the trifecta! You can now find the WineStation in three of their Roger Wilco locations, all providing 8 unique wines for sampling! Just push, pour and you can taste your way towards your very next purchase. No stranger to the fine art of wine tasting, Roger Wilco has an incredible Wine Club that affords unlimited...

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WineStation – Now in the Happiest Place on Earth!

Moms and Dads delight!! Just when you thought the "happiest place on earth" could not possibly get any better...well, it just did! Nestled inside of Disney's most historic Resorts; The Grand Floridian  you will find Citricos Restaurant.... AND the WineStation by Napa Technology. You will find everything inside Citricos to be inspired by Spain and Tuscany -- including their expansive and tasty wines by the glass offerings. And now with the WineStation guests can sample or indulge, as wines can...

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Grocery Stores Offer Wine Tastes This Holiday Season

This holiday season, wine buyers will have a little something to look forward to while shopping in their local grocery store. Often considered endless aisles of unknown options, grocery stores today are adopting new technology that allows shoppers to taste wine before they buy it. Grocery stores from coast to coast are putting a greater emphasis on their wine programs including a focus on marketing, both customer and employee education, installing wine preservation and dispensing systems and...

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How Consumers Will Buy This Holiday Season

Grocery Stores Offer Wine Tastes This Holiday Season This holiday season, wine buyers will have a little something to look forward to while shopping in their local grocery store. Often considered endless aisles of unknown options, grocery stores today are adopting new technology that allows shoppers to taste wine before they buy it. Grocery stores from coast to coast are putting a greater emphasis on their wine programs including a focus on marketing, both customer and employee education,...

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Scary Facts About Wine Waste

Scary Facts About Wine Waste and Deathly Pitfalls to Avoid Napa Technology Shares Sinfully Smart Tips for Restaurant and Retail Operators Campbell, CA - October 17, 2012 - Wine is a fragile commodity and any number of things can go wrong during the shipping, storage, and consumption process. Napa Technology has put together nine of the scariest wine facts and quick pointers to help you keep your customers happy and your wines by the glass business profitable. The Ghost of Sticky Fingers...

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2012 Wines By The Glass Survey Results

Napa Technology, developer of the WineStation Intelligent Wine Preservation and Dispensing System, commissioned a survey of 104 top sommeliers, wine directors, hotel and restaurant operators to find that wine by the glass consumption is on the rise and consumers are willing to pay more for the experience of wines by the glass that would otherwise be cost prohibitive by the bottle. Wines by the Glass Survey Are customers able to identify a corked, oxidized, or otherwise spoiled wine? Yes -...

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Eight Cool Things About the New Dierbergs Store in Des Peres

The new Dierbergs in Des Peres has a bowling alley, a shoe-repair service, a shooting range, a juggling academy, a 24-hour burlesque show near the meat department, a puppy farm, and complimentary blood-pressure screenings. Just kidding -- mostly. But the new flagship Dierbergs is huge, huge, huge, with so many amenities it's worth the trip just to gawk at how tomorrow's grocery store is looking more and more like Disneyland. Check out what this freshly opened mega-grocery has to offer: 1....

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