North Bay Business Journal

Spain-based Rivercap is setting up manufacturing plant in Benicia to make polylaminate and PVC plastic capsules to top wine and spirits bottles.

The 26,500-square-foot plant will “increase responsiveness” for Rivercap customers in North America and tighten the partnership between the capsule supplier and its exclusive distributor on the continent, according to José Saenz, chief executive officer of Rivercap USA Inc.

When you don’t need a cab, they are all over the place. But, when do you need a cab, they disappear — or they are all committed. I am not talking here about yellow cars in the city but about cabernet sauvignon vineyards in the North Coast.

NAPA — Microworks Technologies, a locally based developer of direct sales management software for the wine industry, is expanding as the needs of wineries for their tasting rooms, wine clubs and other direct-to-consumer channels change.