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CellarSensor(TM) Safeguards Wine Investment, Relieves Separation Anxiety.


New Hardware Monitors Cellar Conditions, Maintains Records and Alerts Owner of Dangers via Web

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 themselves against the significant danger that high temperature and low humidity can present to their wines. To help them protect their valuable liquid investments, WineWerkz LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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, a San Diego-based producer of wine lifestyle technologies, has released CellarSensor[TM], a multi-component system that couples state-of-the-art sensor hardware with CellarCentral.com, a dedicated Web service to monitor wine cellar conditions and notify the owner, via Internet or mobile device alerts, to potentially wine-damaging cellar climate changes. Priced starting at $695.00 and suitable for both private use and professional application in wineries, retail stores, storage facilities and auction houses, CellarSensor[TM] is the invention of WineWerkz founder Chris Womack and is available to the general public as of May 2007 through CellarCentral.com and select dealer-distributors.

"Many avid collectors have invested extensively in their cellars, yet aren't accustomed to actively monitoring their cellars' temperature and humidity," said Womack. "Living in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , I've seen cases in which collectors lost thousands of dollars worth of wine to heat damage or freezing caused by malfunctions of their active cooling systems cooling systems

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 to think that such loss could have been prevented. In other cases, collectors experience 'separation anxiety' - they can't stop wondering if their 'babies' are resting comfortably. CellarSensor and CellarCentral.com effectively address both of these concerns."

While protecting wine assets and alleviating separation anxiety are the two primary benefits for users of CellarSensor[TM] and CellarCentral.com, these are not the products' only applications. In addition to providing CellarSensor[TM] owners with Web access and a user-friendly interface, CellarCentral.com maintains a record of cellar conditions that can be used to verify the storage provenance prov·e·nance  
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2. Proof of authenticity or of past ownership. Used of art works and antiques.
 of wines offered at auction or exchanged in private sales and trades. Wine collectors, brokers and retailers can now obtain assurance from CellarSensor[TM]-equipped vendors that purchased library wines and other rare bottlings have been properly cellared.

In addition to these premium services, CellarCentral.com also acts as an enticing online community platform where any interested individual can find a wealth of information on wine and wine storage. The site contains a cellar gallery where anyone can view, rate and comment on others' wine storage or upload images of their own. A wealth of free content on virtually any wine-related topic is also available at CellarCentral.com, via links, extensive community forums on wine storage and an ongoing RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS.  of the day's best wine-related news. Finally, instantaneous technical help for CellarSensor[TM] users is available on CellarCentral.com via live online chat, currently open weekdays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there .

Since founding WineWerkz LLC in 2005, Womack has worked with a number of the wine industry's top storage experts to test his new products. As WineWerkz and the company's testing needs grew, so too did Womack's circle of wine industry and collector associates. As a result, CellarSensor[TM] and CellarCentral.com now protect many of the finest professional wine storage facilities and cellar consulting companies in the U.S.

About CellarSensor and CellarCentral.com

After renovating his home and adding a wine cellar in 2003, wine-lover Chris Womack realized that the existing cellar-monitoring devices on the market were often inaccurate and inaccessible unless the user was physically in the cellar. To fill this potentially dangerous gap, Womack used his extensive experience in thermodynamic ther·mo·dy·nam·ic
adj.
1. Characteristic of or resulting from the conversion of heat into other forms of energy.

2. Of or relating to thermodynamics.
 research and mechanical engineering to create CellarSensor[TM], a hardware solution developed in partnership with the reputable T AND D Corporation that monitors air temperature, liquid temperature and humidity, and CellarCentral.com, a dedicated Web service that allows users to access their CellarSensor[TM] data from any Internet-accessible computer. More information on WineWerkz LLC, its founder and products is available at www.cellarcentral.com.
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