The benefits of boxed wine are old news to those of us in the wine business, but there’s still a huge group of wine lovers that think you have to buy wine in a 750 ml bottle to get a respectable glass of wine. We loved this post by Megan Willet that refutes this citing […]
An article on The Drinks Report website debuted another new form factor to an “old” alternative wine packaging format, the bag-in-box. The article announced the launch in the U.K. of a wine by Kingsland Wines of the Thirsty Earth brand in a “paper wine bottle” that essentially was a bag inside a cardboard package shaped […]
There are two industries that thrive only when they can realize cost savings by providing more convenience to customers: the airline and cruise line industries. Reducing weight, maximizing storage, and providing luxury amenities all benefit their bottom lines. Which makes it a mystery all the more that the air and cruise line industries don’t demand […]
Two articles circulated on wine industry news outlets today touted two continuing hot trends: The growing use of kegs by wineries to support and expand on-premise business; By-the-glass sales are booming due to Millennials’ joy of exploration of new wines and flavors. Excerpts from the news releases today highlight the convergence of the two trends: […]
Over the last couple of years we have swung by Tim Orr’s booth at the annual Unified Wine & Grape Symposium to check out his progress in developing and promoting the wine TORR Keg. The TORR Keg is a unique and ingenious system utilizing disposable/recyclable 9-L plastic bags in a special keg that uses air […]
It was very satisfying to read Master Sommelier and Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants’ Director of Wines Emily Wines’ post regarding her love of box wine and other alternative wine packaging. For years we have been talking about the virtues of using box wine in hotels and restaurants but the discussion rarely goes beyond using BIB […]
Two new single-serve alternative packages for wine are making the news, an elegant, single-serve, 187-ml plastic glass by Zipz, and a single-serve, 187-ml, glass vials (or test tubes) by The Vini. Both made The New York Times online: Single-Serving Wine for Sipping Small By FLORENCE FABRICANT Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times “Buy me […]
From Shanken News Daily comes this industry update: “The premium three-liter boxed wine segment continues to enjoy strong momentum in the U.S., up 25% by value and 27% by volume in the 52 weeks through February 24, according to SymphonyIRI. The segment still appears to have plenty of upside, accounting for just 2% of the […]