Winery Perini and Campo Largo Winery, both Brazilian wineries, chose to package their wine in bag-in-box and have seen great results.

Winery Perini

The Winery Perini aimed to launch, Jota Pe, a new wine label in an innovative package format. They believed bag-in-box was the right innovative package for their wine because of the convenience features and its ability to store open wines longer when compared glass bottles. Winery Perini partnered with Scholle Ltda because of Scholle’s ability to deliver high quality packaging materials. These companies, also, partnered to create point of purchase displays for grocery store aisles, coordinate consumer wine tastings, and purchase radio spots to publicize Jota Pe and the benefits bag-in-box wine.

Winery Perini experienced an increase in volume sales as a result of these promotional efforts. Because of Jota Pe’s success, Winery Perini anticipates converting several other wine labels of into bag-in-box. Currently these wines are sold in glass bottles.

Learn more about Jota Pe and Winery Perini:  www.vinicolaperini.com.br

Campo Largo Winery

Campo Largo Winery’s objective was to sell their wine in a package that offered more convenience and product quality to consumers than bottles provided. For direction, Campo Largo Winery conducted a market analysis to determine the best package to meet their target customers’ needs.  The analysis concluded that bag-in-box packaging satisfied their customers’ needs.

Campo Largo Winery worked with Scholle Ltda because of the high level of customer support and advanced film and tap technology offered by Scholle Ltda. These factors combine helped Campo Largo Winery provide their consumers with four and six liter bag-in-box products replacing glass carboys.

Campo Largo worked hard to educate their consumers about the advantages of bag-in-box. These advantages included:

• Keeping wine fresher, longer
• Practical for storing as it occupies less space
• Hygiene
• No breakage
• It ensures less wastage and disposable

Consumers’ and retailers’ awareness of bag-in-box wine and their benefits have increased as a result of these educational efforts. Additionally, Winery Campo Largo’s sales team experienced greater commitment from retailers resulting in increased sales.

Learn more about Winery Campo Largo and their wines: www.vinicolacampolargo.com.br

1. Less Expensive:

Every 3L boxed wine holds the equivalent of 4- 750 mL bottles making it affordable and economical.

2. Longer Life:

Boxed wine stays fresh up to 6 to 8 weeks after opening.

3. Green and Clean:

Bag-in-box is an environmentally considerate packaging format. Check out these websites to learn more:
www.aboutboxedwine.com/boxed-wine-is-good/for-the-environment

www.betterwinesbetterworld.com

4. Perfect for Parties:

Easy to transport, easy to store are qualities that make boxed wine the perfect wine to bring to parties, celebrations and picnics.

5. Cool Cooking:

Cooks no longer have to open a whole bottle for just one glass of wine. A specific amount of wine can be easily dispensed from the box and set back in the frig or on a counter.

6. Tastes Good, Too:

Wine Spectator reviewed 39 boxed wines in its October 15th issue. Many of these wines, 27 to be exact, were either rated good or very good.

See Wine Spectator article: http://www.winespectator.com/issue/show/date/2009-10-15

7. Best Bang For Your Buck:

Price compare-Some boxed wines are more affordable, per 750 mL bottle, than bottles of wine and are just as good.

Read the full article: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100412/LIFE05/4120305/Wine-7-reasons-to-drink-inside-the-box

Tell us some of the reasons you drink inside the box!

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The Wine Pocket is the solution to taking boxed wine anywhere, anytime while maintaining the temperature up to eight hours. We all know that keeping our wine at the right temperature is crucial to the taste. The Wine Pocket offers many benefits to wine drinkers:

• Convenient
• Lightweight
• Adjustable strap for carrying ease
• Extra pocket for essentials
• Soft sided for easy storage
• Non-sweating ice brick

It all began on a hot sunny summer day on the boat. I like white wine in the summer and to keep it chilled I had taken the bag out of the box and put it in the cooler. While cutting veggies, fruit and cheese the knife fell into the cooler and put a hole in the bag. Needless to say there was a lot of wine that went to waste that day. I knew there had to be a way to prevent that from happening again. My idea started that day and it has been quite an adventure seeing it go from paper to product.

The first design was for the five-liter box. I was fortunate to find a local manufacturer that was able to bring my dream to life. I made sure that I had everything covered for maximum convenience. I now have a smaller version for the three-liter box such as Black Box Wine, and have two colors: wine and navy.

Please visit our web site at thewinepocket.com to order your Wine Pocket today!

–Dianne

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A recent article in The Modesto Bee recommends a few boxed wine labels. These labels included:

• Fish Eye’s red varietals
• Herding Cats Merlot-Pinotage
• Target’s Wine Cube Pinot Grigio

You can find other great boxed wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner here.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Read the Modesto Bee’s full article: http://www.modbee.com/business/story/933308.html

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The article mentions the increasing growth and popularity of boxed wines amongst consumers. Some of the reasons they site for consumer’s change in attitudes towards boxed wines include; wineries putting better quality wine in bag-in-box, boxed wines’ value, and the ability to keep wine fresher longer.

Here is Wine Spectator’s list of top rated boxed wines and their accompanying scores:

Top 5 Boxed Red Wines

87 points Black Box Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles 2006

87 points Bota Box Cabernet Sauvignon California 2007

87 points Wine Cube Cabernet Sauvignon-Shiraz California 2007

85 points Black Box Cabernet Sauvignon California 2007

84 points Carlo Rossi Cabernet Sauvignon California Reserve NV

Top 5 Boxed White Wines

88 points Wine Cube Chardonnay California 2007

87 points Black Box Chardonnay Monterey County 2008

87 points Wine Cube Sauvignon Blanc California 2007

86 points Bota Box Pinot Grigio California 2007

86 points Killer Juice Chardonnay California Angel Juice 2007

Visit Wine Spectator’s official page to see the complete list of review boxed wines: www.winespectator.com

Fox Valley Wines

Fox Valley Wines in Oswego, Illinois, has five colorfully decorated three-liter boxed wines on their website at www.foxvalleywinery.com. Their off-dry Riesling at $26 is a best seller. They also sell Old Glory Red for $28, made of sweet Concord Grapes, White and Red Sangria for $26, and a dry 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon for $36. The Faltz family has two tasting rooms both on Route 34, one at the winery in Oswego and the second at JJJitters Coffee Studio in Sandwich, Illinois. Tours are offered on weekends.

Where to buy Fox Valley Wines

Fenn Valley Vineyards

Western Michigan wine country is known for its famous lake effect from Lake Michigan. Fenn Valley Vineyards (www.fennvalley.com) in Fennville benefits from its moderating influences. The winery produces a variety of one-and-one-half-liter and three-liter boxes sold in their two tasting rooms, one at the winery and the other in Saugatuck, as well as through select retailers in the state. Lakeshore Demi-Sec is their most popular wine, made in a “German style” that has floral and apple fruit character. The wine is available for $17 for the one-and-one-half-liter box or $20 for the three-liter box.

The Fenn Valley 2008 Semi-Dry Riesling takes its inspiration from the wines of Germany’s northern Rhine River valley with ripe, apple-like fruit impressions. The winery’s 2008 Pinot Grigio is a classic dry wine with nuances of mango, peach notes, and flavors of ripe pear. Their boxed red wine is Capriccio, a dry blend of mostly Chambourcin with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

That’s it for this week. Check back next week as we head to Illinois to discover more of America’s best boxed wines! –Cheers

Where To Buy Fenn Valley Wines

Review Fenn Valley wine on AboutBoxedWine.com!

More Tastings From the Boxed Wine Road:

Go to Week 1 – Tamanend Winery

Go to Week 2 – Terrapin Station Winery

Go to Week 3 – Breitenbach Winery

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Recently the San Francisco Chronicle published an article entitled “Have a Picnic With These Wines.” This article focused heavily on wines packaged in alternative formats i.e. bag-in-box, PET bottles and Tetra Paks. They mentioned that box wine is great to bring along to a picnic because of transportation conveniences and the ability for wines to be kept fresher longer.

Plus, if you and your picnic pals can’t quite polish off a box in the park, you can bring it home and it will be good for another couple of weeks!

Here are their top boxed wine picks:

2008 Black Box Wines Columbia Valley Riesling

2007 Bota Box California Cabernet Sauvignon

2008 La Petite Frog Coteaux du Languedoc Picpoul de Pinet

2007 Red Truck California Red Wine

Learn More:

Read the San Francisco Chronicle’s full article here.

Rate and review these boxed wines and more on AboutBoxedWine.com!

Located in the rolling hills of Ohio’s Amish countryside, the turreted castle of Breitenbach Wine Cellars, Der Marketplatz, and Café in Dover sell three lightly sweet one-and-one-half-liter boxed wines for $20: Frost Fire, First Crush, and Road House Red. A dessert wine that is only available in a box called Three Berry Blend sells for $22. The wines can be ordered at www.breitenbachwine.com or by calling (330) 343-3603.

That’s it for this week. Check back next week as we head to Illinois to discover more of America’s best boxed wines! –Cheers

Breitenbach Official Site

Where To Buy Breitenbach Wines

More Tastings From the Boxed Wine Road:

Go to Week 1 – Tamanend Winery

Go to Week 2 – Terrapin Station Winery

Terrapin Station in Germantown, Maryland, has a line of eight 1 and 1.5 L boxed wines in bright colors sporting a Diamondback Terrapin, a turtle native to Chesapeake Bay. A mix of varietal and hybrid grapes, the winery currently offers 2006 Cecil White, 2007 Semi-Sweet Vidal Blanc, 2007 Dry Vidal Blanc, 2007 Cayuga, 2007 Traminette, a non-vintage Merlot; a 2005 Shiraz, and a non-vintage Syrah.

Owners Morris and Janet Zwick donate a portion of sales to the Terrapin Institute towards saving this endangered reptile. “The Diamondback Terrapin, a native of the Chesapeake Bay, is the Maryland state reptile. Once plentiful in number, the Terrapin is facing tremendous pressures on its environment that threaten its very existence. We think fighting for the Terrapin is a good way to give back for the blessings bestowed upon us by the beauty of the Bay. A portion of our sales will be donated to the Terrapin Institute to help save the Terrapin.” –TerrapinStationWinery.com

The University of Maryland’s UMTV recently profiled Terrapin Station and their eco-sensitve products.

That’s it for this week. Check back next week as we head to Ohio to discover more of America’s best boxed wines! –Cheers

Terrapin Station Official Site

Terrapin Station on Facebook

Rate and Review Terrapin Station Wines on AboutBoxedWine.com

Where To Buy Terrapin Station Wines

More Tastings From the Boxed Wine Road:

Go to Week 1 – Tamanend Winery

Go to Week 3 – Breitenbach Winery