Wineries Across The U.S. Expand Business With Bag-In-Box Packaging
Wineries across the United States are boxing wine for many sound business and environmental reasons, including increasing wine sales, reducing costs, delivering better value to consumers and even to package sulfite-free, organic wine so that it stays fresh after being opened!
The first step for wineries choosing bag-in-box packaging is to reach out to Scholle Packaging for assistance. Scholle Packaging provides detailed and hands-on practical advice on finding and collaborating with qualified bag-in-box co-packers, corrugate box producers, graphic arts, and marketing firms.
Leon Pierce and LeCask Continue to Grow
The attraction for Leon Pierce to start packaging bag-in-boxes was affordability. In materials costs alone, producing a 9-liter case of three 3-liter Le Cask bag-in-boxes is 75% less expensive than a case of twelve 750-ml glass bottles. Leon Pierce, the owner of Le Cask, uses Scholle Packaging’s hand-filler to fill up approximately 1,500 bags a day. Production of Le Cask is currently at the 12,000-box level, but Pierce expects that sales will keep pace with the 49% retail sales growth of the category shown in 2008.
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Boxed Wine Strategy for Growth
Affordability and technical winemaking expertise brought Lancaster, Pennsylvania, L & R Wine Company and Tamanend Winery owners Richard Carey and Linda Jones McKee to making bag-in-box part of their business. Tamanend Winery produces eight different fine wines that retail from $13 to $25 per 750-ml bottle. 75% of their wine is sold direct to consumers from their offsite tasting room and winery in 750-ml glass bottles and 25 percent in 3-liter and 1.5-liter bag-in-boxes. Tamanend plans to expand distribution for their Wild Wines boxed wines in 2009, and anticipates that their sales of boxed wines will become a larger percentage of production. Carey uses Scholle’s TrueFill 900 filler and invested in a Velcorin® dosing machine, which assures that all wines boxed by L & R are completely free of contaminates. Velcorin is used in low dosages against a broad range of yeast, bacteria, and mold, and does not affect wine taste, bouquet, or color. Carey estimates that the cost of packaging for a case of three 3-liter bag-in-boxes is half that of a traditional case of twelve 750-ml glass bottles. He notes that there are additional savings through economies of shipping as production grows.
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Badger Mountain and Powers Produce Organic Boxed Wine
In Kennewick, Washington, Badger Mountain Winery owner Bill Powers wanted to produce Washington State’s first organically certified wines. That quest led to the bag-in-box as a unique format to supplement traditional 750 ml business. Always a leader in his field, Powers realized that the bag-in-box packaging offered a great way to assure that his wines stayed as fresh as possible.The collapsible bag allows wines with no added sulfites to stay fresher longer than a bottle once opened. Badger Mountain’s 3-L boxed wines are distributed in Washington and by 22 distributors throughout the U.S.
Badger Mountain Winery’s National Sales Director, Mickey Dunn, attributes the relatively quick success of their boxed wines to the fact that they are certified organic, offer great quality for the price, and are packaged in a unique way. On-premise sales of a by-the-glass pour from the Powers Cabernet Sauvignon box have been positive in Seattle. To ensure the freshest wine, Badger Mountain/Powers Winery fills their boxes for just-in-time delivery. They are very proactive in rotating product in the market. They use a unique code on each box, which includes a filling date, and willingly share this information with their distribution partners to assure that all of their boxed wines are sold at their best.
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Tefft Cellars Saves Packaging Costs With Bag-In-Box
Joel Tefft, of Tefft Cellars in Outlook, Washington, was one of the first Washington wineries to jump into the bag-in-box business in 2000. He believed that the packaging would mean more wine sales. Wine lovers would be able to drink a good glass of wine each night instead of saving a bottle for special occasions. The winery currently bags about 2,500 to 3,000 gallons a month, and up to 300 boxes an hour with their Scholle equipment. Tefft is well-equipped to handle new projects as a co-packer, and has invested in a box erector and several fillers. Bag-in-box wines make up half of Tefft’s current 20,000-case business. This successful winery does no traditional advertising. Tefft Cellar wines are sold up and down the WA I-5 corridor and in nearby Idaho as well as through their busy tasting room.
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Boxed Wine Is Good For the Environment!
2009 promises to have more boxed wines available across the U.S. Wineries from boutique to global are recognizing the aforementioned benefits as well as the green attributes of bag-in-box packaging, which includes up to 91% less materials going into landfills as waste and a up to a 76% reduction in greenhouse gases as compared to an equivalent amount of wine packaged in glass bottles with corks. Consumers typically enjoy a savings in price with wine casks, are concerned about the environmental impact of their purchases, and appreciate boxed wines’ singularly-unique benefit of keeping the wine fresh for weeks after opening. New brands are in development and will be launching throughout 2009.
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Could you provide me with the names of companies who could fill bag-in-boxes on a contract basis with wine that we import in tank?
Great question Joe! I think I have some inforamtion that might answer your question. I’ll be contacting you directly.
I would also like the names of contract filling wineries in Central California that I could hire to fill for me. Thanks.
Thank you for the question Dave! I will be contacting you directly with the information you’re requesting.
I´m searching for high quantity producers of BiB wines. Do you have any idea of where I could find such information? Searching for BiBs through internet hasn´t been too successful for me.
Magnus, thank you for your comment. I will be following up with you directly so that I may better understand and address your question.
CAN YOU PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHERE I COULD PURCHASE bib’S FOR MY OWN WINE? i SEE LOTS OF MANUFACTURERS BUT NO MEANS OF BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS. can bibs be filled manually or is there special equipment necessary?
thanks for your help
Manny, Scholle Packaging manufacturers bags for bag-in-box packaging. Scholle can also assist with your box needs. I will be contacting you directly with sales information.
Thanks for your article. Could you provide me with:
* Data on the number of liters of boxed wine sold BY BRAND in 2008 and YTD 2009? &
* Contact info for the manufacturer producing and filling the boxes?
Thanks!
Hi Marlena,
Thank you for your comment. I’ll be following up with you directly. -Katie
I am interested in knowing any companies that are contract bag n box filler in the Northwest. I seem to find much information about filler, bags, boxes, etc. But nothing about independent companies that provide a service to package bag n box from wine provided….Can you help me with this request?
Hi Rosco- I’ll be contactaing you directly with the information you are looking for. -Katie
Hello Katie,
I am interested to get information about:
-BIB category development in leading BIB countries (australia, us,france)vs regular wine category
-Possible BIB suppliers from New Zeeland.
I am looking forward to receive your reply.
Kind regards,
Siewerd
Hi,
We are about a 10,000 case winery, family owned, in North Carolina. We are looking into BIB wines, I am having a problem finding the correct information for samples of BIB, considering we need a wow package. I would very much appreciate any and all information.
Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks!
Donna Edwards
Can you please provide a list of northern Californian wineries that have BIB filling capabilities? Thank you, Tiffany
Hi Katie
I need information of available wine copackers in California for Bag in Box in 1.5 and 3 liters.
Thanks
Sara
Hi Katie,
I would also need a list of available BIB manufacturers in California.
Awaiting for your direct contact.
Thank you so much!
Sara
Hi, looking for similar info as others above – info on people who can physically box wine.
thanks,
Dave
Looking for a bib here in the us for my brands. Recommendations?
Same question as others?
I am looking for a supply of 1 gal mylar bags, with a spigot (like those in a bag-in-box)for homemade wine. Many boaters use them for storage on trips to Alaska. They can be placed in plastic boxes in the keel area so that they stay cool. Any ideas?
Thanks
need a place to buy box and bladders
Hi Dave, Richard, and Chris,
Thanks for your questions. I’ll email you all personally with the information you are looking for.
-Katie
I am also looking for a bottler for bag wine… can you help?
Hi Susanna,
Scholle Packaging can help you find a co-packer. You will be contacted directly with more information.
Thanks for visiting!
Katie
I am interested in packaging some of this year’s harvest in bag in the box- how much of an investment would the filler machine require?
Also, how fast does the filler work as compared to glass bottle output?
Hi Shana,
Thanks for your questions. I will respond to your questions directly via email.
Best Regards,
Katie
Also looking for any comprehensive list of 3 L.
wine producers you may have if available.
Thanks very much,
Dennis Yeast
Hi Dennis,
Thank you for the question. I’ll email you directly with more information.
Cheers,
Katie
I’m doing research for a project comparing the cost to bottle wine over the cost to package in a box. Do you have any suggestions or numbers? Thank you
Hi Chuck, I will email directly with the information you’re looking for. -Katie
Dear Katie,
We are looking for a company that produce bag in boxes with a FDA approvial. Instead of wine we would like to add spirites into the bag.
Could you help me with this question??
thank you.
Hi Natascha,
Some one from Scholle’s sale team will contact you shorty regarding your question.
Thanks,
Katie
Could you provide me with the names of wineries in calfornia and oregon who could fill wines in tetra pac,bag-in-boxes or bottles 750ml for my privete labels to be distributor in us
Hi Katie,
We are manufacturer and exporters of high quality corrugated boxes with high quality offset printing. Pls let us know if you’d be interested in BiB Corrugated boxes with high quality graphics for the local Wineries. Look forward to your response. We also have an office in NY.
Thanks,
Vikram Nagpal
+919815036555