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PACKWINE 2024 to promote the latest wine packaging solutions

PACKWINE 2024 to promote the latest wine packaging solutions

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Grapegrower & Winemaker will be focusing on packaging for its special 2024 PACKWINE feature in May. If you are a...
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2023 PACKWINE Forum & Expo now open!

2023 PACKWINE Forum & Expo now open!

2023 Announcements Design Packaging
The 2023 PACKWINE Forum & Expo is now live at www.packwine.com.au. PACKWINE topics under discussion include: Rethinking glass wine bottles and recycling –...
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Best Luxury Design

Best Luxury Design

2023 Award Design Design Awards Wine
Mission Estate were searching for a unique way to present their Huchet wines that not only mirrored the quality of...
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Best Classic Format Package Design

Best Classic Format Package Design

2023 Award Design Design Awards Packaging
Fernfield Wines The Wayward Girl Photo: Scott and Rebecca Barr of Fernfield Wines (left) and designer Amy Herman  (right) with...
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Best Package Redesign

Best Package Redesign

2023 Award Design Design Awards Packaging
Alexander Hill range Photo: The team at Design Energy (left-right) Bella Goodwin-Galea, Rose Williams, Trish Dunstone and Lucas Shaw Design...
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Best Package Series Design

Best Package Series Design

2023 Award Design Design Awards Packaging
Drury Lane Estate Wines 2022 series Photo: Alexandra Scott   The silhouette of the dog that appears on the Drury...
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Best Presentation & Gift Pack Design

Best Presentation & Gift Pack Design

2023 Award Design Design Awards Packaging
Wild Estate “The W” ultra-premium gift box set Photo: The Wild Estate Team The design for ‘The W’ aimed for...
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Best Alternative Format or Sustainable Packaging Design & National Wine Centre of Australia People’s Choice Award

Best Alternative Format or Sustainable Packaging Design & National Wine Centre of Australia People’s Choice Award

2023 alternative Award Design Design Awards Environmental Packaging People's Choice Sustainability
Greenskin Wine Red Medley Pack Photo: Kim McKee and Mike Davies Greenskin Wine focused on three key elements when developing...
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How to use QR codes to comply with new EU wine label rules

How to use QR codes to comply with new EU wine label rules

2023 Design Packaging
Global wine brands are navigating new labelling requirements for wine sold in the EU starting in 2023. We walk you...
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New requirements in EU wine labelling regulations

New requirements in EU wine labelling regulations

2023 Design Packaging
A guide for wineries and exporters by Nathan Anderson New EU wine label requirements will start to be enforced from...
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EU wine label requirements in 2023

EU wine label requirements in 2023

2023 Design Packaging
A guide for wineries and exporters   Starting in December this year, wine sold in the EU must display new...
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Labelling wines without labels

Labelling wines without labels

2023 Design Packaging
Options for more sustainable packaging Wine producers are looking at different ways to improve their sustainability through organic practices to...
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A glass act

A glass act

2023 Bottling Closures Design Packaging
As premiumisation continues to be a trend in wine markets globally, there is growing demand for packaging products that can...
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Young Gun: Zoë Downer

Young Gun: Zoë Downer

2023 Design Packaging
Bringing labels to the forefront Selling wine is an inherent part of the wine industry and while winegrape varieties and...
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Creating cleaner, taint-free natural corks

Creating cleaner, taint-free natural corks

2023 Bottling Closures Cork Environmental
New technologies developed by Amorim guaranties TCA free cork stoppers By Paulo Lopes* and Miguel Cabral* Figure 1. Naturity® technology...
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Recycling label for wine bottles rolls out to industry

Recycling label for wine bottles rolls out to industry

2023 Design Packaging
As circular packaging solutions become a greater focus for the wine sector, Sonya Logan looks at a new label program...
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How can you use digital content marketing to improve the consumers’ experience with your brand?

How can you use digital content marketing to improve the consumers’ experience with your brand?

2023 Design Packaging
By Xianrui Zeng¹, Armando Maria Corsi¹, Steve Goodman¹ Introduction and background It is a consolidated fact that people have been...
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Glass wine bottles and recycling: rethinking the container deposit approach

Glass wine bottles and recycling: rethinking the container deposit approach

2023 Bottling Environmental Glass Sustainability
By Brian Smedley and Mark Gishen, South Australian Wine Industry Association The South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) recognises the...
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PACKWINE People’s Choice Award now open – vote for your favourite design!

PACKWINE People’s Choice Award now open – vote for your favourite design!

Award Design Packaging People's Choice
Entries to the PACKWINE Design Awards have been many and varied with innovative designs challenging the status quo when it...
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Entries extended for PACKWINE Design Awards!

Entries extended for PACKWINE Design Awards!

2023 Announcements Award Design Awards News
Do you need more time to enter? We know it’s been a busy vintage with lots to do in the...
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Enter now in the 2023 PACKWINE Design Awards

Enter now in the 2023 PACKWINE Design Awards

2023 Award Design Awards News
Hurry entries are open for a limited time only! Back for another year, the highly-anticipated PACKWINE Design Awards are calling...
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Visit the 2022 PACKWINE Forum & Expo now! The 2022 PACKWINE Forum & Expo is now live at www.packwine.com.au. This...
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PACKWINE speaker to explore how bottling can adapt to a greener industry

PACKWINE speaker to explore how bottling can adapt to a greener industry

2022 Announcements Bottling Design Environmental international Lifecycle News
Change comes in many forms and can be spurred on by collective action and, sometimes, a simple deadline. Laws in...
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PACKWINE speaker to address how design can entice and repel consumers

PACKWINE speaker to address how design can entice and repel consumers

2022 alternative Award Design Design Awards Marketing new product News Packaging People's Choice Wine
Wine packaging design is the front line when it comes to engaging with consumers. Design can either entice new consumers...
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PACKWINE Forum & Expo will consider re-thinking re-use

PACKWINE Forum & Expo will consider re-thinking re-use

2022 alternative Announcements Environmental Exhibitor Lifecycle Maintenance Marketing News Packaging Research Sustainability
Most people will be familiar with the phrase; “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. But perhaps it’s time to broaden the industry thinking...
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PACKWINE speaker to show that sustainability is more than bottles and cans

PACKWINE speaker to show that sustainability is more than bottles and cans

2022 alternative Announcements Bottling Cans consumer Design News Packaging Sustainability
Sustainability within wine packaging is something that should be examined every part of the wine industry supply chain. Marta Mendonca...
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PACKWINE speaker to explore circular packaging markets

PACKWINE speaker to explore circular packaging markets

2022 alternative Announcements Award Della Toffola Design Design Awards Environmental Innovation Marketing new product News Packaging People's Choice Wine
Circular packaging markets are becoming closer and closer to reality as producers and suppliers look to ways to reduce the...
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Industry panel to discuss sustainable packaging at 2022 PACKWINE Forum & Expo

Industry panel to discuss sustainable packaging at 2022 PACKWINE Forum & Expo

2021 2022 alternative Cans Closures consumer Design Environmental Glass Innovation Marketing Packaging Research Screwcap Speakers Sustainability Technology Wine
With sustainability receiving a lot of attention across the Australian and New Zealand wine industry, producers and suppliers are looking...
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PACKWINE Forum & Expo speaker to highlight a ‘can’-do attitude in wine packaging

PACKWINE Forum & Expo speaker to highlight a ‘can’-do attitude in wine packaging

2022 alternative Announcements Award Business Cans Design News
Cans are among the fastest growing segment of the wine packaging sector and consumer interest in the format is rapidly...
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Judges announced for PACKWINE Design Awards

Judges announced for PACKWINE Design Awards

Announcements News
The task of deciding the winners of the 2022 PACKWINE Design Awards will fall to three judges with extensive wine...
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PACKWINE People’s Choice Award now open – vote for your favourite design!

PACKWINE People’s Choice Award now open – vote for your favourite design!

alternative Award Della Toffola Design Design Awards Marketing new product News Packaging People's Choice
Entries to the 2022 PACKWINE Design Awards have been many and varied with innovative designs challenging the status quo when...
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Delegate Registrations are now open

Delegate Registrations are now open

2021 2022 alternative Cans Closures consumer Design Environmental Glass Innovation Marketing Packaging Research Screwcap Speakers Sustainability Technology Wine
What does it take to make a change Why is there resistance to change? With sustainability a growing focus for...
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A bottle by any other name…

A bottle by any other name…

2021 alternative Cans Closures consumer Design Environmental Glass Innovation Marketing Packaging Research Screwcap Speakers Sustainability Technology Wine
How can we get consumers to try alternative wine packaging? By Jakob Mesidis, Bill Page, Larry Lockshin, Armando Maria Corsi...
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Adapting to alternative packaging – wine in a can

Adapting to alternative packaging – wine in a can

2021 alternative Cans Design Environmental Packaging Speakers Technology Wine
By Greg Stokes The world’s first known winery dates back to 4100BC in Europe. Large earthenware vessels (Qvevris) were used...
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#Sponsored; How should wine brands collaborate with influencers, and what’s the point?

#Sponsored; How should wine brands collaborate with influencers, and what’s the point?

2021 Advertising Digital influencer News Research Social Media Speakers Technology
How should wine brands collaborate with influencers, and what’s the point? By Dr Rebecca Dolan, Senior Lecturer of Marketing and...
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Sustainable packaging for the wine industry and what the 2025 National Packaging Targets will mean for businesses

Sustainable packaging for the wine industry and what the 2025 National Packaging Targets will mean for businesses

2021 Design Environmental News Packaging Speakers Sustainability
Packaging! Sometimes there can be too much, sometimes there can be too little... but how do you get the balance...
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Regional sustainability through the lens of adapting packaging to the 21st century

Regional sustainability through the lens of adapting packaging to the 21st century

2021 Design Environmental News Packaging Research Speakers Technology Wine
By Tim Nowell-Usticke, director of WineWorks NZ Sustainability, sustainability, sustainability – it’s all anyone ever talks about these days.   ...
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Last chance to visit PACKWINE Forum & Expo – plus a chance to win a VISA gift card!

Last chance to visit PACKWINE Forum & Expo – plus a chance to win a VISA gift card!

2021 Announcements News
The 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo is still live and available to access until the close of business on 30...
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Unpacking the advantages of eco-friendly packaging

Unpacking the advantages of eco-friendly packaging

2021 alternative Business Distribution Environmental Innovation Packaging Sustainability Technology Wine
As the wine industry continues to review its impact on the environment, companies on both sides of the Tasman are...
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Wine industry voices taste for alternatives to glass bottles

Wine industry voices taste for alternatives to glass bottles

2021 Advertising Distribution Innovation News Sustainability Wine Winemaking
As part of its PACKWINE initiative, Winetitles Media recently invited members of the Australian and New Zealand wine industries to...
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Alternative packaging in the Australian market: consumer perceptions

Alternative packaging in the Australian market: consumer perceptions

2021 Advertising alternative Bottling Cans consumer Design development Innovation Lifecycle Marketing Packaging Speakers Technology Wine
By Ben Luker Awareness of alternative packaging amongst Australian drinkers is on the rise, but COVID-19 has limited opportunities for...
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Should wineries adapt their packaging for different markets?

Should wineries adapt their packaging for different markets?

2021 Advertising Business consumer Design Distribution Innovation international Marketing Packaging Research Speakers Technology Wine
There seems to be a temptation for wineries and other packaged consumer goods producers to adapt their packaging to different...
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Driving Innovation in wineries and packaging – mindset, customer and tools

Driving Innovation in wineries and packaging – mindset, customer and tools

2021 Business development Distribution Environmental Innovation Lifecycle Research Speakers Technology Wine
By Gemma West All businesses must innovate – innovate or die they say. When I started in the wine industry...
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Does the end  justify the means?

Does the end justify the means?

2021 Advertising Design Digital Marketing Packaging Speakers Technology Wine
How to revisit your wine marketing plans in times of disruption By Dr Armando Maria Corsi The beginning of every...
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Wine packaging technologies help winemakers keep their edge

Wine packaging technologies help winemakers keep their edge

2021 Bottling Della Toffola Environmental Glass News Packaging Speakers Technology Wine
Packaging and labelling technologies for wine, just like bottling processes themselves, have advanced significantly in recent years. Della Toffola Pacific’s...
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The exciting, challenging times for wine packaging

The exciting, challenging times for wine packaging

2021 Design Marketing Packaging Speakers Technology Wine
What do you buy when you hand over the cash for an Akubra hat, a pair of RM boots or...
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Are you on track to meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets?

Are you on track to meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets?

2021 Design Environmental News Packaging Speakers Sustainability
Packaging! Sometimes there can be too much, sometimes there can be too little... but how do you get the balance...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: A Trio of Pinot

BEHIND THE DESIGN: A Trio of Pinot

2021 Award Design Design Awards News
The wine evolved from a crazy idea and now the packaging of Paracombe A Trio of Pinot has been recognised...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: Fowles Are You Game?

BEHIND THE DESIGN: Fowles Are You Game?

2021 Announcements Award Design Design Awards News
With a vast generational history of farming the land across livestock and the vineyard, Fowles Wine wanted to enrich the...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: Bella Sangria

BEHIND THE DESIGN: Bella Sangria

2021 Announcements Award Design Design Awards News
Arising from the desire to revolutionise its brand to build greater recognition, Bella Sangria looked at means of showcasing and...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: Taylors The Visionary

BEHIND THE DESIGN: Taylors The Visionary

2021 Announcements Award Design Design Awards News
As one of Australia’s leading premium wine brands, Taylors has been a highly successful third-generation family-own wine business. With the...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: Step By Step

BEHIND THE DESIGN: Step By Step

2021 Announcements Award Design Design Awards News
Life is taking each step as it comes. For Project Wine, life is wine and making great wine is a...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: Take it to the Grave

BEHIND THE DESIGN: Take it to the Grave

2021 Design Design Awards News
Smashing the barriers to entry with the creation of the Take it to the Grave canned wines has been crucial...
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BEHIND THE DESIGN: Taylors Wakefield The Legacy

BEHIND THE DESIGN: Taylors Wakefield The Legacy

2021 Announcements Design Design Awards News
To celebrate 50 years of winemaking, Taylors wanted to release a rare, ultra-premium wine from the exceptional 2014 vintage. Taylors...
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Visit the 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo now!

Visit the 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo now!

Announcements News Speakers
The 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo is now live at www.packwine.com.au/forum. This unique event includes an on-demand webinar that features...
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Packwine Design Award winners to be announced on Monday!

Packwine Design Award winners to be announced on Monday!

Award Design Packaging People's Choice
The winners of the 2021 PACKWINE Design Awards will be announced in a special on-demand video presentation, going live next...
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PACKWINE speaker to delve into the opportunities for alternative packaging formats

PACKWINE speaker to delve into the opportunities for alternative packaging formats

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Wine Intelligence country manager for Australia and New Zealand, Ben Luker, says it’s a good time to be thinking about...
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2021 PACKWINE Design Awards Shortlist Annouced!

2021 PACKWINE Design Awards Shortlist Annouced!

Announcements Design Marketing News Packaging
A product’s design demonstrates brand values and gives clues to the quality of the wine inside. It can also help...
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PACKWINE speaker to highlight consumer responses to alternative wine packaging

PACKWINE speaker to highlight consumer responses to alternative wine packaging

alternative Announcements consumer Marketing News Packaging Speakers
While alternative packaging options for wine products are likely to play a larger role in the future, will these be...
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PACKWINE featured in the May Grapegrower & Winemaker

PACKWINE featured in the May Grapegrower & Winemaker

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The latest issue of Grapegrower & Winemaker was launched this week and subscribers to the magazine got to have a...
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The sustainability of wine packaging to be under the spotlight at 2021 PACKWINE event

The sustainability of wine packaging to be under the spotlight at 2021 PACKWINE event

Announcements Environmental News Packaging Speakers Sustainability Wine
Speaker Ralph Moyle, education coordinator for the Australian Institute of Packaging, will focus on the environmental impacts of wine packaging...
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PACKWINE speaker to examine factors driving winery and packaging innovation

PACKWINE speaker to examine factors driving winery and packaging innovation

development Innovation new product Packaging Speakers
What makes new products successful? That’s a question that will be addressed by 2021 PACKWINE speaker Gemma West, an independent...
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The challenge of making your wine label distinctive

The challenge of making your wine label distinctive

Marketing Packaging
By Justin Cohen, Senior Marketing Scientist, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, University of South Australia Justin explains the distinctive assets...
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PACKWINE speaker to examine adapting wine packaging for international markets

PACKWINE speaker to examine adapting wine packaging for international markets

international Marketing Packaging Speakers
Dr Larry Lockshin, Professor of wine marketing at the University of South Australia, will, as a speaker at the upcoming...
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PACKWINE Forum & Expo to explore influencer marketing for wine brands

PACKWINE Forum & Expo to explore influencer marketing for wine brands

Design Digital influencer Marketing Packaging Speakers
Dr Rebecca Dolan, a senior lecturer specialising in digital marketing and program director for Wine Business at The University of...
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PACKWINE Forum & Expo speaker to address marketing strategies for wine businesses in times of disruption

PACKWINE Forum & Expo speaker to address marketing strategies for wine businesses in times of disruption

Announcements Design Innovation Marketing News Packaging Speakers
“The beginning of every year is always characterised by the desire to predict future marketing trends,” explains Dr Armando Maria...
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New Zealand comes to PACKWINE with a focus on regional sustainability

New Zealand comes to PACKWINE with a focus on regional sustainability

Innovation Packaging Speakers Sustainability
What does it mean for the grape and wine sector to be sustainable on a regional level? One of the...
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High-tech blockchain solution for wine counterfeiting

High-tech blockchain solution for wine counterfeiting

Blockchain Bottling Counterfeiting Screwcap Tampering
Fraudulent wines account for around $70 billion each year globally, leaving wine producers substantially out of pocket. But two WA...
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PACKWINE People’s Choice Award now open – vote for your favourite design!

PACKWINE People’s Choice Award now open – vote for your favourite design!

Award Design Packaging People's Choice
Entries to the PACKWINE Design Awards have been many and varied with innovative designs challenging the status quo when it...
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Industry leader to bring manufacturing perspective to 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo

Industry leader to bring manufacturing perspective to 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo

Announcements Della Toffola Design Innovation News Packaging Speakers Sustainability Wine Winemaking
Paul Baggio, managing director of Della Toffola Pacific and one of Australia’s leaders in winemaking and packaging technology, will share...
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Bottling lines: mishaps and how to avoid them

Bottling lines: mishaps and how to avoid them

Bottling Glass Maintenance Wine
Getting wine from the vineyard to the shelves has always remained a stressful experience each vintage for grapegrowers and winemakers...
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Your wine packaging insights sought for survey – with a chance to win a $250 gift card*!

Your wine packaging insights sought for survey – with a chance to win a $250 gift card*!

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Does your wine product design stand out? Have you considered alternative packaging? Have your embraced new channels to market your...
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Can the can replace glass? PACKWINE Forum & Expo speaker to explore alternative wine packaging

Can the can replace glass? PACKWINE Forum & Expo speaker to explore alternative wine packaging

Announcements Glass Innovation News Packaging Speakers Sustainability Wine
What does it take to successfully introduce an innovative alternative packaging format that’s accepted by both wine producers and consumers?...
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Judges announced as deadline approaches for PACKWINE Design Awards

Judges announced as deadline approaches for PACKWINE Design Awards

Announcements News
The task of deciding the winners of the 2021 PACKWINE Design Awards will fall to four judges with extensive wine...
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Through the looking glass: AR wine labels

Through the looking glass: AR wine labels

Augmented Reality Design Innovation News Packaging Technology
Keeping their brand fresh can be a challenge for many wineries. One of the exciting new directions being taken by...
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‘The Wine Thinker’ to drive 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo with keynote address

‘The Wine Thinker’ to drive 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo with keynote address

Announcements Innovation Packaging Speakers Sustainability
Internationally renowned writer and speaker Robert Joseph will examine the wine industry’s increasing focus on packaging in the keynote address...
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Tasting compares six wines sealed with both corks and screwcaps

Tasting compares six wines sealed with both corks and screwcaps

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Peter Godden, from the Australian Wine Research Institute, outlines the results of two tastings involving identical wines sealed under both...
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PACKWINE Expo – Stalls available from 10 February 2021

PACKWINE Expo – Stalls available from 10 February 2021

Announcements News
Winetitles Media in association with Wine Packagers of Australia & New Zealand (WPANZ), Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the University...
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Making wine for cans: what you need to know

Making wine for cans: what you need to know

Cans Design Lifecycle Packaging Sustainability
Consumer demand for environmentally sustainable wine packaging, coupled with a preference for simple convenience, has led to the recent growth...
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Sparkling closures: crown caps provide a new familiarity

Sparkling closures: crown caps provide a new familiarity

Design News Packaging Sustainability
When thinking of sparkling wines, many consumers, winemakers and bottling contractors would tend to think they are sealed off with...
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New tech joins the fight against fake wines

New tech joins the fight against fake wines

Distribution News Packaging Security
In South Australia, a niche technology business is also involved in the fight to defend premium wine regions from counterfeiters...
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PACKWINE Forum & Expo to highlight forward focus for wine packaging

PACKWINE Forum & Expo to highlight forward focus for wine packaging

Announcements Design News Packaging Sustainability
  The role of wine packaging at the forefront of industry sustainability and innovation will be the focus of a...
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Traditional wine bottles take a back seat to inventive product designs

Traditional wine bottles take a back seat to inventive product designs

Design News Packaging Sustainability
The evolution of wine bottling There’s plenty of innovation shifting the way that wine products are being delivered to consumers....
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PACKWINE Design Awards open for entries: does your wine packaging have what it takes to win?

PACKWINE Design Awards open for entries: does your wine packaging have what it takes to win?

Announcements News
We know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and wine producers know that standing out in the...
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Celebrating wine packaging innovations at PACKWINE Forum & Expo

Celebrating wine packaging innovations at PACKWINE Forum & Expo

Announcements News
A unique event will bring together wine packagers and designers to showcase their latest innovations that will enhance Australian and...
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