By Brian Smedley and Mark Gishen, South Australian Wine Industry Association The South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) recognises the importance of recycling in achieving sustainability goals and supports effective recycling measures. Over the past four years, states and territories in Australia have also considered this, but unfortunately this has been limited to a simplistic
With sustainability receiving a lot of attention across the Australian and New Zealand wine industry, producers and suppliers are looking at ways to lower costs and improve efficiencies. At the upcoming PACKWINE Forum & Expo, a special panel of industry experts will examine future directions for sustainable wine packaging and will explore options for primary,
How can we get consumers to try alternative wine packaging? By Jakob Mesidis, Bill Page, Larry Lockshin, Armando Maria Corsi and Justin Cohen Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, University of South Australia Calls from consumers, advocacy groups, and governments have seen industries adopt practices to reduce their CO₂ output. To this end, the wine industry
Packaging and labelling technologies for wine, just like bottling processes themselves, have advanced significantly in recent years. Della Toffola Pacific’s managing director, Paul Baggio, discusses these changes and the benefits to the business of winemaking. Della Toffola is very well regarded across all winemaking regions as the industry leader, with a multi-generational history of delivering
Getting wine from the vineyard to the shelves has always remained a stressful experience each vintage for grapegrowers and winemakers alike. When their wines are ready to be bottled, nothing could be worse than an easily-avoidable bottling line mishap slowing down the process. Journalist Samuel Squire spoke with bottling contractors and wineries about ways to
What does it take to successfully introduce an innovative alternative packaging format that’s accepted by both wine producers and consumers? According to one celebrated speaker at the upcoming 2021 PACKWINE Forum & Expo, it’s not an easy process. Greg Stokes, CEO and founder of Intelligent Packaging Pty Ltd (trading as Barokes Wines), and inventor of