Packaging is the First Touch Point a Consumer Has With Your Brand Whether it’s an experienced consumer or someone buying their very first bottle, the appeal of your product is founded on the use of well considered glass packaging and label design. While these must be authentic to your brand and...

20th annual report indicates changes to wine sales in a post-COVID world Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, today released its 2021 State of the Wine Industry Report. Now in its 20th year, this authoritative annual report assesses...

How do you sell wine in a Pandemic? That was the question asked in middle-March 2020 as the industry, country, and world awoke to discover that we were living in circumstances that seemed more like a second-rate Hollywood movie. Now, more than a year into the COVID Pandemic, we have answered many...

March 19th – PLACERVILLE, CA: All grape growers, vintners, wineries and interested parties are invited to join us on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:30pm, for a Zoom discussion on Covid, Stimulus Spending and Acreage: What They Mean for El Dorado Grape Prices with our guest speaker Gabriel Froymovich of...

There is so much anticipation in the air for an end to the horror show we've all lived the past year. Today wineries are getting ready to reopen to normal service levels, hopefully before Memorial Day! That's a legitimate hope with the increased pace of vaccine availability and improved COVID...

Vineyard and Winery information at your fingertips even when you’re away Remote communications have always been critical for vineyard managers and winery owners, even before COVID. Process2Wine vine-to-bottle software has been putting the information needed to manage from afar at the fingertips of...

In recent months, the United States government’s changes to their international trade policy imposed new tariffs on imported goods. At 12:01 AM on March 4, 2025, a new 25% tariff was imposed on nearly all goods imported from Mexico and Canada. Additionally, a 20% increase was applied to the...

Glass packaging trends in the wine industry are always changing, but remain grounded in tradition. As leaders of the US domestic market in glass packaging, and decades of experience in the industry, Global Package have been creating these trends as much as utilizing them. Global Package has...

Whether we want to admit it or not, how a product is packaged plays a crucial role in a consumer’s buying decision. In a 2018 survey, 72% of consumers in America said that the packaging design influences their purchase decision. Investing time and resources into your glass wine bottles to appeal to...

As a new year begins, we at Ciatti wish all of our friends, clients and business associates a very happy and prosperous 12 months ahead. Many thanks for your continued support. A new word was officially added to the UK’s Collins Dictionary in 2022: “Permacrisis”. Its definition is as follows: “An...