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PACKAGING Wine Shield TM (US PATENT 8230997) Wine Club Packaging Re-Invented! 750 ml available in 1-2-3-4-6-9 and 12 paks COMBINING PERFORMANCE, SPACESAVINGS, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND ECONOMY DIFFERENTIATE YOUR BRAND MADE IN THE USA www.paksource.com • 916-446-9500 44 W IN E S & V I NE S M AY 2 01 3 in mechanical harvesting and the mass-production process and thus are more susceptible to microbial instability. In order to preserve these wines as best as possible, we crossflow filter each wine up to three days prior to bottling in order to have the wine clean enough to pass through a 0.45 absolute micron filter as it travels into the bag. Quality control is very important, and good laboratory analysis of the wines is key to ensuring a good quality product in the market. Our lab pulls samples at the same time increments as our 750ml glass bottling line to ensure that our membranes are holding up and that this package is virtually "bullet-proof." Since the initial release of five wines was very popular, we have added more wines to the Pepperwood Grove BIB line. We offer a non-vintage Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and Moscato for the whites, and a Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Old Vine Zinfandel for the reds. We source these specific wines from where we consider them to grow the best. Scholle Packaging designed this 3-liter bag-in-box filling line for Don Sebastiani & Sons. As an example, our Old Vine Zinfandel mostly comes from vineyards in Lodi, Calif. To assemble blends with varietal character and value, we buy volumes of Zinfandel from Mendocino and Monterey counties to add some cool-climate fruit for structure and balance. The combination of all these elements provides a blend that over delivers for price and quality. At one time, cold stabilizing the red wines was contemplated. We thought that the BIB consumer would naturally put this product in the refrigerator. After consideration of the change in profile of the red wines, we decided not to pursue this course. After two years in production, we have only received a handful of complaints from consumers who put them in the refrigerator and ended up with a mouthful of tartrates. Today, the BIB consumer seems to be a bit more wine savvy than previously assumed. This new wine-consumption avenue has been painted by some pretty good competition that is putting good wine in BIB packaging. Low-quality BIB wine produced 10 years ago is a thing of the past. More people are drinking wine from a box for the value and the noticeable increase in wine quality. These wines are not for everybody, but the new wine consumer who drinks a glass or two every day has definitely stepped up to the plate when it comes to buying boxed wine. Stylistically, I do not make BIB wines any different than our 750ml wines. I like the fact that our consumers can pick up a bottle of our Pepperwood Grove wine and it will be the same