The Tube Tests: Filling and Shipping

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The following was provided by managing director Jordan Kivelstadt and explains how the alternative packaging is filled and shipped.

Step 1: Before we can agree on a partnership, we perform a thorough test in our lab to see if your wine is suitable for bottling in tubes. If the result is positive, we can get started.

Step 2: Your wine can be delivered to our production facility in bottles or in bulk. Once we have received the wine, we will perform oenological tests and a technical analysis to determine our starting point. This way we can compare the wine once bottled in tubes to the wine that was delivered to us and make sure we have maintained the quality of your product.

Step 3: In our certified production facility, the wine is transferred to our bottling machine.

Step 4: In the meantime, the tubes have been silk screened with a design of your choice.

Step 5: Now we are ready for bottling. Quality is most important to us and to ensure a high level of quality, we work according to certain standards and specifications. Our facility has a Higher Level IFS Certification and we are certified to bottle organic goods. During this process our production team performs regular quality checks.

Step 6: Once finished, a few samples go to our lab for a final test.

Step 7: Your tubes will then be packed according to your preference and now they are ready for pick up. The minimum order quantity is 1,000 tubes per wine or spirit/SKU in Europe and 2,000 tubes per wine or spirit in the USA. Cost per tubes generally runs $1.50 to $2.50 each.

Tubes can package your tubes in four ways: Single tubes in cartons per 100 pieces, in luxury gift boxes with a window and magnetic closure (three or five tubes), in cardboard boxes that fit through a mail box (Europe only), and in wine calendars of 12 or 24 wine tubes.

Choose from a great selection of glass bottles.