Shipping costs divided by 10 compared to classic bottle shipping
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Bottle-identical samples to grow and delight your wine club
Reaching a club member who lives three states away, winning back a lapsed subscriber, getting your latest release into the hands of a sommelier or an influencer: it all comes down to one thing — letting people taste your wine. And that’s exactly where shipping full bottles becomes expensive, heavy, and complicated.
Vinovae repackages your wines into a sample format — the Vinotte® — available in 5 cl and 10 cl. Our patented process preserves the full sensory profile of each wine for 6 to 12 months, depending on the sample format. So whether your member is in Napa, Chicago, or Miami, they taste your wine exactly as you crafted it, with every nuance intact.
It’s a new way to connect with your consumers: more affordable, far lighter to ship, and with zero compromise on quality.
Answering the everyday challenges of a direct-to-consumer winery
For a winery, tasting is the heart of how you sell. Whatever your challenge, we help you find the right approach.
- You want to attract new club members, but shipping full bottles to every prospect is too costly to scale?
- You’d like to reach the members who love your brand but rarely make it to the tasting room?
- You worry that a bottle opened or knocked around in transit gives a poor impression of your work?
- You want to stand out online and get people talking about your winery?
- You’re looking to expand distribution into more states ?
Behind each of these questions, the obstacles are usually the same: the bottle, and the distance. Perfect for tasting on-site, a bottle becomes fragile and expensive the moment you need to ship dozens of them — or guarantee they arrive intact.
The Vinotte®, built to grow your direct-to-consumer business
Here’s how Vinovae’s sample format meets the needs of a winery focused on its members and its reach:
- Remote tasting made simple: we ship the samples straight to your members and prospects, anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world.
- One bottle becomes a series of 7 to 14 samples: you reach far more consumers, on a controlled budget, with our 10cl and 5cl formats.
- Every member tastes a product that’s strictly faithful to the original, 6 to 12 months after repackaging.
- A light, sturdy format designed to travel without breakage.
- Your brand stays front and center: labels, packaging, and gift boxes are customized to your winery.
- 100% TTB-compliant.
How to use the Vinotte® to grow your winery?
The format opens up concrete uses for wineries that want to stand out.
Send a tasting box to a selection of foreign importers or wine merchants, and start the commercial conversation based on a real tasting, not a mere promise.
Leave each qualified contact with a sample to take away and taste again at their leisure, even long after the show closes, and free yourself from the complex and risky logistics of bottle crates at the event location.
Pair every announcement with a physical sample that turns interest into orders and drives allocation take-up.
Get your wines into the hands of journalists, sommeliers, and opinion leaders wherever they are — to earn reviews, buzz, and recommendations that build your reputation.
Let buyers and distributors in new markets taste before they commit, and make it easy to say yes to carrying your wines.
A tasting perfectly identical to the bottle, thanks to our patented process
It’s the question every serious producer asks: is the wine in a Vinotte® truly faithful to the bottle? The answer is yes — thanks to Vinovae’s patented innovation.
Repackaging takes place under an inert atmosphere, with oxygen held below 5 ppm. Add to that micron-level filtration and precise temperature and pressure control throughout the process. The nose, the color, and the structure on the palate all stay true to the original, for 6 to 12 months, depending on the sample format.
Vinovae is the sole holder of this patented process. Your club members and buyers discover your craft exactly as you intended it — with no alteration.
More affordable, more responsible, without compromising quality
Sell more with less: more members engaged, more markets opened, without sacrificing the way your wines are presented.
Ecology
Greenhouse gas emissions divided by 50 compared to a glass bottle
Vinottes
+5 million Vinottes® produced and shipped
Clients
Over 1000 professional clients supported worldwide
Conservation
Preservation of organoleptic qualities guaranteed for 6 to 12 months depending on the Vinotte format
Vinovae supports you from start to finish
Vinovae is with you from the first conversation through to shipping. You can customize labels and gift boxes in your winery’s colors, for samples that carry your brand proudly.
All production takes place in the United States, at our California manufacturing facility. Our production runs on strong environmental values — Vinottes® and packagings are recyclables — so your sampling program reflects the standards your members care about.
For you, it’s a turnkey, positive-impact project. For your members, a polished experience worthy of your wines.
How a project works, step by step
1 | We talk through your goals
You tell us about your club, your volumes, and the markets you’re targeting. We point you to the right formats.
2 | We repackage your selection of wines
You hand us your wines, and we repackage them using our patented process.
3 | We customize and produce
We print labels and gift boxes in your colors, and design innovative, connected touches (QR codes, tasting notes…) to showcase your wines and carry your brand.
4 | We ship wherever you need
Straight to your members and buyers, across the country and beyond. We ship directly from our production site located in Sonoma, CA.
They’re building their name with the Vinotte®
Producers everywhere already trust us. Why not you?
« Quality preserved! Incredible. »
Olivier - Domaine Fichet
« I congratulate you and your team on the quality of the Vinotte® production! We don’t even dare taste the wine, which is nonetheless the purpose of this product. »
Château de la ligne
Frequently Asked Questions from Producers
Yes. Our patented inert-atmosphere process preserves the full sensory profile for 6 to 12 months after repackaging depending on the sample format. Your members taste your wine exactly as you crafted it. That's the real feat of our innovation: giving producers a practical, cost-effective way to share their wines without losing any of their subtlety.
Rules vary by state and destination. We know these constraints well and guide you on best practices for your shipments, so your campaigns run with complete peace of mind.
Of course! We offer a test kit so you can judge the quality for yourself before launching a production run.
Yes. A 5 cl pour is enough for a full tasting — the standard for evaluating a wine's nose, palate, and finish. For a more generous or shareable experience, the 10 cl format works like a mini-bottle, ideal for gifting and at-home tastings.
PET protects the product perfectly and allows for light, safe shipping. As for presentation, custom labels and gift boxes ensure a result worthy of your finest cuvées.
Yes! Labels and gift boxes are designed in your winery's colors. We can go even further, adding tasting notes or QR codes for an experience that fully reflects your identity.
Yes. We ship your samples directly to your members and buyers, and our customizable gift boxes can be sent in letter format. Vinovae has a U.S. production site in Sonoma, CA and already supports many clients in this market — delivery terms are defined together based on your project.
They depend on volume and level of customization. We define them precisely when we scope your project, for fast turnaround.
They already trust us…
Try the Vinotte® for your winery
The best way to see for yourself is to try it. Request your test kit and talk with our experts about your goals and how the Vinotte® can help you grow your club and get people talking.