Tasting cost divided by 10 compared with a traditional bottle
Savings
Samples identical to the bottle for prospecting and exporting without limits
Reaching an importer on the other side of the world, convincing a buyer you will never meet in person, getting international press to talk about your wines: all this requires tasting your products. But that’s where things get complicated, as shipping bottles is costly and risky.
Vinovae reconditions your wines or spirits into a sample format (2 cl, 4 cl, 5 cl, and 10 cl) called La Vinotte®. Vinovae’s patented process allows for the preservation of the organoleptic qualities of each wine, for 3 to 12 months, depending on the Vinotte format. Thus, whether your prospect is in Bordeaux, New York, or Singapore, they taste the product exactly as you designed it, preserving all its subtleties.
This is a new way to prospect and export your products: more economical, lighter, and without any compromise on the quality of your product.
Meeting your daily commercial development challenges
As a wine or spirit producer, tasting is the basis of your commercial approach. Whatever your challenge, we support you with tailored solutions.
- Do you want to prospect for export, but sending an entire bottle for a single contact weighs too heavily on your budget?
- Would you like to multiply tastings with distant buyers, importers, or wine merchants, without skyrocketing your shipping costs?
- Are you afraid that an opened or mishandled bottle during transport will give a false image of your work?
- Do you welcome visitors to the estate and would like to extend the wine tourism experience long after they leave?
- Are you looking to generate buzz about your wines with the press and key opinion leaders, wherever they are?
Behind each of these questions, there are often the same obstacles: the bottle and the distance. Ideal for on-site tasting, the bottle proves much more fragile and costly when it comes to shipping dozens abroad or guaranteeing an intact product upon arrival.
La Vinotte®: the solution designed to simplify prospecting and export
Here is how Vinovae’s sample format meets the constraints of a producer focused on conquering new markets:
- Remote prospecting becomes simple: we ship your samples directly to your prospects, anywhere in Europe or internationally.
- One bottle becomes a series of samples: you reach many more contacts, with a controlled budget, thanks to our formats adapted to every need (2, 4, 5, or 10 cl in P.E.T or glass).
- Each prospect tastes a product strictly faithful to the original, 3 to 12 months after reconditioning.
- A light and durable format, designed to travel without breakage.
- Your brand remains front and center: labels, packaging, and boxes are customized to the image of your estate or distillery.
How to use La Vinotte® in your commercial development?
The format opens up concrete uses for producers who want to make a difference.
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.
Extend your visitors’ experience far beyond on-site tasting by offering souvenir boxes to take away, discovery kits at the shop, or a souvenir sample to leave a lasting impression and guarantee a high-end experience.
Send your wines to journalists, sommeliers, and opinion leaders, wherever they are, to generate buzz and promote your products.
Accompany your announcement with a physical sample that transforms curiosity into purchase intent.
A tasting perfectly identical to the bottle, thanks to our patented process
This is the question every demanding producer asks: is the Vinotte® product truly faithful to the bottled one? The answer is yes, thanks to our patented innovation.
The reconditioning is done under an inert atmosphere, with an oxygen level maintained under 5 ppm. This is complemented by micron filtering and precise temperature and pressure control during the operation. The nose, color, and structure on the palate thus remain faithful to those of the original bottle, and this for several months.
Vinovae is the sole holder of this patented process. Your prospects discover your savoir-faire exactly as you designed it, without any alteration.
Cheaper, more responsible, without losing quality
For the same budget, your reach expands: more prospects touched, more markets explored, without sacrificing the presentation quality of your products.
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 3 to 12 months depending on the Vinotte format
Vinovae supports you end-to-end
Vinovae supports you from initial consultation to shipping, both in Europe and abroad. You can customize labels and boxes in the colors of your estate or distillery, for samples that proudly display your brand.
Production is French, done in partnership with an ESAT (a sheltered-employment organisation that supports people with disabilities through work) and in compliance with our environmental values (recyclable Vinottes®, recycling of glass bottles, local suppliers, etc.).
For you, it’s a turnkey project with a positive impact. For your prospects, a refined experience, worthy of your products.
How a project unfolds, step by step…
1 | We discuss your needs
You describe your commercial objectives, volumes, and target markets. We guide you toward the right formats.
2 | We recondition your selection of wines or spirits
You entrust us with your wines or spirits; we recondition them using our patented process.
3 | We customize and produce
We print labels and boxes in your image, and we imagine innovative and connected solutions (QR codes, tasting notes, etc.) to showcase your cuvées and proudly display your house’s colors.
4 | We ship wherever you want
Directly to your prospects, in Europe as well as internationally, or to your estate to develop your wine tourism offering.
They are gaining recognition thanks to La Vinotte®
Many are already trusting 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 process under inert atmosphere preserves the integrity of the organoleptic qualities, several months after reconditioning. Your prospects taste your product exactly as you designed it. This is the entire feat of our innovation: guaranteeing producers a practical and economical reconditioning that does not alter the subtleties of your products.
Rules vary depending on the destination country. We are well aware of these constraints and guide you on best practices for your international shipments, ensuring your operations proceed smoothly.
Of course! We offer you a test kit so you can judge the quality yourself before launching production.
PET perfectly protects the product and allows for light and safe shipping. As for the presentation, the customization of labels and boxes guarantees a result worthy of your finest cuvées. We also offer glass Vinottes® if you prefer to stay closer to a classic bottle experience.
Yes! The labels and boxes are designed in the colors of your estate or distillery. We can even go further by including tasting notes or QR codes for an experience that fully matches your identity.
Yes, in Europe and internationally! We ship your samples directly to your prospects, and our customizable boxes can be sent as letter mail for even greater simplicity. We work with several providers for this, enabling us to ship worldwide, such as Hillebrand Gori (formerly VignoblExport) or UPS.
Vinovae has a production site in the United States and already supports many clients in this market. Delivery terms and the regulatory framework are validated together according to your project.
They depend on the volume and the level of customization. We define them precisely during the planning of your project for rapid shipment.
They already trust us…
Test La Vinotte® for your prospecting
The best way to get an idea is to try it. Request your test kit and discuss your target markets with our experts and how La Vinotte® can help you generate buzz.