Tasting cost divided by 10 compared with a traditional bottle
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Wine and spirits samples identical to the bottle, to grow your online range
What if you could launch new ranges without stocking more bottles, slip a memorable touch into your best customers’ orders and give real substance to your marketing operations? That is exactly what the Vinotte® makes possible.
Selling wine and spirits online means managing everything remotely. Your product pages, your promotions and your emails carry your offer, but you have nothing tangible to put into your customers’ hands. Your only physical format is the bottle, too heavy and too costly to let people discover a wine, thank a customer or win one back.
The Vinotte® repackages your wines and spirits into a sample format whose organoleptic qualities remain identical to the original bottle, for 3 to 12 months depending on the Vinotte® format. Light, low-cost and shippable as a letter, it becomes the physical format you were missing to enrich your offer, retain your customers and drive your sales.
Meeting your business-development challenges
Running an online shop means renewing your offer, keeping your customers and animating your sales throughout the year. Whatever your challenge, we guide you towards the right solution.
- You want to enrich your catalogue with new ranges, such as themed gift boxes or an advent calendar?
- You are looking to stand out at the year’s key moments (wine fair, Father’s/Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Christmas gifts…)?
- You want to build loyalty among your best customers by slipping a sample into their orders?
- You would like to support your up-selling and cross-selling operations, or re-engage customers who haven’t ordered in a long time?
- You want to diversify your revenue streams and create buying occasions at every peak of the year?
Behind each of these questions lie the same obstacles: the bottle and the distance. Ideal for classic sales, the standard glass bottle quickly becomes an obstacle as soon as you want to create an innovative, engaging experience for a remote customer.
The Vinotte®, a solution designed for e-commerce
Here is how the Vinovae sample format answers the constraints of an online store:
- New products to sell in their own right: themed gift boxes, festive selections, advent calendars or formats to give as gifts.
- A thoughtful touch to slip into your best customers’ orders or into large baskets, to introduce a new arrival or a strategic wine.
- A lever for your up-selling, cross-selling and customer-base reactivation operations.
- A novel format that sets you apart and modernises your shop’s image.
- A light sample, shippable as a letter, in the UK and across Europe, without the logistics of a bottle
How to use the Vinotte® in your e-commerce strategy?
The format opens up concrete uses for sites that want to renew their offer, retain their customers and energise their sales.
Compose original products: themed gift boxes (by region or grape variety, discovery, around the world…), special festive selections or advent calendars to round out your product ranges and enrich your catalogue.
Slip a sample of one of your new arrivals or signature wines into the orders of your most loyal customers or into sizeable baskets. A thoughtful gesture that leaves a lasting impression and makes them want to order again.
Back your up-selling and cross-selling operations with a well-chosen sample, or re-engage customers who haven’t ordered in a while by giving them the chance to taste a product of your choice. A simple trigger at a controlled cost.
Give a new arrival, an exclusive, a limited edition or a wine you want to boost real momentum, simply by letting your customer base taste a sample of it.
Add a QR code to your samples to bring your customers back to the product page and make reordering easier. A direct digital bridge between the tasting and your site, one you can track and measure.
A tasting perfectly identical to the bottle, thanks to our patented process
It is the question that matters: is the sample truly faithful to the bottle? Because every gift box, every touch slipped into an order carries your brand and has to keep its promise. The answer is yes, thanks to our patented repackaging process.
Repackaging takes place under an inert atmosphere, with an oxygen level kept below 5 ppm. Added to this are micron filtration and precise control of temperature and pressure throughout the operation. The nose, the colour and the structure on the palate thus remain faithful to those of the original bottle, and for several months.
Vinovae is the sole holder of this patented process, which means you offer your customers an experience they will find nowhere else.
An innovative, profitable and responsible solution, without compromising on quality
Inexpensive to deploy and with strong return potential, the operations run with our Vinottes® diversify your catalogue in store and online, build loyalty across your customer portfolio and accelerate the promotion of your new arrivals.
Its minimised environmental impact also makes it a valuable ally for retailers looking to give concrete form to a CSR policy.
Ecology
Greenhouse gas emissions divided by 50 compared with a glass bottle
Vinottes
+5 million Vinottes® produced and shipped
Clients
More than 1,000 professional clients supported worldwide
Conservation
Organoleptic qualities guaranteed for 3 to 12 months depending on the Vinotte® format
Vinovae supports you from end to end
Vinovae supports you from the initial advice through to shipping, in the UK and across Europe. You can personalise labels and gift boxes in your shop’s colours, for deliveries that carry your brand with every order.
Production is French, carried out in partnership with a sheltered workshop that employs people with disabilities, and in keeping with our environmental values (recyclable Vinottes®, glass-bottle recycling, local suppliers…).
For you, it is a turnkey project. For your customers, a modern, polished experience that makes them want to order.
How a project unfolds, step by step…
1 | We discuss your needs
You describe your catalogue, your volumes and your objectives. We steer you towards the right formats and the right uses.
2 | We repackage your selection of wines and/or spirits
You supply the products, or we advise you on sourcing. We repackage them using our patented process, which preserves all their organoleptic qualities.
3 | We personalise and produce
We print labels and gift boxes in your image and design innovative, connected solutions to link your samples to your site and fly your brand’s colours high.
4 | We ship wherever you want
Straight to your warehouses or to an event venue, we ship throughout the UK and around the world.
Frequently asked questions from online retailers
Not necessarily. Most often, you supply the wines or spirits from your catalogue, and we repackage them. If you need help sourcing certain references, we can easily advise you.
Of course! We offer a free test kit so you can judge the quality for yourself before launching a production run.
Each sample can include a QR code that brings your customers back to the product page or a dedicated page. This links the tasting to your site and lets you track what it generates.
Yes, in the UK and internationally. Delivery terms, lead times and the regulatory framework are confirmed together according to your project.
Yes! Labels and gift boxes can be personalised in your brand's colours. We can even go further by adding presentation cards or QR codes to your gift boxes, for an optimal customer experience and a controlled brand image.
Several formats are available depending on the use, from the 2 cl designed for sampling and direct marketing up to the 10 cl formats. We estimate lead times together, based on your volumes and your calendar.
From the initial advice on formats through to delivery, including repackaging and personalisation. You keep a dedicated point of contact throughout the project.
They already trust us…
Test the Vinotte® for your online shop
The best way to form an opinion is to try it. Request your test kit and talk with our experts about your site and how the Vinotte® can find its place there.