Bottles, Boxes and Bins: Greening Your Supply Chain

Explore climate-smart, sustainable solutions for your supply chain at our upcoming workshop.

On average, packaging and distribution account for 40-60% of a vineyard and winery’s carbon footprint. Join us to learn about sustainable glass, closures, and other opportunities to green your supply chain.

We will share case studies, hear about climate-smart and alternative packaging, clarify what materials are truly recyclable, and identify new ways to divert more waste from the landfill. Adopting sustainable packaging practices can help meet the rising consumer demand for climate-smart products.

  • Verallia will share how lighter glass improves carbon impact throughout its life cycle through manufacturing, shipping and recycling 
  • Patrick Spencer with the Natural Cork Council, will talk about closures through a practical lens –  balancing sustainability claims with real-world considerations such as sourcing, logistics, scalability, cost, and market acceptance.
  • Cork Supply will share their sustainability initiatives including becoming B Corp certified, natural cork and Rivercap™ tin capsules
  • Treasury Wine Estates will share their approach to more sustainable packaging solutions including refining supplier data to better understand the company’s packaging footprint, implementing glass bottle weight reductions across multiple brands, and exploring innovative packaging alternatives that drive circularity in the industry.
  • Free Flow Wines will share how pouring wines on tap from stainless steel kegs eliminates the waste associated with traditional bottles, and guarantees the freshest glass of wine from the first drop to the last. 
  • Revino will talk about the opportunities for bottle reuse and what wineries should start thinking about to lay the groundwork for long-term strategic opportunities in reusable systems. 
  • Keystone Capsules will share opportunities for large format recycled tin capsules and their partnership with the Teacher’s Resource Center to help local teachers.
  • Zero Waste Collective will talk about opportunities for local wineries to divert winery-specific waste from landfills with a focus on recycling materials like plastic stretch film, PET label liners, and cardboard, transforming them into new products and reducing waste costs. 
  • Napa Recycling will talk about what and how to recycle and the regulations that go along with it. The good news is that almost everything generated at a winery can be recycled or composted!

speakers

Andrew Thompson | Sales Director at Verallia

Andrew Thompson is the Sales Director at Verallia, helping customers meet aesthetic and emissions needs. At Verallia, eco-design means making the right choices from the outset. They design packaging that incorporates more cullet, is lighter, or intended for reuse, to minimize its carbon footprint throughout its life cycle. This approach is based on the 3R rule: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — and translates into large-scale action. 

Learn how lighter glass can help reduce your emissions and elevate your sustainability story. 

Patrick Spencer |  Executive Director of the Natural Cork Council

Patrick Spencer is the Executive Director of the Natural Cork Council, where he works at the intersection of wine, packaging, sustainability, and supply-chain decision-making. With over three decades of experience across the wine and food industries, Patrick has built a career focused on helping producers, buyers, and industry stakeholders better understand the environmental and commercial implications of packaging choices.

His work centers on evaluating packaging materials and closures through a practical lens — balancing sustainability claims with real-world considerations such as sourcing, logistics, scalability, cost, and market acceptance. Patrick regularly collaborates with winemakers, packaging suppliers, and trade organizations, and is a frequent speaker and moderator on topics related to sustainable packaging and responsible sourcing in wine.

Cork Supply and Rivercap™ Tin Capsules

Cork is without doubt the material of choice for stoppers of quality wines. They protect from oxidation at the same time as they allow the transfer of oxygen suitable for their ageing. Produced through highly sustainable methods that simultaneously protect several wild species, they are the choice with the least environmental impact of all the alternatives for wine. 

Cork Supply will share their sustainability initiatives including becoming B Corp certified, natural cork and Rivercap™ tin capsules.

Caitlin Hodes | Sustainability Manager at Treasury Americas

Caitlin manages Treasury Americas’ approach to more sustainable packaging solutions including refining supplier data to better understand the company’s packaging footprint, implementing glass bottle weight reductions across DAOU, Frank Family, Stags’ Leap, and Sterling Vineyards, and exploring innovative packaging alternatives that drive circularity in the industry. This year, her team launched a feasibility study with Revino to explore glass reuse and continue to expand the use of stainless steel kegs across the portfolio—saving over 1.6 million glass bottles from landfills and counting.