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Creative closures bring bottle décor to life
Creative closures with Amcor Caps ules
Amcor Capsules is a market leader specializing in design and manufacture of capsules and closures for spirits, wine, and sparkling wine markets. With six plants located in France, Canada, USA, and Chile, Amcor Capsules offers the most comprehensive range of aluminium, tin, polylaminate, and PVC capsules and aluminium closures in the market. Amcor’s STELVIN®, the original wine aluminium closure, was developed more than 50 years ago and continues to be the market leader and preferred choice for many winemakers. Amcor’s capsules and closures offer endless eye-catching options for colours, textures, and finishes that can help your bottle stand out. Amcor’s capsules, closures, and sparkling wine hoods can be decorated with hot foil stamping, laser engraving, or embossing for a tactile experience. Special inks and varnishes can make your capsule or closure glow in the dark, change colour at specified temperatures, or give a velvety texture. Amcor Capsules’ graphic designers are ready to help your most audacious ideas become reality. STELVIN® was first marketed in 1964. It offered wine producers a cure for cork taint, but soon the STELVIN® adopters found the closures also produced greater consistency from bottle to bottle and better preserved their wines’ aromas, flavours, and freshness. STELVIN® also makes a bottle easy to transport and store in any position with a safe repeatable opening and closing. Today’s STELVIN®Inside liners feature an exclusive technology that enables producers to control the rate of oxygen ingress (OTR) into their wines. Another liner, STELVIN®P, enables producers to perfectly
preserve lightly sparkling wines. The STELVIN® range nowadays also includes STELVIN®LUX, the premium version of STELVIN® closure, with a completely smooth exterior and sleeker appearance.
Over the past few years, Amcor Capsules has introduced two new developments: EASYPEEL and InTact.
EASYPEEL is an innovative opening system for aluminium capsules, which makes opening wine easier and cleaner. The improved design prevents tearing, over cutting, or removing the entire capsule – all of which can detract from the carefully crafted aesthetics wine brands work to develop.
InTact is a connected capsule which integrates an NFC technology and allows consumers to instantly verify product authenticity. In this way, InTact helps wine and spirits brands fight counterfeiting, avoid grey market diversion, collect valuable data, and engage consumers through digital technology.
In 2020, Amcor Capsules continues to be innovative and has introduced SHAPEART, a proprietary system for developing bespoke, dimensional, and recyclable closures that elevate the world’s most exclusive wine and spirits brands. Amcor’s ShapeArt offers an innovative way for brands to set themselves apart – both in bars and on retail shelves.
The closures’ distinctive customized shapes make a powerful impression on consumers. While introducing ShapeArt to its product range, Amcor is also offering a comprehensive ShapeArt service. The Amcor team helps brand owners navigate
ShapeArt’s extensive printing and finishing options and engineer the architectural features of their custom closure. This collaboration includes testing the final product on their bottling lines. Where bottling-line modifications are required to accommodate the new closures, Amcor’s technical service team advises on equipment and reconfiguring processes. o
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NIA GARA GRA PE & WINE FESTIVAL PRESSES ON WITH FUN NEW OPT ION S FO R SUMMER AN D FA LL 2020
While it may look a little different than in the past, the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival is rising to the challenge of creating a new blend of safe wine country experiences for this fall. From a fun new approach for the beloved Grape & Wine Parade to a new initiative that will bring the festivities of Montebello Park to your own backyard and creative new ways to enjoy and explore Niagara’s wineries, the 2020 vintage of the Niagara Grape and Wine Festival will provide Niagara residents and Ontario wine lovers a fresh, safe way
to experience the Festival’s most popular events and activities.
The Ne xt Best Thing t o Part ying In The Park While group size restrictions will prevent the traditional Montebello Park festivities from taking place this year, the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival will offer new ways for participants to continue to enjoy the wine, music and fun. Concerts from headline bands will be live-streamed on the Internet on Saturday, September 19 and Saturday, September 26. Niagara wineries will create Grape & Wine packs that will include a selection of wine and themed goodies to help bring the fun of the festival to your own backyard. The specially priced boxes will be available for no-fee delivery across Ontario or curbside pickup at participating wineries.
The Parade Must
Go On Because a large-scale street parade isn’t feasible given current social distancing guidelines, this year’s Meridian Porch Parade invites Niagara residents, both on and off the traditional parade route, to bring the fun to their front door. Later this summer, residents who plan on showcasing their Grape & Wine spirit will be able to register their house, building, street, or neighbourhood at niagarawinefestival.com. On September 26, the Niagara Grape & Wine Porch Parade team will visit to capture the fun on film and judge their efforts for a range of friendly contest categories, including Best Costumes, Best Neighbourhood Spirit, Best Decorated House and more. The festivities will be captured on film and shared live via webcast and through social media channels to allow the whole region to enjoy seeing everyone’s Grape & Wine spirit.
According to City of St. Catharine’s
Mayor Walter Sendzik, “The Niagara Grape & Wine Parade is an institution. It was incredibly important to the City of St. Catharines that we still find a way to safely celebrate the important role that area grape growers and wineries play in our community. I know that the residents of St. Catharine’s will do a great job keeping the celebration alive in their front yards this September.”
A Supe rsized Grape & Wine Discovery Pass Program With a record number of wineries on board, more days and extended hours, this fall’s Niagara Grape & Wine Discovery Pass touring program will be bigger and better than ever. By purchasing a $50 Discovery Pass Passport, wine lovers can enjoy a total of 8 signature wine and food pairings at over 30 Niagara wineries beginning September 17th. A discounted foodonly Discovery Pass will also be available for $40.
The Niagara Grape & Wine Festival has launched an all-new Niagara Wine Country Check-In web tool that allows users to reserve their Discovery Pass experience in advance. In addition to the perk of being able to skip the lines, making a reservation using this new tool also grants guests access to specially designated socially distanced tasting areas. Additional options are in the works, including a self-guided tour tool that will allow winery guests to use their smartphone to explore wineries independently.
“Whether it’s an unexpected frost or a devastating draught, Niagara’s grape growers and wineries are regularly faced with unexpected challenges. They don’t have the option of cancelling a harvest. They press on and rise above the adversity to create a unique vintage. Their fortitude has been our inspiration for creating a fresh new take on this fall’s Niagara Grape & Wine Festival programming that is both fun and safe. The wine, food, music and activities we are planning may look a little different this year, but they will still offer an amazing experience and a memorable 2020 vintage,” says Dorian Anderson, Executive Director of the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival.
For up-to-the-minute news and programming announcements, follow Niagara Grape & Wine Festival on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @NiagaraWineFest. o
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