3. 3
WPA Members
Ray Todd & Nick Walters
Directors
Barossa Bottling Services
Russell Smith
General Manager/Co-Owner
Hunter Bottling Company
Jim Kirkpatrick
Managing Director
Best Bottlers
Vince McMullan
Production Manager
McLaren Vale Bottlers
Andrew McPherson
Ozpak
Mike Davies
Executive Chairman
Portavin
Steve Peake
Managing Director
Prowine
Andrew Torresan
Operations Manager
Torresan Estate
Chris Grigoriou
South Australian Wine Bottlers
David Hutton
General Manager,
Wine Operations
Vinpac International
6. 6
2015 Agreed WPA Standard
• Label Panel minimum 5mm
from end of curve – all bottle
drawings to be updated
• Sink and Bulge – maximum of
0.5mm measured through the
label panel
8. 8
2015 Agreed WPA Standard
• 3mm embossed/grain free zone around all four edges of label
• Solid block of colour or design feature (such as a logo) on the
label as a registration mark for clear-on-clear labels
• Body Label paper weights min 80 gsm max 135 gsm
• Neck labels paper weight min 60 gsm max 80 gsm
• Neck labels - minimum 15mm free of varnish with a small
non-inked area; minimum label height of 18mm
9. 9
2015 Agreed WPA Standard
• Paper Supplier to provide matrix of
paper and adhesives
Pdf file of Matrix is located on this USB drive as separate document
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Good Morning and welcome to the 2nd WPA Forum
– Our Wine Industry – One Supply Chain.
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The WPA was formed in 2013 with the members being:
Ray Todd and Nick Walters - Barossa Bottling Services,
Jim Kirkpatrick - Best Bottlers,
Russell Smith - Hunter Bottling Company,
Vince McMullan - McLaren Vale Bottlers,
Andrew McPherson - Ozpak,
Mike Davies - Portavin,
Steve Peake - Prowine,
Chris Grigoriou - South Australian Wine Bottlers,
Andrew Torresan - Torresan Estate, and
myself for Vinpac International.
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The Association of contract packagers was established to standardise processes that investigate, analyse and resolve packaging issues, to create agreed standards that apply to general contract packaging of wine and collaborate with suppliers to identify and then resolve dry goods faults using our combined knowledge and expertise in the packaging of wine.
When Andrew McPherson reached out for sponsorship of the 2016 Forum – the response was overwhelmingly positive as you can see from the sponsorship banners at each side of the stage.
On behalf of the WPA I thank each of you for your support and know that we all play an equally important role in bringing our collective knowledge and expertise to the table to forge a way forward.
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At the 2015 Forum, consensus was reached on:
Label Panel Minimum 5mm from end of curve – all bottle drawings to be updated by Glass Suppliers
Sink and bulge – maximum of 0.5mm measured through the label panel
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The Pressure Sensitive Label specification and label size graphs be used by designers and label printers
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Whilst there was debate on whether the neck paper weight was ultimately the right, one we did agree to 60-80 until further discussions had been held.
3mm embossed/grain free zone around all four edges of label
Solid block of colour or design feature (such as a logo) on the label as a registration mark for clear on clear labels
Body Label paper weights min 80 gsm max 135 gsm
Neck labels paper weight min 60 gsm max 80 gsm
Neck labels to be have a minimum 15mm free of varnish with a small non-inked area and a Minimum label height of 18 mm
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Avery Denison, UPM Raflatec and Spices have provided their own matrx information on paper and adhesive which we have combined into one PDF.
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Now, I would like to introduce Nathan Gogoll- our MC for the day.
Nathan grew up in the Barossa and has been exposed to the wine industry most of his life (for example, work experience as a 15 year old was done with the Penfolds winemakers at Nuriootpa). He has held a variety of industry roles and even has two vintages under his belt.
Together with his journalism experience in regional papers and other wine industry publications, Nathan is well placed to deliver relevant industry information in his role as editor of the Grapegrower & Winemaker magazine.
