Erica Harrop, President and CEO of Global Package LLC, announced that Sales Account Manager, Sue Keechler, will be a guest speaker at the Napa Thrives Climate Action Six-Event Series being held June 7th through 23rd at the Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena CA. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/napa-thrives-climate-action-events-186579. Topics for the Series include: […]
Thankfully, it appears that better times are ahead as supplies from our domestic glass suppliers are coming back on track. Additionally, we are seeing costs from our Asian suppliers also coming back in line. These positive trends have reinvigorated all of us at Global Package: A stronger supply side of our business means that our […]
I was a guest speaker at NapaGreen’s Conference last week, presenting at the workshop “All Things Bottle Sustainability.” The conference featured several workshops on sustainability, with the last in the series this upcoming Friday, April 29th on “All Things Soil Sustainability.” I was proud to participate in the series and to support this important organization […]
Erica Harrop, President and CEO of Global Package LLC, will be giving a presentation on “All Things Bottle Sustainability” next week at Nickel & Nickel, 8164 St. Helena Highway in Oakville, CA. She will be first on the panel, beginning at 9:30am, and will discuss considerations for lighter bottle glass and using recycled glass bottles. […]
After reading a recent piece in the trade newsletter, www.retailleader.com , I was encouraged to learn that the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the FBI have launched an initiative to “deter, detect, and prosecute those who would exploit the supply chain disruptions.” This has led to the “formation of a working group with global partners, including […]
In an Interesting recent article in the New York Times, entitled “The Wine Business Sees a Problem: Millennials Aren’t Drinking Enough,” author Eric Asimov cites the report “State of the US Wine Industry” by Rob McMillan, industry analyst and executive VP of Silicon Valley Bank: “ … aging baby boomers — currently the prime market […]
Next week we will be exhibiting in Booth #941 at this year’s Unified Show, January 25-27 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento. But as we prepare for the show, I’d like to share some thoughts. It’s clear that supply chain challenges are still with us, casting a renewed spotlight on globalization and […]
Global Package LLC again exhibited at last week’s WIN Expo after the show’s year-long absence. In its booth, the company displayed the full range of bottles it has on hand in inventory, as well as the many innovative new bottles it has introduced over the past year. Even with Covid protocols in place, including temperature […]
I was recently interviewed for a San Francisco Examiner article about supply chain hiccups that are impacting every aspect of our industry, including bottles: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/champagne-problems-and-supply-chain-nightmares-san-franciscos-wine-industry-is-suffering/. While it is certainly true that supply disruptions are creating bottlenecks (pun intended) in both foreign and domestic delivery, preemptive planning has make all the difference at Global Package. Even […]
Napa, CA October 27, 2021 — Global Package LLC Is thrilled to showcase new bottle collections in Booth #230 at the upcoming Wine Industry Expo. The Tradeshow and Conference will be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa on Thursday, December 2nd from 9am to 4pm. The WIN Expo was paused last year […]
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