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In The Winery

tial strain of manual palletizing at an economical Wine Country Shipping, Inc.
cost.”
Wine Country Shipping, Inc., does precisely what
Sinicrope told The Grapevine Magazine that A-B-C its name implies. In business for more than 25
typically works with customers packaging their years, the company services approximately 150
products in corrugated cases with partitions, and wineries, retail outlets and hotels throughout
those cases are palletized for shipping and ware- Sonoma County, California. Its sister company,
housing. The packaging materials used and equip- Wine Country Cellars, LLC, provides more than
ment deployed has proven to be a successful com- 10,000 square feet of temperature-controlled stor-
bination for its clients. age space for winery products. Janice Laskoski is
President and Managing Owner of Wine Country
“A corrugated box with partitions is highly effec- Shipping and sole owner of Wine Country Cellars.
tive at protecting products during shipment and Using rigid quality control standards in packag-
final delivery. However, it is important to make ing and shipping, Laskoski told The Grapevine
sure the packaging equipment performs secure Magazine that the priority for both of her compa-
case sealing and that the packed cases are not nies is to protect what she describes as her winery
subjected to enough moisture that could cause cor- clients’ “liquid assets.”
rugated failure.” This, he said, is rare. “Corrugated
boxes have been a standard for packaging for many “If time has taught us one thing, it is that every
years because they are durable, provide good customer wants their wine shipped quickly, safely
product protection and superior stacking strength. and easily. That is the premise upon which we have
Today, companies are looking for sustainable pack- built our reputation,” she said.
aging solutions, and corrugated boxes are a cost-ef-
fective, renewable solution.” Wine Country Shipping uses cartons, pallets or
shrink-wrap pallets for end-of-line packaging mate-

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