Rack & Riddle Custom Wine Services

Great news coming out for the sparkling wine industry! Makes me grateful for my present role Rack & Riddle Custom Wine Services, as well as thinking fondly back on my days with Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte.

1st Day of Harvest for Rack & Riddle in Lodi, California! Pictured here (left to right) are our Lodi Winemaker, Adam Poirier; our Winemaking Consultant, Jerome Barret; and our Executive Director of Winemaking, Manveer Sandhu bringing in the first load of sparkling wine grapes to our facility in Lodi, California. Harvest has officially begun! “The first day of harvest brought excitement and anticipation as we began receiving grapes at our new site. These are new vineyards for us in our quest to craft the highest quality Charmat style wines from California. Our Chardonnay is looking fantastic so far, with full clusters and even maturity throughout the vineyard. We can't wait to follow these grapes on their journey to becoming premium sparkling wine!” -       Manveer Sandhu, Executive Director of Winemaking #Harvest2024 #Harvest #RackAndRiddle #SparklingWine

Bubbles for all!

American Consumers are Bubbling Over for Sparkling Wine! Shanken News Daily reports Champagne is back on the rise in 2024 and Prosecco keeps soaring, especially among the younger 21+ crowd. With 10 million cases of Prosecco imported to the U.S. last year, it's clear: Americans love their bubbles. And as the #1 custom sparkling producer, Rack & Riddle is partnering with our clients to offer what consumers clearly want – sparkling wines in BOTH popular styles. California sparkling wines offer exceptional value to increasingly cost-conscious American wine consumers, without sacrificing quality, flavor or the delightful experience in the glass. Rack & Riddle’s Shiner Program combines winemaking expertise and a unique client service model to ensure that clients can meet growing market demand and bring premium California sparkling wines to market swiftly and efficiently. From $15 to $150, if you dream it, we can do it. We are committed to being The Best of All Things Sparkling™! 🥂✨ #SparklingWine #Prosecco #Champagne #WineIndustry #RackAndRiddle #WineMarket #WineLaunch #CaliforniaWine #Wine #CaliforniaWine https://lnkd.in/gvacX-Zw

Come out and see us at IBWSS today and tomorrow! Our Head Winemaker Manveer Sandhu and our Business Development team are on hand. Find us at: TABLE 18 - Discover our NEW Charmat sparkling wine selections. TABLE 19 - Sample our Méthode Champenoise sparkling wines.

Rack & Riddle Hosts 1st Annual Christmas in July Open House!   Thank you to all of our valued clients, old and new, for joining us last Thursday for our 1st Annual Christmas in July Open House. It was our pleasure to host you, and hope you left with some great ideas to plan for your holiday sparkling wine offerings. Our winemaking team led exclusive, informative tours of our facility (while the disgorging line was running!) to showcase how premium California sparkling wines are crafted. We had pouring stations filled with holiday cheer and nestled among the riddling cubes. It was a pleasure to share with our guests our méthode champenoise sparkling wines from California’s finest appellations, alongside our premium charmat and flavored wines. We also had pouring stations dedicated NEW flavors of force carbonation, and our latest add to the portfolio - no and low alcohol wines! And there were samples available of most wines to take back to your teams to taste. If you couldn’t make it this year, please reach out to Santa’s helpers on our Business Development team and we can help with your holiday planning. Until next year!

Don’t miss your LAST CHANCE to RSVP for Rack & Riddle’s Christmas in July Open House on July 18th! Now is the perfect time to plan for your holiday sparkling wine offerings and we are here to help. Manveer Sandhu and our Winemaking team will give you an exclusive, informative tour of our facility. We will be pouring our premium Méthode Champenoise and Charmat wines, and some exciting NEW flavored and non-alcoholic wines. Our new partner Solos will be onsite so you can learn first-hand about their exclusive aroma and flavor capture system coming soon to Rack & Riddle. Come join us for the event of the season! RSVP via the link below https://lnkd.in/gisdmZja

Attracting greater numbers of visitors, especially younger consumers, to tasting rooms is a top priority for many of our clients these days. With wellness tourism up 123%, Millennials and Gen Z consumers embracing sparkling wine, and rising summer temperatures, now could be the perfect time to add no and low alcohol sparkling wine flights to your tasting room experiences. This is an excellent way to be inclusive of all members of a party and enhance your brand experience. At Rack & Riddle, we've been closely monitoring these trends and see an opportunity for innovation in the sparkling wine space. That's why we recently announced our exclusive partnership with Solos, the first in the United States to offer Solos' patented Aroma Recovery System. This system provides superior flavor and mouthfeel to low and no alcohol wines. "Now we can be the preferred partner for traditional sparkling wine, as well as no and lower alcohol versions," said Mark Garaventa, General Manager. "It is more important than ever to offer inclusive experiences that allow your guests to choose their consumption occasions mindfully. We are excited to lead the way in this dynamic new market space. Cheers!"

At Rack & Riddle, we pride ourselves on being category leaders and innovators. So today, we're taking a significant step into the future by adding no and low alcohol sparkling wines to our offerings through an exclusive partnership with Solos. We will be the first in the United States to offer Solos’ patented Aroma Recovery System used in Europe to provide superior flavor and mouthfeel to low and no alcohol sparkling wines.   The popularity of no and low alcohol wines is on the rise, with 40% of Americans seeking to moderate their alcohol consumption and choose their enjoyment occasions without sacrificing flavor or quality. This new partnership will allow Rack & Riddle to offer high quality, full flavor no and low alcohol sparkling wines to our valued clients and new partners.   Our Sonoma County facilities will serve as the national headquarters for service, research and development for both companies. Test and small lot production is expected to begin later this year with full commercial scale operations commencing in 2025. With this new partnership, we will lead the way in developing new brands and products for this emerging market segment. It’s an exciting day at Rack & Riddle! https://lnkd.in/g9Z4yD7q   Contact us at sales@rackandriddle.com

Rack & Riddle is hiring for an AM & PM Bottling Mechanics to join our team! Join a team of experienced professionals and unlock your career in the Wine Industry. Apply today: https://lnkd.in/gMrmGhW4