Afternoon Brief, January 12th

Labeling Laws Another Challenge for Wine: Wine labeling laws are already in use in the EU. Should US producers be freaking out?...

As consumer acceptance has grown, more wineries are using aluminum closures on bottles of still wine. The list of benefits goes beyond consumer preferences to their effectiveness in preventing cork taint and other contamination and their superior ability to preserve wine flavors and other organoleptic qualities. Herti is a leading manufacturer of aluminum and composite closures, producing two billion closures a year. The company has a comprehensive range of aluminum screw caps for wine, spirits, olive oil, water, and non-alcoholic and other beverages. It also offers composite closures that combine an aluminum body with a plastic insert, such as a plastic thread. Wide Variety of Options With over 40 sizes, customers can choose from 17mm to 43mm diameters in 6mm to 12mm heights to use with bottles as small as 50ml and as large as a gallon (4.54 l). They can also request almost any dimension, customize with offset printing on the top and side of the closure, choose a matte, semi-matte, o

The birthday was celebrated in the presence of the company's partners, customers, and employees. "Working hard for something you don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something you love is called passion. I wish everyone could see meaning in their work, because it turns stress into passion." Said the CEO of the company, Zahari Zahariev. HERTI AD was established in 1993 with one machine producing two sizes of aluminum caps. Over the years, the company has grown its operations, increasing the types, volumes, and capacities of the caps, as well as the customer base and markets to which it supplies its products. Today, HERTI produces annually 2 billion products, which are used to close almost all existing types of bottles on the market of alcoholic beverages, wine, mineral waters, olive oil, and medicines. It has customers in over 60 countries on all continents and has subsidiaries in Romania, Great Britain, France, Germany, and the USA. Over the years, the