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If this is a serious problem, what about simply packaging Wine in 6-12 oz bottles? Single serve glass wine. This looks like a really over engineered solution to

by x0054 11y ago

If this is a serious problem, what about simply packaging Wine in 6-12 oz bottles? Single serve glass wine. This looks like a really over engineered solution to a rather simple problem.

dragontamer 11y ago
The actual problem is that some people have too much money. The expensive, high-tech wine bottle solves the problem.
kjdal2001 11y ago
I agree. Other than maybe an giving a subconscious association with wine coolers, it seems less wasteful in addition to being simpler and easier.
mattmanser 11y ago
They have these in larger supermarkets in the UK. Usually 1/4 of a shelf compared to the 20 odd shelves of normal wine. There's not much of a demand.
- toyg 11y ago
  There would be if the wine were decent. Typically, smaller bottles are from rubbish brands and cater mostly to alcoholists. Same in Italy. I guess the main costs for wine producers are not the bottle nor the wine, so there would be little price differentiation (which is essential) and moving larger quantities of 1 format is better than moving smaller quantities of 2. A lot of producers struggle as it is, so supporting another format is hard. Still, if a cartel of producers agreed on a secondary format, pooled costs and launched a "tasting" line, maybe it would be viable.
rhino369 11y ago
Boxed wine solves this problem too. It's just that very little good wine is sold in boxes. But this start up will likely have the same problem. You aren't going to find your favorite wine in a wine version k-cup (W-cups?). Now you could argue that maybe they are going to get good wine and make good W-cups. But people are making "good" boxed wines now too. Sticking wifi on it just seems like a gimmick.
GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
The industry is way ahead of you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle#Sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle#Sizes
prawn 11y ago
There is a company in the current YCombinator batch doing intro deliveries of wine-by-the-glass. The vessel looks like a test tube crossed with a wine bottle: http://getvinebox.com/ http://getvinebox.com/

by x0054 11y ago

If this is a serious problem, what about simply packaging Wine in 6-12 oz bottles? Single serve glass wine. This looks like a really over engineered solution to a rather simple problem.

dragontamer 11y ago

The actual problem is that some people have too much money. The expensive, high-tech wine bottle solves the problem.

kjdal2001 11y ago

I agree. Other than maybe an giving a subconscious association with wine coolers, it seems less wasteful in addition to being simpler and easier.

mattmanser 11y ago

They have these in larger supermarkets in the UK. Usually 1/4 of a shelf compared to the 20 odd shelves of normal wine. There's not much of a demand.

toyg 11y ago
There would be if the wine were decent. Typically, smaller bottles are from rubbish brands and cater mostly to alcoholists. Same in Italy. I guess the main costs for wine producers are not the bottle nor the wine, so there would be little price differentiation (which is essential) and moving larger quantities of 1 format is better than moving smaller quantities of 2. A lot of producers struggle as it is, so supporting another format is hard. Still, if a cartel of producers agreed on a secondary format, pooled costs and launched a "tasting" line, maybe it would be viable.

rhino369 11y ago

Boxed wine solves this problem too. It's just that very little good wine is sold in boxes. But this start up will likely have the same problem. You aren't going to find your favorite wine in a wine version k-cup (W-cups?). Now you could argue that maybe they are going to get good wine and make good W-cups. But people are making "good" boxed wines now too. Sticking wifi on it just seems like a gimmick.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago

The industry is way ahead of you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle#Sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle#Sizes

prawn 11y ago

There is a company in the current YCombinator batch doing intro deliveries of wine-by-the-glass. The vessel looks like a test tube crossed with a wine bottle: http://getvinebox.com/ http://getvinebox.com/