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The market is changing, and wineries must adapt to stay competitive. Improving productivity and sustainability can protect margins without sacrificing the craft of winemaking.
Winemaking Must Adapt Fast
Whether you’re a minimalist, naturalist, or a data-driven enologist, your winemaking skills remain rooted in intuition, science, and the bottom line. But wineries need improvements in productivity and sustainability to remain competitive in today’s changing market.
Your production and margins can be improved through simple planning and adaptability.
- Reduce the operational expense of winery production and storage.
- Craft more efficiently, sustainably, and with greater control.
- Replicate the beneficial aspects of barrel aging while removing the inefficiencies.
Oak Barrels Are Costly and Not Sustainable
- High annual barrel cost: plus rising prices from tariffs and scarcity.
- Long turnaround: rack/back with additions; moving a single barrel by forklift can take an hour.
- Ongoing maintenance: hydration, sulfur treatments, cleaning, and leak repair.
- Limited lifespan: only a few vintages.
- Low sustainability: one oak tree takes 120–200 years to grow and produces only three barrels.
The Solution: A New Age Barrel Replacement
The solution is right here: Flextanks.
Flextanks are proven, award-winning, and sustainable. Flextanks were designed to keep the art of winemaking without the cost friction. They mimic the oxygen transfer rate of a neutral barrel without adding oak flavors. That means more control, fewer surprises, and far more efficiency. Flextanks modernize traditional winemaking, replicate the beneficial aspects of barrel aging, and remove the inefficiencies.
“There is the battle to reduce costs yet increase quality. We need to be profitable to be successful but defend what we need to successfully create wines of quality and distinction.”
Mark Beaman, Winemaker, Kenwood Vineyards
Winemakers in the Know Choose Flextank
Wineries worldwide rely on Flextank for efficient, controllable, and sustainable production.
- Cost effective: reduce barrel costs, labor, space, and time while delivering higher revenue.
- Efficient: easier to move, store, stack, and clean, increasing productivity.
- Controllable: breathes like a barrel.
- Award-winning: hundreds of winemakers have won industry awards using Flextank.
- Proven: After more than 25 years, 95% of all Flextanks are still in use by thousands of operations.
- Sustainable: backed by a lifetime guarantee and helps reduce cleaning, water, and chemical use.
“. . . we need to see a new wave of winemakers who are focused on innovation, sustainability and inclusion.”
Lauren Barrett, Principal Consultant, By and By Solutions LLC
Flextanks: Affordable, Efficient Production
Flextank vessels are engineered to provide higher production capability in less space.
This production efficiency helps winemakers boost barrel room capacity, reduce bottle costs, and increase revenue.
Whether you’re just starting to explore alternatives to oak barrels or are already a believer, Flextank can help revolutionize your workflow, sustainability efforts, and ultimately, your wine.
Now Make It Happen
Flextank offers free one-to-one consulting to help wineries improve production, quality, and revenue. If you’re ready to scale with greater ease, now is the time to start the conversation.
Call: +1-360-450-2694
Email: flexsales@flextank.com
Visit: www.Flextank.com
Or simply fill out the form on the Flextank website for free consulting and get started.
