If you are a Swedish company trying to sell French box wines you better have an ace up your sleeve. Having internationally recognized designers Takis Soldatos and Sofia Bloomberg design award winning packaging certainly qualifies. Vernissage will soon be peddling White (Chardonnay/Viognier), Red (Cabernet/Syrah) & Rose’ (Syrah) wines from the Vin de Pays d’Oc appellation in the south of France in these upscale packages. Importer Elliot Stern tells me that the first shipments will not arrive in the US until October 25th and that puts the wine in the Dallas market around Thanksgiving. Continue reading