What We Do

Wine Sourcing

Our experienced team of wine experts and buyers are dedicated to sourcing wines from around the World. We have a number of exclusive wine agency relationships and represent over 30 producers from across the length and breadth of Italy. From small, family-owned wineries to large, modern Cooperatives, we have an unrivalled range of Italian wines to suit every taste and budget.

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Bulk and Contract Packing

CWF contract packaging service offers the ultimate in flexibility to operators looking for different solutions for their drinks business requirements with highly efficient botting capability. With stainless steel temperature controlled bulk wine storage available, we import European and deep-sea bulk wines and bottle into various formats for our customers.

We can also supply bulk wine and various other liquids in IBCs and 1000L bag in boxes.

Experts in Mulled Wine

CWF is the UK’s largest producer of Mulled Wine, serving all consumer occasions from at home consumption to outdoor Christmas markets. We conduct on-going Quality Assurance and blind taste testing to ensure our Mulled Wine outperforms the competitor set with our passionate and experienced technical and development team including Nicholas Tatham, Master of Wine.

Liquid quality is paramount and with our unparalleled account management, demand planning, distribution and impressive service levels, we work to ensure no OOS, allowing retailer partners to maximise sales during key trading periods.

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NPD

With a clear focus on quality, innovation and service we have an experienced and dedicated in house NPD team for pioneering and bespoke product solutions. Through constant research and analysis our team are continuously tasting and developing exciting new products whilst keeping an eye on the latest market trends and predictions.

Offering tailored and all-encompassing packages, customers can be assured of a versatile superior service covering all aspects such as collaborative liquid development, packaging design, production, storage and distribution.

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Production and Formats

Within our fully accredited substantial bonded manufacturing and winery facility we have a bottling capacity of producing 20 million litres per year, with six production and packaging lines in operation. Major ongoing investment at our production site across all production and technical areas to ensure we can react to demand as required. Extensive range of Glass and PET packaging options from 18.7cl, 25cl, 70cl, 75cl, 1 Litre, 1.5 litre, Bag-in-Box (various sizes) and bulk supply. High volume fermentation capacity, stainless steel temperature controlled bulk wine storage available. CWF uses traditional British winemaking practices including Flor fermentation to give our products the taste and mouth feel to meet the increasingly discerning palate of the consumer.

Brand Exportation

Given the phenomenal success of our brands in the UK, we have expanded our sales team to accelerate our international footprint across the globe, building our successes to date. Currently exporting to Europe, Asia, and Africa, contact us to explore any export opportunities globally.

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Warehousing and Distribution Services

Our award-winning demand planning team ensure forecasts are carefully managed and actioned, coordinating production and warehousing bonded to maximise productivity and maintain first class service levels across all customer bases. We have an experienced logistics and supply chain management team ensuring efficiencies across the spectrum overcoming industry challenges whilst continuously aiming to minimise our carbon footprint and improve sustainability within the supply chain.

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Account Management

All our customers are assigned a national account manager with experience and knowledge in their specific trade sector, working closely to offer support, communication, solutions and opportunities. With all aspects of the business based in house at our head office, key departments are able to work effectively and efficiently together providing the best service possible. Our sales team work closely with our marketing and design team to supply customers with bespoke and branded packages including POS, social media support and collaborative packaging design service from concept to launch for exclusive and own label.