Every December, somebody in every company gets handed the same job: find a gift for the clients, the suppliers and the team that is not a tin of shortbread, does not look cheap, and does not take three weeks of meetings to decide. If that somebody is you this year, here is the shortcut. One bottle of Prince Edward County natural wine with your logo on the label, ordered once, shipped wherever it needs to go. People keep the bottle long after the wine is gone, and your logo sits on their counter through the holidays.
The math that makes it work
A single custom label bottle is $39.95 and there is no minimum, so you can order one to see it before you commit. The pricing drops fast after that. Six bottles of the same wine take 20 percent off, twelve take 30 percent off, and sixty bottles come in at half price, which works out to $19.98 a bottle with your own label on it. That is less than most people spend on a gift card that nobody remembers.
The tiers apply per wine, so sixty Gamay Noir is half price, but thirty Gamay Noir plus thirty Pinot Gris is two orders of thirty. If you want to mix, plan the counts accordingly, or email retail@traynorvineyard.com and we will help you lay it out.
Pick the wine
Two wines take a custom label right now. The red is our Gamay Noir, light bodied and fruit forward with bright cherry and raspberry notes and soft tannins, the kind of red that works at a dinner table and on a Tuesday night. The white is our Pinot Gris. A sparkling option, our Vidal Pet-Nat, comes and goes with stock, so if you see it on the site, grab it. All of them are made here in Hillier, wild fermented, vegan and VQA Ontario, so nobody on your list has to check anything.
For a mixed group, red is the safe call. For a client who cooks, white. For your own staff, ask them. They will tell you.
Design the label in ten minutes
The customize tool is on each custom label product page. Upload your logo, add a line of text if you want one, pick your colours, and watch the live preview build as you go. That preview is your proof, so look at it properly before you add it to the cart, because once a design is in the cart it cannot be edited, only remade. Two tips from experience: do it on a computer rather than a phone, and leave the legally required information on the right side of the label alone, since it has to stay as it is.
If you have a designer, they can build the artwork and you upload the finished file. If you do not, our in-house designer can help. Email retail@traynorvineyard.com with your order number after you order and we will look it over with you.
The timeline
Custom orders ship seven to ten business days after the design is finalized, and you will get a tracking email when they go. For any event with a date on it, order at least three weeks ahead. For Christmas, the deadline is December 10. Orders over $120 ship free anywhere in Ontario, and someone 19 or older has to sign for the box, so send it to the office, not the loading dock.
If the gifts need to go to many addresses, or the order is bigger than a few cases, email retail@traynorvineyard.com before you order and we will sort out the logistics with you.
Good to know
Traynor Family Vineyard, 1774 Danforth Road, Hillier, Prince Edward County. Custom label wine from $39.95 a bottle, volume pricing from six, order by December 10 for Christmas, at traynorvineyard.com. Corporate and large orders: retail@traynorvineyard.com. Open Friday and Saturday 11 to 6 and Sunday and Monday 11 to 5, kitchen the same hours, leashed dogs and kids welcome.
