• Drums, Rigid IBCs and Collapsible IBCs • 200 to 1100 litre capacity • Food grade liner options • Low Barrier for economy • High Barrier for extended shelf life • Top Fill/Bottom Dispense options • Re-use or recycle New Drum options for liquids under $50 each* New IBC options for liquids under $170 each* 40 JUNE 2016 *Prices are current, ex-works Auckland, exclude GST and in some cases pallets. Contact John MacMillan on (09) 273 1809 or sales@multipac.co.nz www.multipac.com.au EXELLENCE IN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY FT088 FIBRE TECHNOLOGY EVOLVING QUICKLY Fibre drums have been used for powders and liquids since the early 1900s. Local manufacture was introduced in Gisborne to support a growing tomato paste industry that was looking for strong light weight packaging. Fibre IBCs were added to the range to provide a bulk pack and, with the introduction of heating elements, these became the preferred bulk pack for the dairy industry’s pure milk fat. More recently collapsible corrugated IBCs were introduced, reducing the cost of delivering empty packs. For liquids, the crux of the system is ‘bag in box’ technology. You could describe these as scaled-up wine casks. Choosing a suitable ‘bag’ from a range of liners varying from plain polythene liners to high barrier liners for products sensitive to oxidation will cater to most products. There are options suitable for beverages, liquids, fruit and vegetable pastes, as well as fats and oils and non-hazardous chemicals. Size-wise, these typically vary from 200 litres to 1100 litres. The next innovation on the horizon is the incorporation of an oxygen scavenger, further extending the shelf life of the contents. Fibre may have been around for over 100 years, but the technology around it is still evolving. For more information, go to www.multipac.com.au. Mahana Estates and its winemaker Michael Glover are stepping up to battle against ‘paid for’ wine reviews in New Zealand. Glover, who says the prevalence of ‘paid for’ wine reviews has shocked him since moving to New Zealand and taking up the role of winemaker at Mahana, believes customers need transparency and has banned sending wines for paid reviews or displaying ‘scores’ for its wines at its cellar door. “Most people walking into a store and observing a big gold sticker on a bottle with the number ‘95’ on it would assume that the number has been awarded in an impartial and objective setting, and is not subject to a monetary transaction,” Glover says. These review systems, where stars or numbers are attributed to wines, are not in keeping with the spirit of winemaking or wine enjoyment, he says. “Any one of us can ‘score’ a wine. We all have an opinion. “What many of us cannot do, however, is put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and convey what wine is, what wine means, and what wine can be in our lives. This style of writing is much more about sharing knowledge and a love of a subject than casting judgement from ‘above’.” Glover says as a wine producer, he can only do what he feels is right. “I do not send any of my wines to a reviewer who requests a payment for that review. From now on I will only publish or use words - rather than scores, ratings, or stars - and I will ask wine critics and journalists to do the same,” he says. “For me the role of the wine writer is to inform, educate and, most importantly, to empower the reader to make their own journey with wine.” A bottle of wine is the end result of a cold winter of pruning, a hopeful spring of growth, a summer of ripening and a nervous autumn of anticipation, Glover says. Fruit is harvested and turned into wine. “At some point the bottle is opened and poured. This is when the real story begins. A bottle of wine can tell a story of seasons, people and places. It may be conservative or it may be adventurous. It may be loud or it may be quiet. Regardless, it will resonate with some people and not with others….it will be personal. Does a number really do justice to all of this? Does a number tell a story?” WINEMAKER DRAWS LINE IN SAND OVER ‘PAID FOR’ WINE REVIEWS “For me the role of the wine writer is to inform, educate and, most importantly, to empower the reader to make their own journey with wine.” Michael Glover W I N E N E W S
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