WINERY CLIENT SERVICES

Why Sparkling

Sparkling wine is perfect as a welcome beverage and an ideal start to any tasting. It adds variety to your Wine Club shipments, and is fun for Wine Club member pick-up parties, private events and seasonal gatherings hosted at your winery. Its versatility in food pairings makes it a chef’s favorite. More Millennials and Gen Z consumers are choosing sparkling wines, making it a great way to introduce your brand and winery to a new generation of wine lovers.

WHO WE ARE

Rack & Riddle is the #1 custom sparkling wine producer in the US. We are proud to partner with more than 400 of America’s most beloved wineries to bring your loyal club members and winery visitors The Best of All Things Sparkling™!

SERVICES WE OFFER

We provide a full-service model for wineries, offering Méthode Champenoise and Charmat method sparkling wines. Charmat wines are available in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions.

We also offer in-line carbonation, low alcohol and flavored wines.

Shiner Program

Our Winemaking team has 100+ years of combined experience crafting award-winning sparkling wines. We create wine blends tailored to your specifications, partnering closely with you at each stage of the process, to achieve a style that is perfect for your winery program.

We offer both Méthode Champenoise and Charmat formats:

Méthode Champenoise

We have Shiners (ready to label) tirage bottled and aged sur lees for 6 months and up to 3 years. This inventory is pre-aged, pre-stocked and ready for your order. You simply select your AVA and we handle riddling, disgorging and finishing for you.

We offer the following Wine Styles and AVA’s:

Napa Valley

Brut
Rosé
Blanc de Blancs
Blanc de Noirs

Méthode Champenoise FORMATS OFFERED

750ML | 375ML
1.5L — limited wine selection

Charmat

Formats Available

750ML | 375ML
1.5L — limited wine selection

Flavors Available

Almond, Peach, Peach Mango, Pina Colada, Coconut, Pomegranate, Raspberry and Strawberry

Tank Sizes Available

1k | 2k | 2,600k | 4,400k | 6,400k | 6,700k | 10,000k

We also offer select services for in-line carbonation, flavored, no and low alcohol wines, and cans. Contact us for more details.

CUSTOM SPARKLING WINE SERVICES

How It Works

We offer two ways to allow you to use your wine or grapes and craft a sparkling specific to your winery protocols. Let us introduce you to our Base to Bottle and Grapes to Bottle custom programs.

Our Winemaking team has 100+ years of combined experience crafting award-winning sparkling wines. We follow your winemaking protocols to craft a blend that is perfect for your desired style. Our winemaking package includes customized blending and dosage, QC and in-house lab services.

Our dedicated operations teams, working from our state-of-the-art facilities, ensure the highest quality and attention to detail, from bottling to final delivery. We can use your packaging supplies or ours, except for your labels – those you will provide.
Bring us your wine or your grapes, and your labels, and we can handle the rest.

Base to Bottle

If you want to use your own wine to craft the perfect sparkling, we can do that too! You provide the base wine and we develop a sparkling wine using your desired winemaking protocols. We tirage bottle and age to your preferences. Next, you select a disgorging date and we handle bottling and packaging, and get it ready for you to pick up. Our Winemaking and Business Development teams will support you throughout the entire process.

Grape to Bottle

If your program is 500 cases or more, you can bring us your grapes. We will crush them for you at our Alexander Valley facility, then handle fermentation, blend on-site, tirage, riddling, disgorging and finishing for you. Then we bottle and label and get it ready for you to pick up.

Méthode Champenoise

Formats Available: 750ML

Charmat 

Formats available:
375ml, 750ml, 1.5

Flavors available:
Almond, Peach, Peach Mango, Pina Colada, Coconut, Pomegranate, Raspberry and Strawberry

Tank sizes available:
1k | 2k | 2,600k | 4,400k | 6,400k | 6,700k | 10,000k

Why choose Rack & Riddle?

We Do It All

As sparkling wine experts, we have a singular focus. Our team of 7 award-winning winemakers will partner with your winemaking team, bringing their combined 100+ years of experience to craft sparkling wines tailored to your goals, needs and specifications.

We offer all popular wine styles, in a wide selection of AVA’s and price points. We have 500K+ cases of Méthode Champenoise in tirage and can bottle Charmat year ‘round with many tank sizes available, so we can meet your launch date or release schedule. No project is too big or too small!

The Need For Speed

Your custom label can launch in just 4 weeks for Charmat style and 4 months for Méthode Champenoise with our Shiners Program. No one can get your sparkling wine brand to market faster.

We Can Grow With You

We have 3.5 million cases of capacity, 4 state of the art facilities that are SMETA, CCOF and GMP certified, and 170+ skilled employees. Our established network of long-term grower contracts ensures wine quality and consistency of supply for you and your brands for years to come.

Service With A Smile

You will have a dedicated Account Manager on our Business Development team, to ensure that your project receives the highest priority and level of service. Honesty, transparency and clarity in communication are our hallmarks. Our client service mindset means we make the process simple and easy to navigate, to meet your deadlines and exceed your expectations.

How To Work With Us

Step 6:
Pick Up

Pick up your sparkling wine! (Balance due)