Bronze Medal Winner: Greenskin Wine 2023 Pinot Noir Shines!
22 November 2024
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT HOW & WHY we're so passionate about GREENSKIN wine
As avid sailors and serious wine lovers, when you’re on a boat, there’s no hiding just how inconvenient glass bottles really are.
We knew we weren’t the only ones embarking on land and sea adventures who find traditional bottles heavy, bulky, breakable and very inconvenient to dispose of during and at the end of your adventure.
Not to mention that glass is very energy-intensive to produce and transport. Plus what landfill site needs more waste?
So after storing, carrying, drinking and disposing of (more than) our fair share of glass bottles, we have created a product that is better suited to the great outdoors and kinder to it.
Going glassless was our answer.
We fused our passion for great wine, the environment and an active, outdoor lifestyle to give Aussies something that genuinely solves a problem for them (and us), all while being kinder to the planet!
Greenskin Wine was launched in April 2021. We’re so glad that you can be a part of the change!
ENTER... the mighty greenskin pouch
The Greenskin Wine pouch is revolutionary and designed to make enjoying wine in the great outdoors easier and lighter, in every way.
Each 750ml pouch is:
- LIGHTWEIGHT & COMPACT. The light, sleek, soft pouch design means you can pack it neatly and take your favourite drop with you on your boat, in your camper, under the stars or anywhere else you like to enjoy the outdoors.
- UNBREAKABLE making them safe around pools and outdoor occasions, never worry about shattered glass again.
- RESEALABLE so you won't waste a drop! Plus, if you squeeze out the air and reseal, you protect the quality of any remaining wine if you simply can't consume a whole pouch in one sitting. If resealed without air your wine will stay fresh for up to 3 weeks! In glass, 3 days tops!
- CHILLS QUICKLY when you chuck on ice or put in the fridge, your Greenskin will chill way more quickly than wine in glass. Chilled wine pronto! 👍
- BPA FREE. BPA (bisphenol A) is a chemical that is added to many commercial products, including food containers and hygiene products but NOT Greenskin Pouches! Greenskin Pouches are 100% BPA FREE.
it easily travels with you!
Greenskin Wine is 60% of weight and volume wine in glass bottles.
- BOX DIMENSIONS. A six-pack of Greenskin Wine sits at 20 x 20 x 20cm taking up far less space and weight than a traditional 6-pack of wine.
- BOX WEIGHT. A six-pack weighs just 4.8kgs. A glass six-pack = 8kgs plus, depending on the bottle type.
it's kinder to the planet too!
We’re proud to offer the wine industry’s first closed-loop recycling system.
the wines - no more bottle shop confusion!
We’ve all been there, grabbing a bottle with a cool-looking label that fits our budget, only to be disappointed when we get home and taste the wine.
We aim to eliminate the hassle of choosing quality wine for your next adventure.
All our wines have been hand-selected from premium Western Australian vineyards by Greenskin Wine’s co-founder, Mike Davies, a winemaker and wine packaging specialist. Mike has worked in the wine industry for over 30 years, so he knows a thing or two about excellent quality wine and where to find it.
You can now avoid wasting time scouring the bottle shop shelves. We will deliver quality direct to your door. And, at reasonable prices, it won’t cost you the earth. Literally!
Learn more about each wine’s vintage, variety, winemaker and winery here.
PACKAGED WITH LOVE
Not only are the small parcels of wine we buy carefully chosen by us from some of the best Australian vineyards, we also visit each winery and hand package them up ourselves in our purpose-built trailer, the ‘Green-Machine’.
Here are some pics of us in the beautiful Margaret River region in Western Australia and the packaging machine in action.
who the heck are we anyway?
If you’ve read this far, you might be keen to know who’s behind this new-wave concept.
In short, we’re down-to-earth, crazy boaters, winemakers and huge fans of a good old-fashioned long lunch.
Here’s more if you’re still interested:
Mike Davies (left) – Feeling very at home doing his final tasting and testing before packaging the 2019 Margaret River Syrah.
MIKE DAVIES - greenskin wine's director & ideas man
Mike is a seasoned veteran of the wine industry, having started winemaking at just 18.
With a Bachelor of Applied Science & Oenology, he began his career at Tyrells and Chapel Hill, quickly advancing through notable wineries like Katnook Estate, Coonawarra, Clairault, and Ribbon Vale. He even spent a season at Château La Louvière in Bordeaux before founding his own award-winning Margaret River winery, Sandstone Wines.
Mike then launched Portavin, a game-changer in wine bottling, starting with mobile bottling trucks that travelled from winery to winery. Portavin soon became Australia’s largest independent wine packaging business, with operations across Australia and New Zealand.
With decades of experience in bottling and packaging, wine handling is second nature to Mike, and better wine packaging outcomes have been a passion for most of his career.
In Mikes spare time, he’s a boatie, sailing 505’s (self-confessed ‘badly’), Lasers (less so) and for many years his beloved sailing yacht “Sandstone”, which has taken him on many adventures along Australia’s east coast, Lord Howe and Noumea, and even (to his great surprise) winning regattas, like the Hamilton Island Race Week.
These days, he enjoys more leisurely cruising with his partner Kim, all while dreaming up new ways to make enjoying quality wine easier and more fun, wherever life takes them!
Kim McKee cruising through the Great Sandy Straights, Queensland, Australia.
kim mckee - greenskin co-founder, marketer & wine taster
Growing up and working by the ocean all her life, Kim has taken the glorious idea of ‘work-life balance’ to a whole new level.
After studying Recreation (yes, it is a real course) at Griffith University in Queensland, Kim spent many years playing and working in tropical island resorts along the east coast of Australia.
As she soaked up these idyllic boating paradises, Kim grew a strong affiliation with sailing and all things marine and forged a marketing career in the marine industry. She has sailed extensively throughout the Asia Pacific region, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, including a 12,000 nautical-mile voyage from Turkey to Australia when she was in her mid-twenties.
While marketing consulting for over 20 years, working with marine retailers, charter and boat sales companies, and the marine media, Kim met Mike and quickly adapted her rum enthusiasm into a diligent apprentice wine appreciator.
Together, they embarked on countless adventures, enjoying the company of colourful characters, fine wine, and their shared love of sailing.
As their adventures continued, so did their love of the outdoors, always paired with a great glass of wine (or two). After years of dealing with the hassle of storing, carrying, and disposing of glass bottles, they knew there had to be a better way.
Going glassless with Greenskin Wine was the answer. A product made for the great outdoors and kinder to the planet!
but, we're no one without our partners
We are nowhere and no one without our superb network of supporters who have helped breathe life into Greenskin Wine and kicked our visions into life.
These people and businesses are so vital to us; we have dedicated a whole page to them as a small token of our appreciation.
After decades of working as winemakers and wine packaging specialists, the idea of putting wine in a soft pouch first came to life over a long lunch about 15 years ago.
Frustrated by the hassles of glass and knowing its hefty environmental impact, we knew there had to be a better way without compromising on wine quality. But back then, pouch materials weren’t recyclable, so we hit pause.
Fast forward to today, and with advancements in material technology and recycling methods, the Greenskin pouch is now 100% recyclable, sparking the launch of Greenskin Wine in April 2021.
Our creative daughter, Ellen, coined the name Greenskin — a clever twist on the wine term “Clean Skin” and our commitment to sustainability. We loved it from the start.
We’re excited to bring Aussies a smarter, greener way to enjoy premium wines and are thrilled to have you as part of this change!
