Tissue Wrap Preference and a Question

[Nolan_E]

@Dan.Gord0n

I don’t mind tissue but implore wineries to add a sticker with name and vintage. Really tough to deal with without a sticker and very time consuming to do it by hand when they arrive - much easier for wineries to put stickers on when they are wrapping them. However, very few actually do it.

Would you be willing to pay more for that?

[Steve_Brickley]

I only leave it on my Lopez because they are shy and don’t like showing off their wire cages.

[Anton_D]

I have a female oenophile friend who says, “No wrap, no rack.”

[Ian_Sutton]

Tissue paper? Tissue paper?!!! Tissue paper my a***

[Dan.Gord0n]

@Nolan E

@Dan.Gord0n

I don’t mind tissue but implore wineries to add a sticker with name and vintage. Really tough to deal with without a sticker and very time consuming to do it by hand when they arrive - much easier for wineries to put stickers on when they are wrapping them. However, very few actually do it.

Would you be willing to pay more for that?

Given that the cost of wrapping in tissue is already covered, the marginal cost of adding a $.25 sticker should be next to nothing but the cost of the sticker (perhaps ordered by the thousands it would be less than $.25). Particularly given that the wines that tend to have tissue wrap are over $100, I wouldn’t mind paying an extra $.25 per bottle if they actually wanted to cover the cost of the sticker.

[Sarah_Kirschbaum]

I only leave tissue on when the bottles are stored in owc. If racking, I generally remove it.

[Rob_Lynch]

Does anyone know what color tissue they wrap in?

The Scarecrow tissue is “straw” colored.
Just sayin’

[Nolan_E]

@Dan.Gord0n

@Nolan E

@Dan.Gord0n

I don’t mind tissue but implore wineries to add a sticker with name and vintage. Really tough to deal with without a sticker and very time consuming to do it by hand when they arrive - much easier for wineries to put stickers on when they are wrapping them. However, very few actually do it.

Would you be willing to pay more for that?

Given that the cost of wrapping in tissue is already covered, the marginal cost of adding a $.25 sticker should be next to nothing but the cost of the sticker (perhaps ordered by the thousands it would be less than $.25). Particularly given that the wines that tend to have tissue wrap are over $100, I wouldn’t mind paying an extra $.25 per bottle if they actually wanted to cover the cost of the sticker.

Maybe the sticker costs $0.25, but you have to pay someone to put the sticker on and this process would slow down/extend the bottling run and push labor costs higher. Not a $0.25/bottle increase.

[Scott_G_r_u_n_e_r]

Feeling a bit curmudgeonly today. Tissue is 100% unnecessary IMO. I would just assume it not be used. It feels pretentious and pointless and is annoying to find things when not removed and not neck tagged properly.

However I understand why it is used- adds that last little bit of pomp and re-assurance to the customer that they acquired an exclusive and true luxury item- makes people feel better about spending way too much money on wine. Helps reinforce the notion that the label is as important than the juice inside.

I suppose it does add a tiny bit of label protection for selling later, but frankly that isn’t much of a motivator.

[Danny_L]

@NED VALOIS

It attracts moisture. I remove it.

This. I had some moisture get on a couple of wrapped Larkmead bottles and ended up with a few labels damaged by mold.

[Scott_E1]

@SeanHarding

I carefully remove the tissue, iron it flat, and store it in vintage blueprint cabinets. Organized first by region, then alphabetically by producer, and finally by vintage.

That would make a fine a$$ wipe for all the rich and pampered wine connoisseurs out there.

[Scott_Jameson]

@Scott E.

@SeanHarding

I carefully remove the tissue, iron it flat, and store it in vintage blueprint cabinets. Organized first by region, then alphabetically by producer, and finally by vintage.

That would make a fine a$$ wipe for all the rich and pampered wine connoisseurs out there.

No it won’t. The colors can bleed and I’m not sure you want that on either your a$$ or the labels on the bottle.

[Anton_D]

Also, I only allow tissue that rolls off the roll ‘over the top,’ never tissue that comes off from ‘under the bottom’ of a roll.

An oenophile has to have standards.

[Nolan_E]

@Anton D

Also, I only allow tissue that rolls off the roll ‘over the top,’ never tissue that comes off from ‘under the bottom’ of a roll.

An oenophile has to have standards.

We live in a CIVILIZATION people!

[ncostanzo1]

@Chris Seiber

“What color is the tissue on 2005 Scarecrow” is an all time great WB post. I don’t mean that as an insult or criticism, but it’s just awesome how far we can get down into the minutea of our hobby. Rock on.

Hit.The.Nail.

+100 But I do get the OP question thought around it in all fairness.

[ncostanzo1]

@Rob Lynch

Does anyone know what color tissue they wrap in?

The Scarecrow tissue is “straw” colored.
Just sayin’

Great first post. A mix between maybe it’s a joke, but maybe not.

[ncostanzo1]

@SeanHarding

I carefully remove the tissue, iron it flat, and store it in vintage blueprint cabinets. Organized first by region, then alphabetically by producer, and finally by vintage.

(In reality, I remove it immediately because I like to barcode label my bottles, and it’s not worth the hassle to try to replace the tissue afterward.)

I’m dying here. Stop.

[adam_landa]

@ncostanzo1

@Chris Seiber

“What color is the tissue on 2005 Scarecrow” is an all time great WB post. I don’t mean that as an insult or criticism, but it’s just awesome how far we can get down into the minutea of our hobby. Rock on.

Hit.The.Nail.

+100 But I do get the OP question thought around it in all fairness.

As the OP, the question was not asked in jest…just looking for assistance. Thank you to those that responded…as well as to those that PMed to express their disbelief re the number of a**holes on the WB board that contribute nothing.

[Poppy_Davis]

As a former auction house employee, I HATE tissue. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen labels destroyed because the tissue either bleeds or gets stuck to the label. Just say no to tissue.

[Mike_V_e_r_h_i_l_l_e]

I just spent more time thinking about tissue wrapping of wine bottles than all of my cumulative wine buying life.