Make your wine bottle special by adding a custom 29mm crown cork from P-ink

Tradition still favors the cork for the sales stage, but in reality it is the crown cork that ensures the preservation of the wine's authentic taste and more persistent bubbles, without risk of contamination by the cork.

Large wine producers-such as Pierre Frick-are choosing crown caps for their bottles for this very reason, skipping the disgorging stage for fermented wines or choosing the 29 mm crown cap even for still wines.

Above all, the choice of crown corks for wine bottles offers advantages in terms of communication, as they are highly customizable closures and-embedded within a brand strategy-allow one to emphasize one's identity and values.

The cap as part of the consumer experience

At the decision-making stage, packaging plays an important role in the beverage industry, and this is all the more true with regard to wine, where consumers want to be engaged by the brand and its storytelling.

The experience of drinking a good glass of wine must necessarily be accompanied by aesthetic aspects and what the packaging itself is able to convey. Indeed, irrational aspects are a predominant part of the purchasing stage.

The focus has also shifted to aesthetic elements of packaging: from the bottle, to the label, to the cork. Their design must tell the story of the product and the story of the brand, so as to reflect the character of the wine.

The plus given by the refinement of the wine must also be expressed through these elements.

The 29 mm crown cap can be customized with refined designs to create a unique style consistent with the winemaker's story, and the two most commonly used methodologies are offset printing and digital printing.

Offset printing for customization of crown caps

Digital printing for customization of crown caps

Digital printing used on crown caps is a recent innovation that has made personalization an absolutely affordable aspect for all wine producers, from small to large.

This is because, unlike offset printing:

• It is cost-effective even on very small lots
• Has short production time
• Allows you to change designs even in the same order with no change in cost
  
  

Digital printing is a customization method that lends itself to serving both small winemakers and large brands seeking more flexibility and variety.

Pelliconi launches P-ink: digital printing service for 29mm caps

Pelliconi is one of the largest market players in the production and marketing of caps and has always served major brands in the industry.

Innovation, research and quality are the founding values on which it has based its entire history to date, and it is from these values that P-ink, the new crown cap customization service, is inspired.

With this new, more flexible and accessible tool, Pelliconi is also serving small artisanal wine producers and niche labels, offering them all the know-how gathered through years of experience with the largest companies in the sector.

P-ink is an agile and totally self-manageable online service on the dedicated website, through which the ordering company can customize the crown cap on numerous aspects before proceeding with the order.

Here are in detail all the premium services enjoyed by P-ink users.

1. Wide range of colors

The first aspect that distinguishes the P-ink customization service is the range of colors, which is wide and varied with absolutely vivid rendering. This means that any kind of graphics can be reproduced on the cap sky without limitations on the number of colors.

Color becomes a fully manageable differentiator and branding element for the company, which will not have its creative possibilities limited. The opportunity to also choose from an infinite range of basic crown cap colors expands the color combinations even further.

2. Possibilities for customization

The lack of limitations in types and number of colors makes P-Ink digital printing a customization service with many creative solutions.

They can be realized on the cap:

• Logos with color gradients
• Monochrome graphics
• Multicolor graphics
• Artistic images
• Photos
  
  

Digital printing ensures optimal graphic output, no matter how elaborate the chosen design.

It will be possible to make variations in the graphic design even within the same order, creating, for example, caps with different colors according to the type of wine, year of production or if intended for special occasions.

For those who wish to be inspired, many ready-made and ready-to-use graphics will also be available within the site.

In addition, thanks to P-ink's configurator, you can edit the design of your cap directly in our site!

3. Special effects

To make the wine bottle more unique and make it represent even more the character of both the product and the winery, it will also be possible to add special effects to the cork, such as:

• Tactile effect: To give the cap a tactile as well as visual perception, an embossed or debossed effect can be added to the graphics
• Matt/glossy finish: To play on the light effects and give more character to the cap, it is possible to make parts of the cap with a matt finish contrasting with the glossy parts
• Multiple versions of the same graphic: As with colors, special effects can be combined in different ways to characterize the cork depending on the occasion of use or the type of wine

4. Cap configuration with 3D visualization

The feature that most distinguishes Pelliconi's P-Ink service is the total control that is left at the cap customization stage, giving a 360-degree view of what is being designed.

You will be able to add text, images, save your designs to edit later or so that you can use them for future orders.

The configurator is processed with a 3D visualization that is absolutely realistic and faithful to what the final result will be, thus ensuring a final result that adheres to expectations.

For absolute peace of mind, Pelliconi performs a manual inspection of what is designed so as to flag any critical issues and thus avoid nasty surprises at the time of delivery.

5. Delivery in only 3 weeks

The freedom to customize all aspects of the cap and the ability to create different graphics, even within the same order, is coupled with reduced turnaround and shipping times, especially when compared to offset printing.

With the P-ink service Pelliconi guarantees delivery within only 5 weeks from the time of order confirmation.

Such reduced time frames make flexible a process-such as the customization of crown corks-that was previously inaccessible to small wine producers, both in terms of cost and timing.

Pelliconi's P-Ink puts experience and innovation to work

A service like P-Ink makes it possible for the first time for everyone-large and small wine producers alike-to benefit from Pelliconi's know-how and at the same time to be able to manage an important phase like the customization of crown corks in total autonomy.

Choosing to rely on P-ink by Pelliconi for the customization of 29 mm crown caps means being guaranteed to lean on an industry-leading partner that is synonymous with:

• Seriousness
• Quality
• Self-reliance
  
  

Research and innovation are also the values that have distinguished Pelliconi since its origins, and it is these values that have enabled it to establish itself and continue to remain one of the most important players in the market.