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Wednesday 20 August 2014

Custom-Made, Wood, Champagne & Wine Boxes!

Polmac (UK) Ltd supplies wood, champagne and wine boxes and custom-makes each box to the customer's exact requirements. Our boxes are then delivered directly to the customer's door and they place inside them, a variety of fine wines and champagne.

Fortnum & Mason Champagne Box


The style and quality of the champagne boxes vary depending on the customer's requirements. For top-end champagne, a high quality, wood, champagne box is always a prerequisite! 

The base wood used is normally Alder or Lindenwood, which is then finished with a vibrant woodstain, such as oak, maple, or mahogany. However, hardwoods can also be used if the champagne is a special vintage and quality.

To prevent finger marks, the woodstain finish on the outside, is sealed with a clear satin, or gloss lacquer finish.

One of the challenges in the design of champagne and wine boxes is how to restrain the glass champagne or wine bottles, to prevent them from breaking in transit. 

With champagne this can be achieved very effectively using a pre-formed insert placed in the base of the champagne box and lid and covered with a colorful, silk or flock fabric finish. 

Silk or flock fabric linings are very popular because they are relatively inexpensive and dramatically increase the perceived value of the champagne and so boost sales!

Although there are many high value wines, the majority of wines on the market are relatively inexpensive and this is reflected in the wood presentation packaging. 

Polmac, Customized Wine Boxes With Sliding Lids & Woodwool Fill


Often wine boxes have a more rustic feel, so Pinewood, or even Lindenwood is used as the base wood. The wine box will often have a rudimentary jointing system where the wood panels, comprising the wine box, are simply butt jointed and nailed together! 

Wood wine boxes sometimes have internal restraining collars but woodwool is often the fill material of choice, as it's more economical and readily available.

Polmac customized, wood champagne and wine boxes can be personalized with a printed logo or text. The most economical method of printing is metallic, foil blocking, using a range of colorful metallic foils and is extensively used.

Metallic foil blocking comprises a hot stamping technique and is very popular. However, screen printing and laser etching are also popular printing choices.


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