Filling Facilities
Accreditation Stages
1. Initial
- Overview of filling facility to determine experience in filling and types of products currently being filled, wine or wine products.
- Overview of Vinsafe including R&D, Know How, Patents, experience filling wine in a can etc
- Confidentiality agreement between Barokes and interested company to be signed.
- Establish line specifications currently being used, eg, appropriate filling and packing slim line process, detailed plant site map, filling facility map and details of equipment of can line, eg. tank types, filler type, seamer, packer etc
- Discuss equipment required for Vinsafe.
- Plant tour and meeting Plant management and staff.
2. Contract Agreement
- Technology Licence and Manufacturing Agreements to be signed between both parties.
- Access to Manufacturing Guidelines (Vinsafe)
3. Audit/Review
- Audit of filling facility plant (HACCP, BRC Global Standard or equivalent quality accreditation including food safety audit)
- Supply of latest quality accreditation or equivalent documents.
- Vinsafe technical requirements
- Evaluation and possible capital expenditure requirements
4. Commercialisation
- Minimum case runs per varietal/SKU to be established.
- Customers (wine producers/vendors) placed in contact with Barokes.
5. Operational
- Account manager appointed by filling facility as contact point
- Vinsafe contact person appointed
- Supply of ongoing Technical Assistance
- Supply of relevant training for staff
- Supply of Vinsafe Manufacturing Guidelines.
- Supply of Vinsafe Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Supply of Vinsafe Quality (Assurance/Control) Manual