An innovative challenge competition was held this year designed to change the way wine is enjoyed. Brancott Estate in New Zealand teamed up with Australian start-up specialist Blue Chilli to offer the ‘Winexplorer‘ competition.
While only open to Australian and New Zealand entries, we thought we’d pass along two of the winners to get some of your ideas going.
Finalists pitched their ideas to a panel of judges and the winner took home $35,000 AU$. The winning idea will also be considered for startup acceleration by BlueChilli and have the opportunity to work with Brancott Estate to commercialize their idea.
Vinnovate owners Simon Schmidt and Joshua Schmidt.
The Winning Idea – Vino Cap from Vinnovate
Owners Joshua Schmidt and Simon Schmidt. A screw cap designed with a built-in flavour chamber that the wine drinker can manually activate to add complementary flavours or aromas to the wine. They can enhance the flavour to their personal taste, specific occasion or reduce preservatives.
Integrated Bottle Stopper
Finalist – Integrated Bottle Stopper
Sipple App, Jamie Metcalfe & Matt Rose – “When did I Open my Wine?” A wirelessly integrated bottle stopper that not only keeps wine fresh, but also connects to an app that ensures wine is consumed while still at its peak. Never wonder when the bottle was opened or waste wine again.
Finalist – Cellar Management
Wineminder, Tim MacTaggart and team – Get the best of your wine with your own cellar management app. A home cellar management system that uses actual storage conditions to determine peak drinking windows, removing guess work from when wine is best drunk and ensuring cellared wine is enjoyed at its optimum maturity. https://www.wineminder.com.au/
Cellar Management
To view the other finalists: https://www.bluechilli.com/corporates/innovation-challenge/winexplorer or google winexplorer competition
Cool ideas!