The business of selling wine online
Updated / Friday, 14 May 2021
17:17
Journalist
As part of our Boost My Business initiative, we feature two businesses from the growing wine e-commerce sector.
Fiona Alston speaks to one founder who has successfully brought their business through the pandemic and another whose company was born due to the pandemic.
Michelle Lawlor started The Nude Wine Co. in 2019 after years of experience in the wine industry in London and Hong Kong. On her return to Ireland, she wanted to shake up the wine tasting experience and decided to do that by setting up an e-commerce wine business.
Drink outside the box
Boxofwine.ie is an online wine subscription service that delivers three bottles of wine, curated to the buyerâs taste preferences, for â¬49 a month. Complete a brief questionnaire on the website and then an algorithm decides on the contents of the first box, after which feedback on the wines is taken into consideration in selecting the contents of subsequent monthly deliveries. The boxes also include tasting notes, information on the vineyards, and food pairing suggestions.
The venture, set up by Conor Duggan, Neil OâReilly and Conor Mulligan last year when the pandemic interrupted their careers in hospitality, also offers an online shop. For Motherâs Day they have a box that includes Champagne, cava or wine, plus Skelligs chocolates, a Celtic Candle and pillow mist, socks from Sock Society, Dalkey hand-made soap, and Three Hills lip balm (from â¬65). Gift subscriptions are also available.
Irelandâs first âtailored to your tasteâ wine subscription venture
Written by Robert McHugh, on 11th Jan 2021. Posted in General
Ireland’s first “tailored to your taste” wine subscription company has been been launched by three young entrepreneurs who were formerly in the hospitality industry.
Conor Duggan, Neil O’Reilly and Conor Mulligan blended their combined 30 years working in the hospitality, bar and wine industry along with their passion for wine to launch the company which is delivered nationwide.
Boxofwine.ie provides a bespoke wine offering, tailored to individual tastes and delivered straight to your door in a beautifully presented box. The innovation that sets Boxofwine.ie apart is a quick online questionnaire and algorithm which provides the experts and sommeliers at boxofwine.ie with a guideline on individual taste preferences. This allows them to curate a personalised box of three bottles of top quality, highly regarded wine ea