What impressed you to start out Laylo?
We love a glass of scrumptious wine. However usually couldn’t justify opening a bottle as a result of the wine would spoil after a few days.
The ‘eureka!’ second got here after we realised that tremendous wine will be put right into a field AND it stays contemporary for six weeks. Who knew?!
The corporate went from an concept to an precise enterprise after a second of serendipity in the course of the 2020 summer time lockdown. We each independently had the thought to create a luxurious boxed wine model, but it surely was solely an opportunity textual content trade that exposed the coincidence.
It was a no brainer to affix forces – and Laylo was born.
How did you each meet?
We had been colleagues at Bare Wines – Laura Riches was the Advertising Director and Laura Rosenberger was the COO. However by the point we began Laylo we had been additionally nice buddies.
Why boxed wines – how are they higher for the planet?
The design of glass wine bottles has barely modified in 200 years. However the quantity of bottles and the way we ship them world wide actually has – and it has grow to be unsustainable.
Glass bottles want temperatures over 1,500 levels to create and are extremely heavy to move. As compared, boxed wines are mild, compact and generate 90% much less carbon over their lifecycle.
Is it true Laylo can final for as much as six weeks?
Sure, that’s proper! They final for six weeks as soon as open, so you possibly can have the odd glass of scrumptious wine wherever you fancy.
Your containers are so superbly illustrated – are you able to inform us extra about this?
Every of our designs is impressed the wine, the area it’s from and the winemaker’s private story. The intention is that it’s a dialog starter – and one thing you possibly can proudly show in your countertop.
What’s your primary piece of recommendation for different girls seeking to begin their very own enterprise?
When you can, discover a Co-founder! We’ve actually valued working collectively… For a trusted opinion on troublesome choices, difficult the established order and celebrating the wins!