That 35% increase to Bloomington, Ind., Butler Winery. Butler Winery founder Jim Butler said he’s considering a 7% increase on its next batch of wine. Whether that price goes up 7% or more hinges on future price increases. Nearly every part of the process has been impacted by inflation and supply chain issues.
Meanwhile, customers will see a change in the bottles wine comes in. “North American bottle production has been overstretched. So we’re not making Blue bottles. We’re not making brown bottles. We’re basically making just a couple of basic bottles,” Butler told WTIU. Butler said the winery is also struggling to get certain bottle shapes.