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California Frugal Bottle plant wins repeat orders and supplies mezcal brands for Mexico and Australia

Monterey Wine Company's King City plant in California, the first US site making Frugalpac's Frugal Bottle paper bottles, has moved from its 2024 start-up to repeat orders and exports, with an assembly machine rated at up to 2.5 million bottles a year. Its bottles are used for wine and spirits sold through Target, Whole Foods Market, 7-Eleven and Total Wine & More. It has also supplied Blessed Remedy Spirits' Mezcologo, presented as the first mezcal in a paper bottle sold in Mexico, and a second mezcal destined for Australia.

Why this mattersRepeat orders and exports from a single US plant show paper bottles moving from pilot format to a commercially repeatable alternative to glass for wine and spirits.

  • Monterey Wine Company's King City, California plant began producing Frugal Bottle paper bottles in 2024, the first such facility in the US
  • The installed assembly machine has capacity of up to 2.5 million bottles a year
  • Bottles have been used for wine and spirits sold through Target, Whole Foods Market, 7-Eleven and Total Wine & More
  • Full Glass Wine Co. placed a repeat order for its Petalscape wines after the first production run sold out
  • Blessed Remedy Spirits launched Mezcologo, presented as the first mezcal in a paper bottle sold in Mexico, in bottles made at the plant
  • A second Blessed Remedy Spirits product, Metoro Mezcal, will be exported to Australia
Monterey Wine Company Frugalpac counterparty
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Updates

  • 2026-10-28 · Edited before publication: The source describes the plant consolidating production, not adding capacity, so 'scales up' is unsupported. The Petalscape repeat order came from Full Glass Wine Co.; the draft read as if two companies reordered. The mezcal claim is now framed as the producer's claim. Materiality cut to 2: a 2.5m-bottle plant is small, despite the named retail channels.
  • 2026-10-28 · Edited before publication: The source does not say these are the plant's 'first' exports, only that its bottles now reach Mexico and Australia. I rewrote the headline. The story is kept because named major retailers are selling products in these bottles.