Renewable wine is here
Fangbone is a reusable/ refillable 1L bottle of wine.
Drink & enjoy the wine, then return the empty bottle to the place of purchase & grab a new one.
How it works
The circular exchange
When you purchase your first Fangbone full of wine from your local bottle shop, the bottle deposit is included in the price.
PURCHASE
Enjoy the wine.
Keep the empty bottle
ENJOY
Then return the empty Fangbone bottle to place of purchase & swap it a new full bottle from the Fangbone range of wines.
EXCHANGE
Fangbone has a bottle deposit & as long as you return with the empty bottle – you receive the wine price.
Wine lineup
Our current range of wines
2024 Blind Corner ‘Syrah’
2025 Dormilona ‘Chardonnay’
2025 South by South West ‘Rosa’
Certified organic wine made by Ben Gould at his estate in Yallingup. Harvested in cool morning. Whole bunches & destemed fruit on top. On skins for two weeks before pressing.
Elegant violet petals, crunchy dark blue berries & long silky finish.
Hand harvested from a small plot in the heart of Willyabrup. Whole bunch press direct to amphora, puncheon & barrel. Racked once to blend & bottle. Bright freshly picked yellow peaches, pure jasmine with roundness of flavour & slate acid to finish.
Pinot Grigio & Tempranillo blend of a beautiful hand crafter Rosé.
Hand harvested, detemmed into press. Short time on skins before pressing to tank for a lovely cool ferment. Racked of to barrel then simply bottled. Bright rose petal aromas with textural creamy palate finishing with a touch of lychee & freshly cut peach.
Find Fangbone Friends
Locate our merchants & liquor outlets to exchange.
Press & media
WA Good Food Guide
Author. Max Brearley
From one of Australia’s most innovative winemakers, Fang Bone puts full circle drinking front and centre
Broadsheet
Author. Lucy Bell Bird
Rinse and Repeat: Fangbone’s Boomerang Bottles Are a More Sustainable Way To Drink Wine
Margaret River Times
Author. Kim Seidler
Winemaker aims to shift bottle habit
ABC South West Rural Report
Interview. Recycling Glass Wine Bottles
Margaret River Wine Association
Innovation Excellence Award
The mission
Renewable wine means no single-use packaging – reducing the waste & improving sustainability.
Each year in Australia, we consume 1600 kilotonnes of glass packaging. Currently, 51% of that ends up in landfill. So, Fangbone is here to help achieve a sustainable wine industry.
By adding different wine growers & producers to the mix, Fangbone can bottle wines for the season, staying in tune with different markets, food, & customer engagement trends.
The wines bottled under Fangbone are all sustainably farmed & bottled at Dormilona winery. Fangbone is delivered in handmade wooden crates to your local bottle shop or establishment.
The 1L bottle it self is made from recycled glass. It’s screen printed with logo & a QR code that leads you back to website, where you’ll find all the Fangbone info such as where it’s available & what wines are pouring. A natural swing tag states what the wine is, the date bottled & mandatories.
After you have finished enjoying the wine, simply return the empty to the bottle shop. Once the bottle shop or establishment has a crate full of empties, the local Leeuwin transport picks up the crates & returns to the winery, which provides refills ready to go.
Pioneer Josephine Perry & Humphrey
Additional Questions
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Cleaning: Rinsed with water, sanitised with steaming above 80 degrees, & air dried at Dormilona winery, meeting all quality standards of hygiene.
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Bottling: Hand-bottled with filler, corker, & loads of love at the winery.
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Shelf-life of an opened bottle: As with any normal bottle of wine, we suggest consumption from opening 3 – 5 days max.
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Opting out: Return the glass, crate and we’ll return your deposit.
Make contact & jump aboard Fangbone
Reckon this fits your bottle shop needs or establishments goals (plus we keeping the world turning)?
Feel free contact me to find out what wines are in the press or tell me how I can help.
Josephine – jo@dormilona.com.au
