Product Form Update - What's Changed and Why
The Product Form on Bottlebooks underwent significant changes in October, 2025.
We’ve redesigned the product form to make it simpler, clearer, and better aligned with how producers, importers, and retailers describe wines. The updates consolidate related fields, modernize packaging data, and introduce compliance-friendly identifiers, all while keeping familiar terminology where possible.
- A Better Form
- Renamed or Simplified Fields
- Section Groupings Have Changed
- Packaging Structure Overhaul
- Features to Assist Data Entry
A Better Form
- Simpler to complete: Related questions are grouped together, reducing scrolling and duplication.
- Easier for retailers: Packaging, classification, and identifier data are now better aligned with international standards such as GS1 and EPR regulations.
- Future-proof: Supports sustainability, logistics, and regulatory data sharing.
- Your previous form data remains mapped to the new structure.
Renamed or Simplified Fields
Several labels have been standardized or simplified to ensure consistency and improve understanding.
Old Label | New Label | Change |
|---|---|---|
Wine Style | Wine style | Standardized capitalization. |
Region / Subregion / Denomination | Denomination | Easier data entry. |
Case weight full / empty | Case gross weight / Case net weight | Clearer and standardized labels. |
Primary / Secondary packaging | Primary / Secondary packaging measurements | Names emphasize dimensional data. |
Section Groupings Have Changed
The layout of the form has been reorganized to make related information easier to find and complete.
Old Section | New Section | What Changed |
|---|---|---|
Basic Information | Basic information | Now includes only key identifying details like Product name. |
Basic Information (wine details) | Product classification | Wine type, Wine color, and Wine style are moved here. |
Where is this product from? | Origin | Simplified and renamed to focus on country and denomination. |
(none) | Identifiers | New section for barcodes and internal references which have been moved up the form. |
Packaging Structure Overhaul
The Packaging section has been rebuilt from the ground up to align with GS1 trade item standards and EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) reporting requirements. It is now divided into Primary, Secondary and Tertiary packaging.
Each level includes its own measurements (weight, dimensions) and material details. This ensures consistent sustainability reporting, logistics data sharing, and compatibility with retailer systems.
Some packaging fields (like generic weight) have been replaced by standardized gross/net measurements.
Features to Assist Data Entry
Suggestions
Many fields now include one-click suggestions that prioritize the most common answers, reducing manual input.
To learn more, please refer to Input Field Suggestions, Corrections and Validations.
Reuse of recent data
If you have already entered details for a packaging component (for example, closures), you can apply that information to another product with a single click.
Updated on: 14/10/2025
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