East Coast Crush & Co-Pack

What East Coast Crush & Co-Pack does

East Coast Crush & Co-Pack is a privately held, family-owned B2B beverage production and contract manufacturing company headquartered in Naples, New York, in the Finger Lakes region. The company operates an integrated facility that combines six production lines with 3+ million gallons of tank capacity, 200 tons/day crush capacity, 62,000 square feet of warehouse space, and 300,000+ case capacity, producing still, carbonated, kegged, and ready-to-drink/seltzer beverages. It serves a diversified customer base of wineries, breweries, cideries, distilleries, and RTD/seltzer brands across the eastern United States.

The company's offering is organized into six revenue streams: co-packing, beverage production, bulk wine and juice (including Concord, Elvira, Niagara, and Riesling varietals), crush and press services, warehousing, and equipment sales. Technical capabilities include Velcorin dosing for microbial stabilization and 0.45 micron sterile filtration, supported by an in-house laboratory and an on-site quality program. The company has implemented a multi-year sustainability program that has reduced harsh chemical usage by 70% since 2020 (targeting 90%+ by 2028) and cut filtration loss by more than 60%.

The business is a contract services model with revenue derived from per-gallon processing fees, bulk wine/juice pricing in the $3-$10/gallon range, warehousing/storage fees, and capital equipment sales (analyzers, drums, and totes). The company was founded on the Hazlitt family's heritage in regional winemaking dating to 1852 and acquired Widmer Winery from Constellation Brands in 2010. It is led by the founding family alongside a professional executive team comprising a Co-CEO, COO, CFO, and CSO. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; headcount is reported in the 11-50 range.

Name

East Coast Crush & Co-Pack

Legal name

East Coast Crush & Co-Pack

Website

https://crushandcopack.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

East Coast Crush & Co-Pack is a family-owned, B2B beverage co-packing and production company in Naples, NY, serving wineries, breweries, cideries, distilleries, and RTD/seltzer brands with six production lines and integrated tank, crush, and warehousing capacity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Beverage Contract Manufacturing & Co-Packing

NAICS

Soft Drink Manufacturing (312111)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Alcoholic Beverage Co-Packing (Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cider) (AFAFAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Alcoholic Beverage Co-Packing (Soft Drinks, Juice, RTD) (AFAFAIAB), Carbonated Beverage Contract Manufacturing (CSD, Seltzer, Sparkling) (AFAFAIAK), Kegging & Draught Packaging Operations (AFAFAJAI)

Keywords

• Beverage co-packing
• Beverage contract manufacturing
• Bulk wine supply
• Crush and press services
• Climate-controlled warehousing

Headquarters

HQ city

Naples

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Co-Packing Services: Packaging beverage products in bottles, cans, kegs, pouches, or bag-in-box formats for third-party beverage brands. Pricing varies by package size and type.
2. Beverage Production: Full-suite alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage production including fermentation, filtration, blending, and finishing services.
3. Bulk Wine & Juice Sales: Sale of bulk wine and ready-to-ferment juice to beverage producers. Minimum order is 1 tote (275 or 330 gallons). Current offerings include Concord, Elvira, Niagara, and Riesling varietals.
4. Crush & Press Services: Grape and fruit crushing and pressing services. Minimum 6 tons, press up to 26 tons per cycle. 200 tons per day production capacity.
5. Warehousing & Storage: Climate-controlled warehouse storage with 62,000 square feet, 300,000+ case capacity. Competitive pricing for short-term and long-term storage. Includes order fulfillment preparation.
6. Equipment Sales: Sale of beverage production equipment including Anton Paar analyzers ($60,000), 55-gallon drums ($10 each), and IBC food grade totes ($75 each).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

East Coast Crush & Co-Pack is a full-service beverage production and co-packing facility in Naples, New York (Finger Lakes region) offering end-to-end services spanning grape/fruit crushing and pressing, fermentation, filtration, blending, carbonation, packaging into bottles, cans, kegs, pouches, and bag-in-box formats, and climate-controlled warehousing. The company also sells bulk wine and ready-to-ferment juice sourced from Finger Lakes AVA growers, and resells related beverage production equipment.

Product overview

East Coast Crush & Co-Pack is a full-service beverage production company offering a comprehensive portfolio of five integrated service lines: Co-Packing (packaging in bottles, cans, kegs, pouches, and bag-in-box), Beverage Production (fermentation through finishing for wines, ciders, seltzers, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages), Bulk Wine & Juice (Finger Lakes AVA bulk wine and juice sales with pre-order customization), Crush & Press (grape and fruit processing with hot/cold pressing capabilities), and Warehousing (climate-controlled storage and distribution). The company also sells related beverage production equipment. Services span the full value chain from fruit to finished packaged product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Co-Packing

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 million+ gallons tank capacity for efficient production scaling
• +6 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• G3 Enterprises: Provides packaging, bottling, warehousing, and logistics services specifically for the wine industry — the most direct comparable to EC3's wine-focused co-packing and warehousing offerings.
• Polar Beverages: Northeast-based independent bottler and co-packer producing seltzers, RTDs, and other carbonated beverages — directly competes with EC3 for non-alcoholic and RTD co-packing contracts in the Eastern US.

Broad incumbents

• Constellation Brands: Major alcoholic beverage producer that sold the Widmer Winery to the Hazlitt family in 2010; operates at significantly greater scale across beer, wine, and spirits, with overlapping interest in RTD production.
• Refresco: Global independent contract beverage manufacturer producing private-label and branded soft drinks, juices, and RTDs across multiple geographies — comparable to EC3's non-alcoholic co-packing and production services, but at vastly greater scale.
• The Wine Group: One of the largest wine producers in the world, with significant in-house production, bottling, and warehousing capabilities that overlap with EC3's wine-focused service lines.
• Niagara Bottling: Largest private beverage bottler in the US, providing contract and private-label bottling across multiple formats and categories — a broader incumbent competing with EC3 for non-alcoholic co-packing contracts.
• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates: Largest premium wine producer in the Pacific Northwest with substantial crush, fermentation, and bottling capacity — comparable to EC3 in wine production and co-packing scale, though geographically distant.

Others

• Saxco International: Major packaging supplier to the wine, spirits, and beverage industries — adjacent ecosystem participant that EC3 clients and EC3 itself source glass and packaging from.
• TricorBraun: One of the largest rigid packaging distributors in North America, supplying bottles, cans, and closures to beverage producers — complementary to EC3's co-packing operations rather than a competitor.

Regional players

• Truett-Hurst: Premium wine producer and custom crush/client services provider — comparable in offering custom crush and production services to smaller brands, but focused on the West Coast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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