Budget season means picking a handful of purchases from a much longer list. If beverage manufacturing equipment is anywhere on yours, here are 5 reasons to put it in the 2027 budget. Each one comes with a real number attached, not a sales pitch. 

Key Takeaways 

• PolarClad/BevClad tank insulation typically pays for itself in as little as 1.5 years, and wineries typically spend about 60% of their energy bill on refrigeration alone. Tank insulation protects your beverage from increasing temperatures while saving you money. 

• VinFoil cuts cold stabilization time by a factor of 3 and saves on energy and labor. 

• ClearAlc single pass dealcoholization allows you to remove alcohol gently down to <0.05% ABV, eliminating the need for additional passes, decreasing energy, cost, and time. 

Reason 1: It Pays for Itself Faster 

PolarClad tank insulation, BevClad in Europe, typically pays for itself in as little as 1.5 years. That’s a fast return for a capital purchase, and it comes from one specific line on your utility bill: refrigeration. 

Wineries typically spend about 60% of their energy costs on refrigeration alone. PolarClad and BevClad cut into that number directly, with up to a 96.5% reduction in ambient thermal energy reaching the tank. 

Reason 2: It Protects Wine Quality 

The same insulation that cuts your energy bill also protects what’s inside the tank. Stable tank temperature means fewer swings that can stress a wine, and it makes cold stabilization easier to manage. 

That matters because quality problems cost more than the energy bill ever will. A batch that needs rework, or a lot that doesn’t taste the way you expect at bottling, is a bigger budget hit than a slightly higher power bill. 

Reason 3: It Makes Mixing More Efficient 

VinFoil tank mixers get cold stabilization done 3 times faster than the pump method, saving time and energy. The impeller is engineered for a clean axial flow with minimal turbulence, which is what makes both numbers possible. 

Faster cycles change how much hands-on time mixing takes. A job that used to mean checking on a pump for hours, or running it overnight and hoping for even results, finishes in a fraction of the time, with less monitoring in between, and no moving between tanks. 

The same mixer handles more than cold stabilization. VinFoil also does general blending, oak extraction, bentonite fining, feeding solids to a centrifuge, and controlling white wine fermentation temperature, so one purchase does more jobs than a single-use tool would. 

Reason 4: It Gets You Where the Demand Is Heading 

ClearAlc uses single-pass vacuum distillation to dealcoholize wine, cider, or spirits down to 0.05% ABV, and it can rectify the alcohol fraction it pulls out up to 92% ABV. Model sizes run from 800 to 3,000 liters per hour, fully automated with remote data acquisition, and the system is skid-mounted, which keeps installation simpler than a ground-up build. 

It’s built by Tomsa Destil, which brings more than 170 years in alcohol technology, and BevZero is Tomsa Destil’s exclusive global distributor. The technology won the 2025 WINnovation Award. 

If NA and low-alcohol demand keeps growing the way it has, owning that capacity means you’re not waiting on outside processing time during your busiest weeks. BevZero also runs dealcoholization as a service, so you can test demand for an NA line before deciding whether to buy the equipment outright. 

Reason 5: You Can Test It in Your Own Cellar Before You Buy It 

Before any of this goes on a purchase order, you can try it first. VinFoil’s trial unit is custom-built to fit any standard tank door, so you can run it in your own cellar and compare it against what you’re already using. You can also trial the ClearAlc equipment with your own product at one of our facilities. 

That’s the point of testing equipment where it’s going to work, on your wine, in your tanks, before a real number goes into next year’s budget, not a guess. 

What to Do Next 

1. List what’s already costing you money.  

1. Refrigeration, mixing labor, and any capacity you’re currently outsourcing are the easiest costs to check against these 5 reasons. 

1. Ask for numbers scoped to your site. Payback and energy savings depend on your tank sizes, climate, and current setup. Get numbers for your specific facility, not the averages in this post. 

1. Plan for a trial run of your wine on the ClearAlc Equipment. Doing a small dealcoholization trial with your wine can help you visualize your non-alcoholic wine product and next steps. Call today to learn more. 

1. Ask the BevZero team any questions you have. To help with your decision, contact the bEvZero Equipment team and ask them any questions you may have. Our team is very knowledgeable about our equipment and the wine industry. They can assist with even the smallest questions. 

Map Your 2027 Budget Against Real Payback Numbers 

Tell BevZero what’s already on your list, insulation, mixing, dealcoholization capacity, or other beverage production equipment, and get real numbers back for your specific site.  

👉 Contact BevZero online now or email us at [email protected].