Allison Luvera and Lauren De Niro Pipher are the Co-Founders of Juliet Wine, where they’re redefining boxed wine with award-winning California varietals and eco-conscious cylindrical packaging that challenges the category’s decades-old perception. Allison is an award-winning brand builder with a dual BS in Finance and Marketing from Boston College, an MBA from The Wharton School, and WSET Level 2 Certification in Wine. She’s also a founding member of the Alternative Packaging Alliance, a coalition of high-end boxed wine brands dedicated to advancing sustainable packaging in the wine industry. 

Lauren brings nearly two decades of sales, business development, investor relations, and design expertise from leading roles at Virgin Galactic, Uber, and Douglas Elliman, along with a BS in Culture & Communications from NYU and a Sustainability Certification from Cambridge University’s Judge School of Business.

Before launching Juliet, Allison built a career leading brand strategy, design, and storytelling for premium products, earning a reputation for transforming overlooked categories into high-value lifestyle experiences. Lauren honed her skills in building relationships, scaling sales, and translating brand vision into tangible growth. Together, they’ve created a brand that blends “affordable luxury” with modern consumer expectations and a design-first approach that stands apart from traditional boxed wine.

In this episode, Allison and Lauren share how they spotted an opportunity to reimagine boxed wine, why they launched DTC first to prove product-market fit, and how they tested seven price points to find the sweet spot before expanding to retail. They also reveal how early customer data shaped their go-to-market strategy and helped secure high-quality retail partners who understood Juliet’s unique value.

In This Conversation We Discuss:

• [00:40] Intro
• [01:07] Highlighting sustainability as a core advantage
• [01:58] Reimagining a category for modern consumers
• [03:46] Meeting evolving consumer demands head-on
• [05:21] Sourcing partners to match product vision
• [06:55] Reframing consumer perceptions of boxed wine
• [09:03] Prototyping early to speed market entry
• [09:20] Testing multiple price points before scaling
• [11:47] Episode Sponsors: Electric Eye, Heatmap, Zamp
• [15:44] Adjusting pricing after early market feedback
• [17:33] Making decisions to drive progress forward
• [19:21] Proving product-market fit to win distributors
• [20:48] Proving demand before pitching big retailers
• [21:10] Meeting online customers where they are 
• [22:38] Boosting AOV with strategic bundles

Resources:

• Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on Youtube
• Eco-friendly and delicious luxury boxed wine drinkjuliet.com/
• Follow Allison Luvera linkedin.com/in/allisonluvera
• Follow Lauren De Niro Pipher linkedin.com/in/iamldp
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