Why your favorite bottle of wine will likely weigh less in the next 3 years . The SWR is based in London, but has retailer, winery and industry expert members around the globe, including Whole ...

Wine in green bottles did not exhibit the same kind of chemical change, even after 50 days on the shelf, and wine stored out of the light remained almost completely stable.

Wine stored in more opaque, brown bottles is even less vulnerable. To find out what’s happening inside the bottle when too much light gets in, Mattivi’s team used techniques that separate the chemical ...

With the rise of flat bottles and feather-light bottles, innovation abounds in wine packaging. Regardless of the bottle shape, however, one size reigns supreme: the classic 750-milliliter wine bottle.

Trend #1 - More Light-Weight Wine Bottles With the glass bottle making up 50 % to 68% of wine’s carbon footprint, Robinson predicted that more wineries will be reducing the weight of their wine ...

When opened, the wine is more exposed to oxygen, heat, light, yeast, and bacteria – creating chemical reactions that affect the wine’s quality. Overall, lighter wine usually spoils faster than ...

This perfect container, it turns out, is a huge problem for the planet. Making glass bottles demands an enormous amount of heat and energy, and bottled wine, with all the necessary packing ...