Ever Wonder How Eco Friendly your Wine Is?

The problem is not the wine itself, but the packaging that it comes in.

Have you thought about your wine carbon footprint? This embodies the energy it takes to make containers by the level of greenhouse emissions produced by not only transporting the wine, but also the amount of solid waste it leaves in the landfill. Which, for your information, heavy glass bottles do not do so well! Because of this, more and more wineries are coming out with more eco friendly packaging for your wine.

Sure, boxed wine keeps wine fresh, holding about 4 bottles in an easily transferable package which is great for camping and activities of the sort but the quality of choices available are still very limited. This becomes a problem because people like their wine, and some are not willing to surrender their favorite wines for the package it comes in.

Plastic bottles are fabulous for their size and weight but their use by date makes the wine go bad before you even get a chance to drink it. The tetra pack drinking cartons are extremely portable and the ratio of packaging to wine is 4% packaging to 96% wine, but because of this great ratio, there are a few thin layers of different materials make recycling difficult and not all recycling companies accept them.

We are becoming more conscious drinkers, which is great! Although there are still strides to be made for wine packaging to become more eco friendly we seem to be on the way to figuring it all out. There is something you can look forward to! Some wineries are producing reusable stainless steel canisters and even wine on tap from barrels!