It’s Great for Wine, But Not the Environment Alternative wine packaging has been around since the goat skin bota bag debuted in ancient Greece. Since then the wine industry has experimented with container materials and form factors seeking to discover the best vessel for the beverage and the moment. That the glass bottle won the […]
Hopefully this is the next phase in canned wine: increasing quality. The can container is really not that much different than a glass bottle; while some continue to argue that a bark cork allows some passage of air (it shouldn’t) that positively affects the maturation of the wine inside, the truth is that wine in […]
The rising popularity of both keg and aluminum can does not surprise me. Both have big advantages in packaging that have more green footprints for the environment and convenience for buyers. Kegs provide volume and consistency for wine on tap, reuse of the container, and cost savings (albeit modest to be honest). Aluminum cans provide […]