Wine in a Plastic Bottle
Since our inn is located in the North Georgia wine country our guests have the opportunity of tasting many different types of wine produced in the area. All the wines are bottled or packaged in the traditional glass wine bottle that we recycle at the recycling center or use for our wine bottle trees.
Today I saw an article that mentioned a California winery that is using one liter plastic (PET #1) bottles to help the environment. The wine is called Fog Mountain. The wine is also organic.
The advantages of the plastic wine bottle:
• 33% more wine – two extra glasses – than a standard 750ml bottle
• 60% smaller carbon footprint
• Less energy to produce, ship and recycle
• 100% recyclable since the plastic is a number 1.
• 7 recycled Fog Mountain wine bottles can produce 1 extra-large t-shirt
• lightweight & shatterproof, no broken glass
• Perfect for picnics, barbecues, camping and life-on-the-go
Maybe one day we will see wineries in our area use plastic.
For more information visit wine.
posted by ecopreneur @ Monday, August 31, 2009
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1 Comments:
Interesting! I've never heard of that. I'm curious if anyone reuses glass wine bottles instead of just recycling them (like dairies did long ago with milk bottles). I have to say I like the look of glass... I've also heard people say that Coca-Cola tastes better in a glass bottle, and I wonder if wine lovers would say the same thing.
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