Bottle weight

Dan Berger in the Napa Valley Register has a story on wine bottle weight. According to the story, the weight of some glass bottles has doubled over the last 20 years, increasing raw material, transportation, and other costs and the resulting environmental impact.

While the wine industry is ahead of the spirits industry in their concern on this (and should be- you don't drink a bottle of vodka in one sitting), I can see this becoming an important issue going forward, especially amongst organic and green spirits. It doesn't matter much if your label is printed on recycled paper when your bottle weighs a ton.

Labels: eco-booze