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Wildfires burn Aude, Corsica and California, super-light wine bottles, new GI for Argentina
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 9 August 2025
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Wine news in 5
Update on Southern Glazer's lawsuit, Blaye becomes Blavia, new wine packaging sizes
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 11 January 2025
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Given our long-standing campaign to promote lighter and more recyclable packaging, and especially to name and shame those who continue...
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There are heartening signs that heavy wine bottles are on the way out. As many of you know, we have...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. It is my fervent hope that...
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We have long tried to campaign against ridiculously heavy bottles on this site. See, for example, Name and shame heavy...
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At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
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See also Name and shame heavy bottles Part 2
On the day after the Co-op announced that it was taking...
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Can these 10 green bottles be effectively recycled? Might they evolve into 10 clear, coated bottles over the next few...
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Bad blood seems to be developing between Britain’s wine importers and the local glass manufacturers. According to this week’s Harper’s...
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It’s a sign of the times that a wine bottler is making a song and dance about a new bottle...
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De Bortoli’s talented senior winemaker in the Yarra Valley Steve Webber, lavished with praise in Campbell Mattinson's exceptional new book...
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I have become increasingly concerned about the trend towards heavier and heavier bottles and their impact on the planet’s resources...
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Bodybuilder wines are everywhere, but do we have to have bodybuilder bottles too? Enough already! I have kept quiet on...
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