Yvon Mau Ceases Bottling Operations

In Gironde-sur-Dropt near Bordeaux, 20m bottles of wine were bottled annually for Freixenet Gratien.

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How Great Design Leads to Wine Market Success

It doesn’t matter how great the wine is, if the package isn’t appealing. Felicity Carter reports.

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Devil's Advocate: Sampling – The Trick Wine Could Learn From the Perfume Industry

Robert Joseph questions the wine industry's expectation for customers to buy potentially very pricy wine without having the chance to try it first.

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New Glass Tax Leaves UK Drinks Trade in Confusion

From this year, British drinks businesses have to pay an environmental levy whose cost remains unknown.

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Glass Bottle Return Scheme in France Likely to Exclude Wine Bottles

France is reintroducing the return of glass bottles by 2025—but likely for everything except wine bottles.

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Pushback in Champagne: Campaign Against Mandatory Capsules

New developments in the ongoing dispute over bottle packaging: A joint statement has been issued by winegrower associations.

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Pommery Adopts Traditional Asian Themes For New Gift Boxes

Since 2020, Champagne Pommery has been releasing the "World Collection." Its new gift packaging options lean to South East Asia.

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Beaujolais Nouveau Now Comes in a Lemonade Bottle

Grand Chais de France is introducing their new Beaujolais in a new format — packaged in a bottle with a swing-top closure.

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Verallia Introduces the World's Lightest Champagne Bottle

Verallia's 800g bottle has completed its testing phase and is now ready for mass production. This innovation reduces CO2 emissions during production by 4%.

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