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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Supermarket Ties Mean PET Bottle Is Set For Widespread Adoption

The packaging specialist Alpla, in collaboration with the Austrian winery Wegenstein, has developed a PET wine bottle.

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Against the Odds: VDP Satisfied With a Challenging 2023

The gap is widening in the association. The economic performance of the wineries varied greatly in 2023 - but was positive overall.

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Devil's Advocate: A Rational Argument for the Half-Litre Wine Bottle

After considering the advice of one of the world's most respected wine producers, Robert Joseph calls for smaller wine bottles.

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