Lot of packaging news this week: PET wine bottles released, including one specifically for sparkling wines (can accommodate up to 12 bar); an interesting look at a hexagon shaped bottle that ...

The PET bottle weighs 1.4 pounds when holding 750 ml. of wine. ... Research done on PET bottles by Bronco Wine Co. in California indicates that the number might be closer to 18 months.

The first white wine bottles belonging to the Wegenstein winery recently went into circulation in the Austrian wine market, making them part of the Europe-wide bottle-to-bottle loop. Alpla notes the ...

America’s thirst for bubbly wine — including Champagne, California sparkling, Italian prosecco, French cremant and Spanish cava — continues to grow. Now, there’s a new kid on the block ...

Michael Cruse, who makes Ultramarine, California’s most hotly sought-after traditional-method sparkling wine (a bottle will run you close to $200, if you can find one), ...

The wine bottles’ gas barrier is applied using the Plasmax plasma coating developed years ago by then-SIG Corpoplast. The equipment uses vapor deposition to apply a silicon-oxide layer to PET bottles ...

Bruised apples and pears enveloped in laser-like acidity à la Extra Brut Champagne due to extended aging after finishing fermentation in bottle. In Puzelat’s style, this wine shows much more ...

Ordering a bottle of wine in a restaurant? You might encounter pet peeves — ... Restaurant wine service: A few pet peeves. By S. Irene Virbila. Oct. 24, 2014 11:06 AM PT . Share .