An interesting article about paper bottles for wine at Wired.com. This is an interesting concept and one that would be better for the environment, however, two things come to mind. First, consumers are already hesitant to move to screw caps which are better for keeping and storing wine, and are even hesitant to move to plastic corks which also have an advantage over natural cork. Secondly, during a recent tasting some spoilage was noted in tetrapak style boxes which is similar to how the paper bottle is made.
If consumers could get past their prejudices when it comes to buying wine, and if the packaging side of the industry could find a sustainable method of packaging that preserved both wine and environment I could get excited about the possibility of guilt free imbibing. Till then, I will stick with trusty glass, and screw tops where available.
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