Can the wine industry finally go green?
Wine Club Insider back again… Maybe spring is finally on it’s way, though the only real clue is that it’s raining a ton, instead of snowing… One of the neat things about this time of year is that the “young” wine – the fresh whites and fruity wines from the ‘08 vintage are starting to come out, and of course, you can always buy the futures in the Grand Crus for the next few years… Another cool trend we’re starting to see is an – admittedly slight – shift toward being a greener industry… For example, Boisset, the second-largest producer of Beaujolais Nouveau, bottled its entire 2008 harvest in plastic bottles. The lightweight PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles drastically cut shipping costs without affecting the young Gamay wine inside and created packaging that was “absolutely recyclable,” according to a company spokesman. Now, there are certainly other (myself included) that don’t think the wine industry has developed more than a green tint yet, despite the rise in the number of
