How ‘green’ is boxed wine?
A. Scholle is undertaking a comprehensive study on the environmental impact of both producing a boxed wine and how it compares in the market against the traditional glass bottle and cork. We will publish the results soon, but we do know that boxed wine decreases landfill waste by 91% and reduces greenhouse gases by 76% when compared to the traditional glass bottle and cork. Dr. Vino, AKA Tyler Coleman of The New York Times posted a blog of a study he conducted on the carbon footprint of wine at http://www.drvino.com/2007/10/30/calculating-the-carbon-footprint-of-wine-my-research-findings/, and his study, which was presented to the American Association of Wine Economists is available here as a PDF: http://www.wine-economics.org/workingpapers/AAWE_WP09.pdf.
