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Rethinking Hefty Bottles

In the past 40 years, the average wine bottle has doubled in weight, but that's not better for the wine inside

Rethinking Hefty Bottles
More than half of carbon emissions from producing a bottle of wine come from making and transporting the glass bottles. (Deepix Studio)
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From the Feb 28, 2022, issue

What has become a marker for a luxury product could account for more than half of carbon emissions in wine production. Wine Spectator news editor Mitch Frank looks into the problem with heavy wine bottles.

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