Sustainability is becoming increasingly important in the beverage industry, and worldwide companies have been embracing environmentally-conscious initiatives.

The UK Vineyards Association (UKVA) has unveiled the new wine schemes for English and Welsh still wines, in line with the wine regime changes implemented by the EU.  A new wine scheme for sparkling wines will be introduced later this year.

Moët & Chandon Champagne has a new chill box.

PET beats Bag-in-Box and can as preferred alternative to glass wine bottle

DS Smith has claimed a major breakthrough for retail-ready packaging after going public on a new thinner alternative to B-flute corrugate that, the company said, can reduce shipments by a fifth.

Blossom Hill has ended it sponsorship of Wimbledon after four years.

Wine Rack has opened a further four stores, bringing its total estate size to 18.

Chilean president wants to celebrate the profound UK success of their wine.

Brown Brother introduce a new lightweight bottle.

Reports and statistics today are showing for the first time, that more then half of British adults are regular wine drinkers.

Giant supermarket Asda wants to place a wine advisor in each of their stores, but this is something a little different.

The Prince of Wales has asked for giant wine corks to be included in Hyde Park as part of his own promotion to be more environmentally friendly.

If you are looking for a better way to increase or sustain profits for your business, then look no further than using eco-friendly packaging. Statistically over the last five years this has become the most environmentally responsible way to reduce waste, and your customers will probably show you more respect for making this decision. Eco-friendly packaging generally saves time in packaging itself and saves money from the reduced cost of the actual packaging.

Owens-Illinois who are the world’s largest manufacturer of glass packaging have released results on a global study on the life cycle of glass containers. Their analysis allowed a cradle-to-cradle life cycle assessment on aluminum and plastic (PET) containers so that a comparison could be made between the different packaging materials. The life cycle model was tested and validated by AMR research to confirm the findings.

Only last month, Tesco admitted to reducing the price on a brand of Bulgarian wine to £1.11 (retail price). The retailer has till now been very supportive of the government ban to reduce below cost selling and low minimum prices for alcohol. However this low selling was authorised and confirmed by managers in order to clear stocks.

According to latest reports and figures, online wine selling is the fastest growing area within the UK retail industry and shows no signs of stopping soon.

Wine-Bag, one of the UK’s newest and upcoming wine and food packaging suppliers has officially launched a brand new and improved customer focused, interactive website.

Wine-bag acknowledges that being environmentally friendly is of great concern to many people and industries in today’s uncertain climate. To help make things better, we want to contribute towards reducing our carbon foot-print and hence global warming. We certify that our complete range of gift bags and boxes are made from 100% recyclable material and whilst we strive to continue with our quality we will also realise the need to act responsibly and use more sustainable products wherever possible. 

In January of 2010 Anja Cheriakova and Georges Janssens will be starting a world wine
charity tour. The pair will be visiting over 300 wineries around the globe, inviting them to
donate a bottle of their best wine for the cause. Upon completion of their journey, which
will include most wine growing regions of the world, they will hold an auction of the wines in
the Napa Valley of California, donating all proceeds to charity. It will hope to raise 150, 000
USD.