Sustainability Efforts Flashcards
Reusable Glass Schemes
Revino - Oregon
- 85% reduction in emissions vs. single use
- btls washed up to 50 times
- less than 31% of glass is recycled
- Porto Protocol says bottle production creates 40 billion pounds of CO2 annually
- glass recycling requires heating to a high melting point of 1500C. Reusing glass can reduce water use by 51%
- bottles are 495g
- glass itself is made of 50% recycled glass
- has a subtle leaf motif and an embossment on the bottle that says REFILLABLE - allowing for easy sorting
- closed loop system
- revino estimates 55 million lbs of CO2 emissions and 23 million lbs of waste can be diverted by 2030
- consumers need to return the bottle to a participating return location (vineyards, retailers - some offer a benefit to encourage returns e.g. 10c)
- Oregon has an existing reusable bottle deposit system!
- Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative operates “Bottle Drop network”
- producers who use bottles are required to have return information - standardized sidebar to encourage consumer returns
2024
- 30 producers, 2.4M bottles
- needs to be used three times to break even on carbon emissions
- acting as a collection point, get 10c rebate for bottles
Bottle cost - $12/case
second purchase bottles - $10.80/case
incentives to return full palates
MOQ - 1 pallet (1776 bottles cased)
Quality control
- EBI (electric bottle inspector) checks bottle w/ a camera system for fissures, residue, defects
- also do random human inspections
- Upstream & PR3 for development of ANSI standards
- use lot numbers of washed glass pallets to track potential issues
Revino bottles can be used in other markets; working to develop a regional reuse ecosystem
in 1900 - 100% of bevs in US utilized a refillable bottle system. now less than 2% of bottling is done in refillable containers
they have 40+ producers selling wines that retail for between $35-$85 in Oregon signed on, with the goal of expanding nationwide.
Sustainable Wine Roundtable - Bottle Weight Accord weight
reduce from 550g to 420g by 2026
Champagne Telmont
- no gift boxes, reduced footprint by 8%
- bottles now 835 grams - lightest on market (vs. 900 g)
- a champagne bottle has 2x the pressure of a tire
- only green glass (87% recycled)
- no planes for transit, only boats & road. have seen 2x digit growth on revenue!
Plastic Bottles
Sonoma - Ron Rubin Winery
-53 g (15% weight of avg wine bottle)
- recycled PET, ultra thing layer of glass called Plasmax which protects wine from oxidation
- HOWEVER, recent studies have found that recycled PET can ahve higher concentrations of chemicals than new PET
Average glass bottle cost (California)
The average cost of a glass bottle has risen 8% from $1.91 to $2.07
biggest increase of 16% being reported by Napa County wineries that pay an average of $2.74 for the bottles they use the most.
Sonoma County wineries reported a higher average cost of $3.33 after increasing 8% from $3.07.
Capsules
50% of surveyed wineries by the Packaging Survey report said they are no longer using capsules, 61% said decision was cost based
Baldacci Family Vineyards - decision came about during pandemic as capsules required long lead times. Replaced capsule with a cigar wrapper label on their luxury bottling “The Thomas Collection”
