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

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More than half of carbon emissions from producing a bottle of wine come from making and transporting the glass bottles. (Deepix Studio)

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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