As someone who appreciates the delicate flavors of wine, you likely want the best wine tasting experience possible. This is where packaging comes in. You might not realize it, but glass packaging plays a crucial role in the wine you experience. So, take a moment to learn more about glass – where it comes from, what it’s made out of, why it’s eco-friendly – and you’ll gain a better understanding of the packaging that makes drinking wine worthwhile.

Glass is endlessly recyclable.

• Glass can be recycled an infinite number of times and can go from the recycling bin back to the store shelf in as little as 30 days.
• Glass is a “Closed Loop Recycled Product” – meaning that it can be recycled back into a bottle that’s so pure it can again be used for foods and beverages. Not many other packaging materials can tout that fact.

• The energy saved from recycling one glass wine bottle will power a:
  • 60-watt bulb for four hours
  • Computer for 30 minutes
  • TV for 20 minutes

• Glass is made from three all-natural, raw materials: sand, limestone and soda ash. It also contains recycled crushed glass, cullet, which reduces the amount of raw materials necessary and lowers the melting temperatures of glass, thus reducing the energy used.
• While much is yet to be understood about the effects of other packaging materials on human health, glass has proven to be safe and healthy for you and the environment for more than 3,000 years.

• Glass is the only packaging material “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Because a glass wine bottle is virtually chemically inert, it doesn’t interact with or contaminate the wine it holds.