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...lighter than glass ones and therefore requiring less fossil fuel to transport. And Ontarians aren't the only ones ditching the glass bottle. A lot of this innovation comes from eco-forward Australians and New Zealanders, the same people who were early adopters of plastic corks and screw-top caps. More than half the wine in Australia is sold in boxes, although that country has yet to catch up to Chile, where more than 50% of wine--basically, anything that costs less than $25--is sold in juice box--style containers...
Enterprising California winemakers are embracing them too. Don Sebastiani & Sons playfully named one of its brands Screw Kappa Napa. Randall Grahm, owner of Bonny Doon Vineyard, held a mock funeral for the cork in 2002; today 99% of his wines use screw caps. Fetzer and Stone Cellars by Beringer have gone so far as to put their single-serving screw-top wines in plastic bottles. Whitehall Lane goes a step further and uses elegant glass stoppers for its expensive bottlings...
...increased use of screw tops instead of corks for wine bottles mistakenly referred to Bonny Doon's $130 Cabernet [Your Time, Dec. 30-Jan. 1]. Bonny Doon does not produce a Cabernet or any $130 wine. Our reference should have been to the PlumpJack Vineyard's $145 screw-top Cabernet...
...rings true, for Cisco's alcohol content is 20%, almost twice that of most wines and four times that of wine coolers. A growing number of health and consumer groups are asking Canandaigua to recall all bottles until the packaging and marketing are revamped. Critics contend that Cisco's screw-top bottles, fruit flavors and availability in many convenience stores create the impression that the product is akin to wine coolers. Canandaigua insists that customers know Cisco is different from a wine cooler because it is more expensive and is sold in individual bottles rather than four-packs. Says...
...political and social structure of a society that used mathematics, charted the heavens, invented a calendar and constructed elaborate irrigation canals. The wall decorations and inscriptions indicate that the occupant was a member of a ruling family, probably an administrator. Among the artifacts was an unusual jar with a screw-top lid, possibly the earliest twist-open container discovered in the Western Hemisphere...