Comments on: Wine in a carton http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/wine-in-a-carton/ Carbon Emissions Trade Discussion and Software Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:50:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brynmor http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/wine-in-a-carton/#comment-21980 Brynmor Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:45:13 +0000 http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/wine-in-a-carton/#comment-21980 Anything that makes it easier to shop in a low-carbon manner is encouraging. A lot of consumers want to do something to combat climate change, but sadly they also don't want to change their habits much. Initiatives like these offer the possibility for consumers to reduce their carbon footprint with little effort. Of course, a lot of people would need convincing that traditional bottles were climatically sub-optimal in the first place. Anything that makes it easier to shop in a low-carbon manner is encouraging. A lot of consumers want to do something to combat climate change, but sadly they also don’t want to change their habits much. Initiatives like these offer the possibility for consumers to reduce their carbon footprint with little effort. Of course, a lot of people would need convincing that traditional bottles were climatically sub-optimal in the first place.

]]> By: Paula Goddard http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/wine-in-a-carton/#comment-21967 Paula Goddard Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:20:49 +0000 http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/wine-in-a-carton/#comment-21967 Here in the UK, Australian wine makers Banrock Station have just released their 1-litre Shiraz tetrapack into supermarkets. The cardboard-coated sqaure pack still looks rather unusual standing alongside the more usual 75cl glass bottles, but it is adding to the glass alternatives on supermarket shelves. 3-litre wineboxes are now accepted, and only a few months ago the plastic wine bottle-look-alike entered the UK market. The 1-litre pack looks good and the wine inside tastes good. The only thing that may put consumers off is the price. Being 1-litre, rather than the usual 75cl, it looks an expensive alternative. The pack is selling at £6.49, which works out at the equivalent £4.87 a 75cl bottle. A competitive price, but how many supermarket wine buyers will bother to work this out and just glance at the cost and pass on? Here in the UK, Australian wine makers Banrock Station have just released their 1-litre Shiraz tetrapack into supermarkets. The cardboard-coated sqaure pack still looks rather unusual standing alongside the more usual 75cl glass bottles, but it is adding to the glass alternatives on supermarket shelves. 3-litre wineboxes are now accepted, and only a few months ago the plastic wine bottle-look-alike entered the UK market.

The 1-litre pack looks good and the wine inside tastes good. The only thing that may put consumers off is the price. Being 1-litre, rather than the usual 75cl, it looks an expensive alternative. The pack is selling at £6.49, which works out at the equivalent £4.87 a 75cl bottle. A competitive price, but how many supermarket wine buyers will bother to work this out and just glance at the cost and pass on?

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