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Published on: 6/22/2007
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"Even the finest Bordeaux and Burgundy will be seen in lighter glass, and or, plastic bottles," forecast Brian Howard of Britain-based consultancy group Wine Intelligence.
Howard predicted that packaging would be driven as much by external influences such as the environment as by the industry.
"A new sun is rising: environmental and social factors," Howard said."In five years time your Ascot (horse-racing event) going consumer will be choosing lighter glass," he claimed.
For young Japanese consumers, he said, the choice might be a PET bottle, but either way choices would be driven partly by the retailer and partly the media.
As an example he cited the Guardian newspaper's campaign to save the lynx by buying wine with corks, thus helping save the cork forests where they live.
That campaign is linked to a long argument in the wine world about using corks versus screw caps.