How wine is affecting our planet (NZ)

Pity the poor punter who, after paying $52,000 at a charitable auction for a bottle of the Prime Minister’s wine label, dropped it on the way back to his car. Luckily, Mr Key replaced the victim of this expensive accident free of charge, but the future of the traditional wine bottle is under threat from more than just butterfingered wine buyers. Wine has been in glass bottles since Roman times. However, as a particularly heavy form of packaging, environmental concerns have increasingly made the wine industry take a second look at its impact, reports The New Zealand Herald.