wine bottling News
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M&S first retailer to convert mini wine range to PET
From this month, Marks and Spencer will become the first retailer to convert its entire range of mini 25cl wine bottles from glass to PET. This move is set to save the retailer 525 tonnes of packaging a year, equivalent to 747 jumbo jets, and will be extended to all 19 white, red and rose wines which are available in the 25cl size. The mini bottles are 88% lighter than the previous glass ...
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U.S. Wine Market Growth Leads Demand for North American Glass
The market for organic, sustainable and biodynamic wines will continue to grow, according to the recent IWSR forecast. This is especially true in the U.S., where the number of all wine bottles sold reached more than $4.3 billion last year1 and is predicted to increase 14 percent by 2022. With this market growth, vintners nationwide are looking to give their bottles the same provenance and ...
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Craft Brewing & Winemaking
A major byproduct of the brewing process is CO2. CO2 is generated during the fermentation process and depending on the brewer the CO2 will be vented or captured for reuse within the brewing system. CO2 gas is also needed in the brewing process for bottling, flushing, carbonation, tank blankets and other uses. Capturing CO2 and reusing the gas will lower operating cost, reduce the risk to the ...
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Droughts may shrink wine cork industry
Climate change is threatening cork production in the forests of Spain and Portugal, making it more difficult to produce traditional wine bottle stoppers and putting an ancient and valuable industry at risk. A recent study by Portuguese researchers shows that cork − the thick bark of an oak tree species found mostly in the Iberian Peninsula − grows at a much slower rate during ...
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Dosing yeast for wine fermentation with a verderflex pump
In the process of wine making, yeast is used to convert the sugar contained within the grape juices into alcohol. At the end of this process the yeast is removed to avoid spoiling of the flavour of the wine and to leave it with a clear appearance. The process of wine fermentation The grapes need to be completely ripe. If this is not the case the flavour and the taste of the wine can be ...
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Pumping yeast in wineries with a peristaltic pump
The process of fermentation Winemaking or vinification starts with the selection of grapes. After harvesting the grapes, they are taken to a winery for fermentation. Red grapes are made from the pulp fermented along with the skin, which gives it the real colour. Whereas white wine is made by fermenting the juice extracted from the grapes. Traditionally the grapes were collected in oak vessels ...
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