Direct Shipping Cartons Evolve: Which wine shippers are safest, cheapest and greenest?

摘要

Most vintners start their search for sustainability in the vineyard, husbanding water and eschewing chemical applications. Progress advances in the winery, with improvements to processes, green construction, reduction of power usage or conversion to solar. Changes in packaging tend to emerge later: alternative glues and inks, lighter bottles or no bottles at all. Now that direct-to-consumer sales have become an integral profit center, winemakers are turning their attention to the lowly wine shipper.