Analysis of advantages and disadvantages of wine in carton packaging

[China Packaging Network News] Experts estimate that if the use of carton packaging instead of wine, light from the transport, you can greatly reduce carbon emissions. Because the new packaging makes it easier to use space, the carton is much lighter than glass bottles. A truck of cartons of wine, loaded with previous glass bottles, had to be shipped with 25 trucks.

You may think that the use of carton packs for wine is amazing. In fact, we are no strangers to this type of cartons. Milk, juice, and even seasoning all have this kind of packaging. It can not only prolong the storage time but also reduce the weight of the package, but it has no effect on the flavor.

If you do not think about the earth and humans, just consider the convenience of buying wine, the cartoned wine seems to be a good choice. In general, the traditional 750-ml bottles of glass wine, the weight of the bottle and the weight of the wine is about 1:1, but when loaded in a paper box, the weight ratio between the carton and the wine becomes 3:97. For those who have weak arms and love to taste wine, this is almost a shopping gospel. Not to mention that we often have to store wine, we have to worry about what kind of angle should be used to place the bottle, so as to avoid leakage of cork into the air because of the dry - in the north of the sand, this issue often needs to be considered. Although the glass bottle has achieved a certain level of protection from light, it will inevitably affect the quality of the wine. This is why the wine cellar has to be built in the basement. However, this problem has also been solved by using a seven-layer material that is completely opaque.

Actually, a few years ago, the French "French Rabbit" (French Rabbit) had begun to try such a package. They called this move: "The perfect combination of the quality of the old continent and the thinking of the New World." The owner of the brand, Boisset, a French winery, has passed on for two generations. There are three products: Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. These three grapes come from France. The southern traditional wine producing area is Languedoc-Roussillon. At that time, they spent a lot of effort to promote this kind of fresh packaging. Their carton packaging design has been very eye-catching until now.

Nowadays, the carton-packed wines have a tendency to blossom. Whether it is the old wine regions such as France or Italy in the old continent or the emerging wine production regions in New Zealand such as Australia or Argentina, many wineries have begun to choose. Pack it in the paper tray. This is related to the growing popularity of the concept of "organic". Many wineries that choose carton packers are new wineries that play "organic cards." CalNaturale, Calif., is a 30-year-old organic winery. Last summer they launched the Cabernet Sauvignon, and this spring the cartoned Chardonnay.

And people's acceptance of such packaging is also getting higher and higher, especially for young people, a generation growing up in a fast-food atmosphere can now use a straw to drink wine! People who warmly embrace the carton of wine in the carton poured the wine out of the carton, like pouring milk. After tasting it, they felt that they could not taste any different from the glass bottle. Indeed, oak barrels are extremely important for wine and can give the unique flavor of each winery, but it is difficult for cork stoppers to make similar contributions. Maybe besides well-trained sommeliers, it's hard for anyone to drink a glass of wine from a gorgeous carton or pour it out of a nostalgic glass bottle. The fans believe that there is absolutely no need for fetish worship of wine cellars and wine containers. As long as the wine itself is good, a heart that can thank good wine is enough.

But for those who stick to the old-fashioned wine culture, this is not a major blow. When the bottle stopper was opened, the mouth of the bottle gave a sigh of ritual of light sighs, and once was the most expensive wine that still had its glory. A small cork is just like a dyke of wine culture. Carton packaging is undoubtedly ruthless damage to this dam. However, the earliest time people used leather to make wine, then pots, then wooden barrels, and then the glass bottles. The change of the container will always bring people some unaccommodating pains, suspicions of flavor, and adaptation to new situations. Carton packaging is probably the new stop on this evolutionary route, and there may be newer packaging in front of it. However, after all, this is probably the so-called "changing the bottle does not change the wine." And it is worth mentioning that those traditional and long-established wineries are like France's "five wineries". They have many trump cards in their hands. They don't need environmental protection. A firm user base will surely follow them. Therefore, in the carton-packed wines, such rare varieties as Pinot Noir are basically not seen, and the vintage is not likely to be very old. This is probably in line with the principle of market segmentation. Only those who know the winery will not consider whether the wine is well carried and whether it is environmental protection.

However, experts from China Packaging Network pointed out that the environmental protection brand for carton-packed wine has recently been questioned, and the ace has become suspect. In Canada and the United States, environmental protection agencies have already raised the issue of “ease of recycling” for packaged wines: there are few places in North America that can recycle the Tetra Pak carton, and it may only be possible to cut more trees to make the carton. More waste. The solution they proposed was to call for people to recycle more wine bottles and use wine bottles like beer bottles. But how many people can respond, it is still unknown. There is no ultimate solution for wine to be environmentally friendly. I am afraid we will continue to wait.