Glass bottle shortage affects wine supplies

Interesting and thought provoking item on the Stormhoek blog - http://www.stormhoek.com/archives/2007/ ... atters.php

Mark my words, the biggest story in the wine trade this year won't be about wine, it'll be about shortages of glass bottles keeping the wine from getting to market.

What a coincidence, just reading this>>>>>>>>>>>!

http://www.wineanorak.com/wine_in_pet_bottles.htm

What a coincidence, just reading this>>>>>>>>>>>!

http://www.wineanorak.com/wine_in_pet_bottles.htm

Also, in the "Jamie's Blog" part of the site, he reviews the wine in those PET bottles:

Wine from plastic...how does it taste?

Continuing the PET wine saga, I've posted an article on the main wineanorak site about technical issues to do with wine in PET here. I also tried the two Sainsbury wines in these plastic bottles. The first was the Sauvignon Blanc. For £4.99, this is as cheap as New Zealand Sauvignon gets. It's bulk shipped in tank and then bottled at Corby in Northants.

I poured a glass and alongside the crisp, fresh grassy flavours there was a distinct detergent edge - a bit like when you drink from soapy glasses that haven't been rinsed properly, or when you taste from a glass that's already been drunk from by someone wearing lipstick.

So I got a fresh glass and rinsed it well first. Still the same detergent edge. Another two glasses were tried; each time the wine had an unpleasant detergent edge to it. How mysterious. Is this just a problem unique to my bottle, or is this a problem affecting this wine across the board?

The Australian Shiraz Rose was perfectly OK, though, with nice slightly sweet strawberryish friut. At £3.99 in PET an ideal picnic wine.

Dave