New release highlights the company’s environmental milestone reinforcing its commitment to replacing its main energy source with a hybrid solution  December 9, 2025 (Fairfield, CA) – Leading premium glass bottle maker Saverglass, part of the Orora Group, proudly announces the successful transition of its North American  manufacturing site’s shift to a very low carbon electricity source. With this change, Saverglass continues to advance its externally validated SBTi greenhouse gas reduction roadmap and take a step closer to its global target of achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.  Matt Wilson, Senior Vice President Americas at Saverglass comments, “We have achieved a milestone in Saverglass’ CSR efforts to reduce our environmental footprint. Our Acatlan, Mexico facility has transitioned from carbon-based electricity to very low carbon electricity. The change has enabled us to reduce our site’s CO2 emissions by 30%&rdquo

How much water does it take a winery to produce a bottle of wine, and how does that contribute to the cost of the entire winery operation? Knowing your operation’s water footprint has never been more important. As climate change drives droughts and water scarcity, water becomes more expensive to buy, and regulations regarding winery processes and wastewater become more restrictive.  All of this has the potential to increase the total cost of production, especially when considering the discharging fees of the wastewater. If a winery reviews and reduces their water consumption/water footprint, they can reduce costs both in production and in treating the winery wastewater. The less wastewater produced, the lower the cost is to treat the water. CALCULATION OF THE WINERY WATER FOOTPRINT The water footprint of a business is simply how much freshwater is used, both directly and indirectly, to produce the product or service of that business. It is generally measured in liters or ga

Wines of Georgia Launches 2024 Integrated Communications Program in the US, as the Country Strengthens Its Position in the Strategic Market

The new campaign will feature events and activities designed to educate and further grow awareness among trade and press in the US, a top export market for Georgia New York, […]

Afternoon Brief, November 10th

France Raises Wine Output Estimate, Regains Top Producer Spot: France's farm ministry on Friday raised its estimate for this year's wine production, confirming that it will regain the top spot among world producers although some major producing regions including Bordeaux have been hit by disease...

How much water does it take a winery to produce a bottle of wine, and how does that contribute to the cost of the entire winery operation? Knowing your operation’s water footprint has never been more important. As climate change drives droughts and water scarcity, water becomes more expensive to buy, and regulations regarding winery processes and wastewater become more restrictive.  All of this has the potential to increase the total cost of production, especially when considering the discharging fees of the wastewater. If a winery reviews and reduces their water consumption/water footprint, they can reduce costs both in production and in treating the winery wastewater. The less wastewater produced, the lower the cost is to treat the water. CALCULATION OF THE WINERY WATER FOOTPRINT The water footprint of a business is simply how much freshwater is used, both directly and indirectly, to produce the product or service of that business. It is generally measured in liters or ga

Wines of Georgia Announces Partnership and Promotion with SevenFifty for the Month of July

The “Wines of Georgia Takeover” program will include a comprehensive set of activations designed to promote awareness and sales of Georgian wines   New York, NY, June 29, 2022 – […]

Wines of Georgia Names Christy Canterbury, MW, as Campaign Ambassador 

The ambassador role will support and promote the strategic campaign efforts by educating trade, press and consumers on the winemaking culture of the country of Georgia   New York, NY, […]

The Abruzzo Wines Consortium Announces the Introduction of a Single Regional IGT Appellation, Terre D’Abruzzo, and the “Superiore” Classification for Regional “D’Abruzzo” DOC Appellations

April 28th – The new ‘Abruzzo Model’ was unanimously approved by the Italian National Wine Committee and Agricultural Ministry. The Abruzzo regional authorities and the Abruzzo wines consortium have expressed […]

Georgian Qvevri Granted Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) 

Qvevri are the first non-food to be added to the State Register of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications of Goods  New York, NY / June 28, 2021: The National Wine Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Country of Georgia reports that qvevri (pronounced KWEH-vree) are the first non-agricultural product to ever be […]