Comments on: 13,500 bottles of wine are the wall http://www.drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/ wine talk that goes down easy Fri, 24 May 2013 12:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Andy http://www.drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-312328 Andy Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:18:26 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-312328 Great job, and you ARE recycling your wine bottles. In fact, this process is less intensive than the traditional process. Love it!

]]> By: Bottles as bricks, jugs, sprawl, Holy wine - sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog http://www.drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-257006 Bottles as bricks, jugs, sprawl, Holy wine - sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:15:53 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-257006 [...] Thanks for visiting! SIPPED: reusing wine bottles We like reusing corks. And we previously saw the 13,500 bottle wall house previously. And recently another bottle wall surfaced on reddit (though it may not be wine [...]

]]> By: Darby Higgs http://www.drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-12686 Darby Higgs Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:48:48 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-12686 Using bottles just once is a very wasteful practice, especially for everyday wines. The production of glass is an energy intensive process, so is recycling which involves melting the glass to make a new container

If you are a serious winelover who wants to see what will happen to a wine over an extended period then fair enough. But most wines are consumed within a couple of days of purchase. There are alternatives. Several Australian companies are successfully using reusable container systems to bring everyday wines to the consumer with a lower environmental impact. See for example http://www.rewine.com.au and http://www.bigbottlewine.com/

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-1052 Dr. Vino Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:26:30 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-1052 Doug thanks for the tip! I live just outside the city where I guess my only recycling option is to save bottles for my next house, Australian style.

]]> By: Doug Smith http://www.drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-1051 Doug Smith Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:07:21 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/03/22/13500-bottles-of-wine-are-the-wall/#comment-1051 Are you in NYC? Then your glass bottles are supposed to be recycled, as of April 1, 2004. For full info:

http://www.nrdc.org/cities/recycling/gnyc.asp?gclid=CMivwafUiIsCFQwbgQodkDZ-Wg

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