We've lost weight

When we kicked off our ambition to become a more planet-friendly business we knew there was one thing we could do to give us a quick win - getting our bottles into trim.

The big news is, more than 20% of our bottles will be light weight in 2022. That’s 6 million bottles. 

The good news is, some of our bestselling wines are already in light bottles. So we’re making sure that those 2.5 million bottles will always remain as light as they are.

But we’re also doubling down and committing to reducing the weight of another 3.5 million wine bottles this vintage. This will save over 450 tonnes of glass (the equivalent of a million bottles worth). And a shedload of carbon emissions - enough to heat and power over 130 homes for a year.

We’ve chosen to kick things off with some of our most popular wines because that’s where we can have the biggest and fastest impact. So huge sellers like Christian Patat’s Appassimento and Dom Hentall’s Terra Calda will be leading the charge.

The juice inside will be exactly the same delicious quality… just in a lighter, friendlier bottle

Wherever possible, our Angel’s favourite wines will still come in exactly the same shape and colour bottle that you’re used to, with the same label. We’ve simply reduced the amount of glass. 

You probably won’t even notice any difference, except they’ll feel a bit lighter. Bottles of a similar weight have been in use around the world for some time, and ours go through the same rigorous tests in production. 

 The first of the lighter bottles will be landing this March, and we’re already in conversations with winemakers and bottling plants to get more of our wines into lighter bottles further down the line.

If you’re keen to know which wines will be first in line for our new lighter bottles, our Sustainability Guy Luke has popped a post on our Green Wings group, so you can have a peek there.