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Name and shame heavy bottles Part 1

See also Name and shame heavy bottles Part 2

On the day after the Co-op announced that it was taking the lead on a dramatic reduction in the weight of its wine packaging in response to customer demand, I’d like to introduce a feature in which you name and shame below the wines you come across that are packaged in ridiculously heavy bottles. See Down with bodybuilder bottles for just some of the arguments against unnecessary extra weight and natural resource depletion. Remember that in many wine consuming countries, such as the UK, it is so far impossible to recycle...