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The Corvain System that protects wine from oxidation is causing problems cracking bottles.

http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/586918/coravin-issues-product-warning-over-cracked-bottles

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Four new developments, for both consumers and businesses, impact how we choose, share, purchase, and manage wine. Plus another – decidedly non-technological in nature – that keeps the quants in check.

Article on some technological innovations in the wine industry

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"Seeing the bottle half empty? A taste test of wine-saving options reveals the best way to see it half full." 

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Molded Fiber Egg Cartons for Wine?

http://www.molded-pulp.com/wine-shippers.html

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Zipz wine, zip it off and drink!

http://www.zipzwine.com/

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"No more corked wine"

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Beautiful Design on Chandon Limited Edition Summer 2014's Wine

"Abstract without killing the class"

http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/58954/ButterflyCannon-Make-Waves-.html

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Inflatable Packaging's Wine Shippers

http://www.inflatablepackaging.com/wineshippers.html

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Canned Wine?

Union Wine Company's canned packaging concept.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/06/06/wine_in_a_can_union_wine_company_s_ryan_harms_interviewed_about_his_product.html

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The BarrelPaQ Stand Up Pouch for Wine

http://www.polymerpkg.com/blog/think-outside-the-box-introducing-the-barrelpaq-stand-up-pouch-for-wine

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STACKED Wines

Corks? Corkscrews? Decanters? So last millennium. 

http://uncrate.com/stuff/stacked-wines/

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The Naked Grape Wine Bag-In-Box Wine Pack 

"The new 3-L bag-in-box package that is the first to be fully recyclable anywhere in the country."

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/box-wine-is-back-and-better-than-ever-the-naked-grape-wine-launches-new-3l-box-nationwide-250352111.html

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The NuVino™ line from Miravante Brands LLC and Kretek Intl.

4 Varieties of single-serve wine in a 187-mL flexible spouted pouch.

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SmartCork™: Redefining Natural Cork

"Taints from TCA and cork dust are eliminated while still allowing and regulating optimum oxygen transmission."

http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/58909/SmartCork-Redefining-Natural-Cork.html

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Not liking the direction Coppola... -_-

"The pretty cans are bright fuscia and feel like a miniature soda." Poor design...

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/05/17/3864280/let-it-pour-wine-makes-its-own.html#storylink=cpy

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Interesting cardboard bottles...

"If the 207.7 million cases of wine that are shipped annually in the U.S. were packaged in the PaperBoy bottle, they'd save approximately 50,793,750 gallons of diesel and 560,000 tons of CO2." - Phil Hurst

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3029206/innovation-by-design/save-the-planet-by-boozing-with-these-paper-wine-bottles