Accolade Wines becomes signatory of Bottle Weight Accord

Monday, 27 January, 2025
Harpers, Hamish Graham
The Australian wine giant is among 3 new signatories to the scheme, as well as Botanica Wines and the Albert Heijin supermarket group.

The Accord, which is spearheaded by the Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR), ensures its signatories commit to lowering their average wine bottle weight to 420g per 75cl bottle. First launched in November 2023, the scheme also names the likes of Tesco, Australia’s Endeavour Wines and Viña Concha y Toro as signatories.

Emma Gibson, sustainability manager at Accolade Wines, highlights the producer’s commitment to its sustainability vision: "Glass lightweighting has been an important focus for Accolade Wines since we began working on this initiative in 2022..."

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