Wine: Summa, the super light and green "Burgundy", makes its debut

Here comes the super light "burgundy" bottle for high quality wines.
It weighs only 450 grams and allows you to reduce glass consumption with a significant amount
saving for the environment. The South Tyrolean estate was born in the Alois Lageder house
historically "green" where with the new vintages, the wines will appear in the new bottle.
At Magrè, the path towards using lighter bottles began in 2013, when you give
750g goes to 650g. The new bottle of Burgundy remains robust and guarantees a
consistently high quality. With this innovation Lageder reduces its consumption of
glass from 512 tons to 425 tons. For a total of 87 tons (17%) less
of glass produced and transported every year. Saving for the environment is also important
in terms of CO2 emissions and finally this lower weight of the bottles is also reflected
on transportation.
” Of course, there are already light bottles on the market, but there is hardly a bottle of
Burgundy that is so light and still meets the demands of a quality wine.
Oddly enough, many people are still of the opinion that a valuable wine should
be equipped with a heavy bottle,” says Alois Clemens Lageder. ”The bottle has
even a name. It's called Summa and we made the decision not to patent it, in
so that many winemakers are motivated to adopt it”, adds Helena Lageder,
head of communication and marketing in the family business.
In the future, all wines will be bottled in the light Burgundy bottle, e.g
exception of MCMLVII Merlot, LÖWENGANG Cabernet and COR RÖMIGBERG Cabernet
Sauvignon, which will instead be presented in a 450 Bordeaux bottle
grams. Glass is one of the best reusable materials due to its high recyclability.
However, the production of glass is one of the processes that involves a large use of
power. A reduction in production therefore has positive environmental effects thanks to a
less use of gas or oil – the two fuels for fusion – and lower emissions of
CO2 related to energy. Glass is made from sand, ash, soda and limestone. Produce less
glass, therefore, means having to extract fewer raw materials, which leads to conservation
of resources. With this innovation, the Estate reaffirms its philosophy
corporate: holistic understanding of nature, creativity and a love of experimentation.
“Besides this project, there are other points we are working on. One of ours
objectives is to maximize sustainable steps within our
company and make sure of their transparency towards the wine lover. We got
a lot, but we still have a lot to do“, concludes Helena Lageder. Besides work
intense on the quality and style of the wines, the Alois Lageder winery has always been
invests in the use of sustainable elements in the entire process: from the vineyard to
consumer. Furthermore, ”for two years now our wines have been provided with an elegant menu and
natural cork. We do without a capsule or a screw cap for closure
of the bottle, therefore we work completely without metal and other difficult-to-use materials
recycle,” says Helena Lageder.