{"id":16246,"date":"2009-05-24T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/pass-the-bottle-please-pet-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-24T23:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T23:48:00","slug":"pass-the-bottle-please-pet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/05\/pass-the-bottle-please-pet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS THE BOTTLE PLEASE, PET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SisANnjvLeI\/AAAAAAAAGhY\/3Ym-zJPvI0M\/s1600-h\/Weemala_Merlot+2007-785824.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SisANnjvLeI\/AAAAAAAAGhY\/3Ym-zJPvI0M\/s320\/Weemala_Merlot+2007-785824.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SisANui0d8I\/AAAAAAAAGhg\/wkpn9ZyglUY\/s1600-h\/WolfBlassGreenLabelRedWhiteSML-786564.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SisANui0d8I\/AAAAAAAAGhg\/wkpn9ZyglUY\/s320\/WolfBlassGreenLabelRedWhiteSML-786564.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Wc25May09<\/span><\/p>\n<p>david ellis<\/p>\n<p>ACCIDENTALLY knock the bottle off the outdoor table and rather than shatter into a thousand pieces on the concrete floor, it&#8217;ll simply bounce around; take it on a picnic and there&#8217;s no worry about the weight in the ice-box because its 36-per cent lighter than a normal glass bottle\u2026. and it&#8217;ll chill quicker too.<\/p>\n<p>And when you&#8217;ve got to get rid of it, simply squash it to minimise space in the recycling bin.<\/p>\n<p>This is the packaging in which Wolf Blass has just released its new Green Label wines \u2013 a lightweight recyclable plastic (PET) bottle that, probably best of all for many, helps produce 29% less greenhouse gas emissions over the life cycle of the whole product package than a traditional glass bottle.<\/p>\n<p>This means from grape growing to winemaking, bottling and packaging, consuming, disposal and recycling; even cartons in which it is delivered are made from 100% recycled material, and bottle labels are printed with an alcohol-free process, while gold inks are used rather than gold cap foils.<\/p>\n<p>If all this is starting to make you feel good, the new Wolf Blass Green Label wines in these bottles will make you even more so: a 2008 Crispy Dry White and a 2008 Cabernet Shiraz are both fruit-forward styles ready for immediate  enjoyment. At just $16.99 each share the white with pan-fried whiting fillets and the red with barbied beef spare-ribs.<\/p>\n<p>ONE FOR LUNCH: Here&#8217;s an idea for chocoholics \u2013 grab a slab of bitter, dark chocolate and a bottle of Logan&#8217;s Weemala 2007 Merlot, settle down in front of a winter&#8217;s fire, and you&#8217;ll feel you&#8217;ve landed yourself in Chocolate Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Blended from 50% fruit from Mudgee and 50% from Orange in NSW&#8217;s Central Ranges, this is a beautifully light to medium-bodied red with flavours of black olives, red berries, plums and dark chocolate; it&#8217;s nicely priced too at $17 \u2013 and if you&#8217;re not into chocolate, match it with a salami-topped pizza.<\/p>\n<p>(NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintnews.com\/\">http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n<p>[] ANYTHING but lightweight wines in these lightweight bottles<\/p>\n<p>[] GETTING to Chocolate Heaven via Mudgee and Orange<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wc25May09 david ellis ACCIDENTALLY knock the bottle off the outdoor table and rather than shatter into a thousand pieces on the concrete floor, it&#8217;ll simply bounce around; take it on a picnic and there&#8217;s no worry about the weight in the ice-box because its 36-per cent lighter than a normal glass bottle\u2026. and it&#8217;ll chill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}