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Remember the OUTRAGE!!1!! when some wine bottlers eschewed the cork for screw tops? OMG, or should I say, Oh mon Dieu! The French and wine connoisseurs around the world had a fit of the vapours at the very thought. As we had visitors over the weekend I bought some wine and noticed a strange shaped bottle in Tesco wine department. The label was familiar but its flattened shape looked more like it should contain shampoo or cleaning fluid.

I picked up the bottle and felt a great disturbance in the ether, as if millions of wine buffs suddenly cried out in terror... the bottle was not made of glass but green plastic! 100% recycled plastic, no less. I wasn't scared of screw tops and I certainly wasn't going to be panicked by plastic so I bought one and its glass bottled equivalent that was sitting handily alongside.

I had a taste test later and you'll be astonished to hear they both tasted exactly the same.

Sell it cheaper then it might catch on.

I was outraged at first, but it would certainly solve my storage of empties problem
Even in the weekends when "she's not here" as my neighbour once said.

Yes, I used to get embarrassed carrying a clinking glass recycling crate down the drive.

Mind you, everybody in my courtyard is an alcoholic, so I fit in.

I'm not sure, I like a glass bottle.

I remember plastic wine bottles from years ago!

Hmm. I suppose as you can buy it in bags it should work.

What you do to avoid the clinking is make your own wine. I think our bin men now think Nobby and I are off the booze!