Vinca introduces the future of wine with a groundbreaking UK first

The award-winning organic wine company unveils the UK’s first full-sized aluminium wine bottles made from 100% recycled content. 

This year, Vinca is changing the way we drink wine forever. From 31st March 2025, wine lovers will be able to enjoy the UK’s first wines in full-sized 100% recycled aluminum bottles. The sharable bottles are perfect for any occasion, from parties and picnics to cosy evenings in. Vinca’s sophisticated wines always make an exceptional aperitif or meal accompaniment: no corkscrew required. 

The new 750ml bottles of Vinca’s organic white wine and organic red wines are grown under the Sicilian sun in family-owned, sustainable vineyards and will be available in 300 Tesco stores across the UK and at vincawine.com (RRP £9 for 750ml). 

Lightweight and sustainable, Vinca’s 100% PCR (post-consumer recycled) aluminium bottles chill wine faster and have a special wine-grade lining inside, keeping the wine as fresh as the day it left the winery.

Producing the bottle uses four times less CO₂ than glass – and each one weighs just 68g empty, compared with an average of 450g for a glass wine bottle. Their sleek shape also means smaller cases for transporting, so 40% more wine bottles fit in each shipping container, leading to vast reductions in carbon emissions.

Switching from glass to aluminum has several positive environmental impacts including:

1. Vinca Aluminium bottles are 5x less carbon-intensive to produce than glass. (Raw production: Aluminium 0.129 kgCO₂e vs. Glass 1.03 kgCO₂e)

2. Vinca’s aluminium wine bottle slashes carbon emissions by nearly 50% compared to glass.(1.18 kgCO₂e vs. 2.24 kgCO₂e per bottle)

3. Vinca’s aluminium bottle has a 47% lower total carbon footprint than glass — and it’s infinitely recyclable.

4. Glass bottles generate almost double the carbon footprint of the Vinca aluminium bottle — before they even hit the shelf. (Glass: 2.24 kgCO₂e vs. Vinca Aluminium Bottle: 1.18 kgCO₂e when filled and distributed)

5. Switching from glass to Vinca aluminium bottles cuts 1.06 kg of CO₂e per bottle — that’s the equivalent of charging your phone 135 times. (Based on ~8g CO₂ per charge)

Vinca’s co-founder, Jack Green, said: “We are so excited to finally share our fully recyclable full-sized aluminum wine bottles with the world! Our canned wines have quickly become the ‘go-to’ wine at music festivals and theatres, and on trains and airlines and now we’re delighted to introduce our new aluminium bottles. They have all the quality and deliciousness of premium Sicilian wine, but with less environmental impact than the traditional glass.”

Celebrated for its collection of ready-to-pour canned wines, first introduced in 2021, Vinca wanted to push the boundaries of sustainable wine innovation.