Eight Ways the Wine and Spirits Industry Will Change in 2021

After an unprecedented and historic year globally, most people are happily ushering in the new year.

In 2020, Americans mostly stayed home—and that resulted in more drinking than ever. The climate change crisis continued to peak, and civil rights movements helped focus on Black entrepreneurs across many industries.

2020 will forever affect all of our lives and significantly impact the 2021 wine and spirits industry. Look out for these 8 trends in the year ahead:

1. Eco-friendly packaging

In 2021, paper products will hit the shelves, and we’re not talking about toilet paper.

Frugalpac, a company that created Frugal Bottle—a bottle made of 94% recycled cardboard – created a product that utilizes a water footprint four times less than a traditional bottle. These bottles have already hit the shelves in the United Kingdom.

According to Beverage Daily, wine brands that switch to paper wine bottles will cut their carbon footprint by 84%, or six times less than a glass bottle.

“The launch of the Frugal Bottle is a big leap in sustainability without compromising wine quality,” Frugalpac owner Ceri Parke told Beverage Daily.

Read more on Dimensional Insight’s blog.