Looking to be more sustainable in your wine consumption but still enjoy high quality wines? Then the Ron Rubin Winery’s Blue Bin series may be right up your alley. Made from 100% recycled and recyclable PET plastic, these are Certified Sustainable wines that include the packaging. This is part one of a 2-part series of reviews. In this review I’ll be reviewing the 2022 Ron Rubin Blue Bin Chardonnay and the 2022 Ron Rubin Blue Bin Vin Rosé. These are free samples provided to me and I have free reign in how I review them.
Links for the show (many of these are the same for all the episodes in this series):
Ron Rubin Brands – https://ronrubinbrands.com
Blue Bin Wines – https://bluebin.wine
Wine World TV – Ron Rubin Episodes (this is a search link that will give you all episodes on one page, including this one) – https://www.wineworldtv.com/?s=ron+rubin
B Corporation – Home Page – https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/
B Corporation – Wineries (45 as of this writing, but may change as this is a website search link like the one for my website and Ron Rubin reviews) – https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/?query=winery
Sustainability Magazine – B Corp: Are they really the gold standard of sustainability? – https://sustainabilitymag.com/esg/b-corp-are-they-really-the-gold-standard-of-sustainability
Cultivating Capital – B Corp Requirements: The Essential Guide to Certification – https://www.cultivatingcapital.com/b-corp-requirements/
California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance – https://californiasustainablewine.com
SIP Certified – https://www.sipcertified.org
Wikipedia – B Corporation (certification) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)
Wikipedia – Polyethylene terephthalate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate
Wikipedia – Plastic – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic
Wikipedia – Plastic recycling – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_recycling
Wikipedia – Glass – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass
Wikipedia – Silicon monoxide – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_monoxide
Wikipedia – Silicon dioxide – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide
Versaperm – Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and its vapour permeability – https://www.versaperm.com/materials/PET%20Polyethylene%20terephthalate%20-%20vapour%20permeability.php
Plastics for Change – Which Plastic Can Be Recycled? – https://www.plasticsforchange.org/blog/which-plastic-can-be-recycled
Wiley Online Library – Gas barrier and mechanical properties of a single-layer silicon oxide film prepared by roll-to-roll PECVD system (SiOx) – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppap.201800170
Plastemart – A new invisible barrier coating for PET containers – http://atozplastics.com/upload/Literature/Anewinvisiblebarriercoating.asp
Amcor – Premium wine bottle made from 100% recycled PET released in the United States – https://www.amcor.com/media/news/first-wine-bottle-made-from-100-percent-recycled-pet-released-in-the-us
YouTube – MSE 201 S21 Lecture 18 – Module 3 – Gas Permeation in Polymers – MSE 201 S21 Lecture 18 – Module 3 – Gas Permeation in Polymers
Omnexus – Comprehensive Guide on Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) – https://omnexus.specialchem.com/selection-guide/polyethylene-terephthalate-pet-plastic
Science Direct – Moisture and oxygen barrier properties of glass, PET and HDPE bottles for pharmaceutical products – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1773224722002404
Decanter Magazine – What is light strike in wine? Ask Decanter – https://www.decanter.com/learn/advice/light-strike-wine-ask-decanter-440704/
SommWine – Shedding Light on Lightstrike: The Wine World’s Most Pervasive Flaw – How to Spot Lightstrike in Wines (very detailed) – https://www.sommwine.com/wine-faults-lightstrike/
