

As well as thousands of years ago, a glass bottle remains to be modern classic wine packaging. For drinks of gods, winemakers and consumers choose glass, which is neutral, sustainable, environmentally.
Glass bottles were widely used in ancient Egypt and Phoenicia. With the invention in 1611 kiln glass on coal glass bottle acquired widespread use among winemakers, and now actually have a monopoly position in the market for packaging wine.
“Thanks to the exceptional features, glass remains to be an indispensable packaging material on the beverage market. High quality products remain fresh and retains its taste and natural fragrance for an extended period, if it is stored in a perfectly clean protective glass shell”, says the director of the leading Ukrainian enterprises for the production of glass "Vetropack Gostomel Glassfactoey" Andrew Hirnyk.
“Vetropack” supplies customized produced glass. The company has ample opportunities for design and development of glass containers in collaboration with its customers. The resulting products best reflect the idea and appropriate marketing strategies and meets the demands of consumers”, says the company.
There are many forms of bottles, but each of them has its own characteristics, and will be suitable for a particular type of wine. Thus, Bordeaux bottle with steep shoulders on the top and concave bottom is widespread in the world. It is ideal for red wines high in tannins - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc - these varieties are cultivated in the French province of Bordeaux. These wines have great potential for aging.
“Vetropack» is one of the leading European manufacturers of glass containers. Three thousand employees work at seven factories in Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia and Ukraine. ISO 9001 certified 16 glass furnaces with a total production capacity of 4,000 tonnes of packaging glass per day.
In bottles of “Vetropack Gostomel Glassfactory”, you can see the products of both Ukrainian and world famous brands, such as “Ararat”, Bagrationi, Vinaria Bostavan, Nemiroff, “Khortytsya”, «Obolon», Sun InBev, Carlsberg, Heineken, SABMiller, Henkell, Campari, Coca-Cola, “Rosynka”, "Morshynska”, Coca-Cola, Premialle, “Voloshkove pole” and others.