The Comité Champagne has unveiled a glass strategy with ten actions and its own testing laboratory.
The Comité Champagne presented its glass strategy in Épernay on 26 November 2025. It is backed jointly by growers and Champagne houses. The bottle is treated as more than packaging: it is where the second fermentation takes place and where the wine ages and holds on to its aromas.
The strategy rests on three pillars. The first is to keep bottles safe and of consistent quality. The second is to speed up decarbonisation through lighter bottles and a decarbonised glass material. The third is to optimise winemaking. Ten concrete actions put this into practice, supported by a dedicated research laboratory.
GlassLab: testing before industrialisation
The central tool is the GlassLab, in which the Comité has invested. Bottles are tested and refined there before they go into industrial production, so that safety and quality are checked in advance. The laboratory is also open to growers and houses that want to trial their own ideas. Benoit Villedey, head of the process engineering and innovation department, describes it as a ‘privileged framework’ for testing and assessing innovations.
The Comité aims to encourage solutions that come from the vineyards and cellars, with its expertise on hand. It stresses that every bottle must still meet Champagne’s quality standards.
Source: Comité Champagne
