Wine connoisseurs know that removing the label off a bottle of fine wine is a valuable skill to have. What better way to forever remember that 1982 Lafite-Rothschild than to frame it? But removing a ...

A soda fan has shared an image of one of the first branded bottles of Coca-Cola, thought to be more than a century old. The vintage label reveals the exact mixing quantities to ensure the perfect ...

Bottles can be labeled with paper labels, painted (pyro) labels, embossed lettering or, most unusual of all, labels under glass. Bottles used “for show,” like the fancy bottles used in a Victorian ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the quest to become more environmentally conscious, many people have begun keeping plastic and glass bottles around to use as planters, decorative pieces, or if you're like me, containers for ...

Everyone’s got a theory, a technique, their own special spell to coax ketchup out of the bottle. For many generations, this was a required skill if you ever wanted that sweet tomato-y goodness on your ...

In a competitive global market, drinks manufacturers are looking to labels as an important way to grow brands through ‘premiumisation’ and to try to emphasise the superior quality, exclusivity and ...

Soda and soft drink bottles have a distinctive spike-bottom design due to the evolution from fragile flat-bottomed glass bottles to durable plastic ones. This design allows the bottles to better ...

Wine is full of rules and laws -- most of them, in my opinion, are a little silly -- but some of the most interesting are around wine labels. Here are some helpful things to know. If you see the name ...

Do you know why wine bottles have punts at the bottom? Here's the answer. The mysterious cavity at the bottom of a wine bottle, known as a punt, has sparked many myths among wine enthusiasts. Most ...