GME13.07
Revision I
Published on: 23/01/2024
Comparison of glass finishes for sparkling wines and other carbonated beverages
Scope of application
This data sheet gives an overview of the main available glass finishes available for sparkling wines and other carbonated beverages with a stopper made of cork or synthetic material, generally maintained in place with a wire cage, with or without the possibility of alternatively receiving a crown cap, in particular when the production process involves secondary fermentation in the bottle.
It is intended as a purely informative document covering the main finishes known to Cetie with no pretention to be exhaustive.
Bottlers should verify with their bottle supplier that a particular finish is adapted to their product and closure system.
It is intended as a purely informative document covering the main finishes known to Cetie with no pretention to be exhaustive.
Bottlers should verify with their bottle supplier that a particular finish is adapted to their product and closure system.
Table of contents
1. Scope
2. Definitions
2.1. Cava
2.2. Cider
2.3. Closed tank or Charmat method
2.4. Granvás
2.5. Sekt
2.6. Sparkling wine
2.7. Spumante
2.8. Traditional method
2. Definitions
2.1. Cava
2.2. Cider
2.3. Closed tank or Charmat method
2.4. Granvás
2.5. Sekt
2.6. Sparkling wine
2.7. Spumante
2.8. Traditional method
3. Overview of sparkling wine finishes
4. Related documents
4.1. Standards
4.2. Cetie
5. Data sheet history
4. Related documents
4.1. Standards
4.2. Cetie
5. Data sheet history
History
First edition: 05/2018
Revision I: 01/2024 - Add definition of cider, complete table 1 with standard NF H35-109 - BOTTLING INDUSTRIES - GLASS BOTTLES - 29 CIDER CROWN NECK FINISH - DIMENSIONS, completed list of standards in chapter 4.1.
First edition: 05/2018
Revision I: 01/2024 - Add definition of cider, complete table 1 with standard NF H35-109 - BOTTLING INDUSTRIES - GLASS BOTTLES - 29 CIDER CROWN NECK FINISH - DIMENSIONS, completed list of standards in chapter 4.1.
Contributors
AGI GLASPAC, ANFEVI (ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE FABRICANTES DE ENVASES DE VIDRIO), ARDAGH GLASS GMBH, ARDAGH GLASS PACKAGING S.A PROPERTY LIMITED, ARDAGH GROUP NETHERLAND B.V., ARDAGH GROUP S.A. POLAND, BA GLASS PORTUGAL, BRITISH GLASS, BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE E.V., CSVMF (CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DES VERRERIES MÉCANIQUES), GERRESHEIMER ESSEN GMBH, GERRESHEIMER MOMIGNIES, GERRESHEIMER TETTAU GMBH, O-I MANUFACTURING DEUTSCHLAND, O-I MANUFACTURING FRANCE, O-I MANUFACTURING ITALY, O-I MANUFACTURING UK, O-I MANUFACTURING US, SAUDI ARABIAN GLASS CO. LTD, SAVERGLASS, VERALLIA FRANCE, VERALLIA GERMANY, VETROPACK HOLDING AG, VETROPACK STRADA, VIDRALA, WIEGAND-GLASHUTTENWERKE
Document under responsibility of working group:
Glass wg3
WG chair: Niall MC GRATH - ENCIRC GLASS
This permanent group is dedicated to the creation and revision of Cetie's "GME*" neck finishes data sheets, and also to the revision of equivalent neck finishes data sheets previously submitted to official standardisation (ISO and/or CEN), dedicated to the production of glass bottles and jars for the food and beverage sectors. These neck finishes data sheets concern the following applications: ROPP, aluminum screw caps, crown caps, twist-off caps, cork or synthetic stoppers, bar-top, or swing stoppers.
*Initiated by the glass industry in the 1960s, the acronym 'GME' stands for 'Glass Manufacturing Experimental'. The idea was that Cetie, as an unofficial standards body, would only publish 'experimental' data sheets, before submitting these to the official standards bodies. At the same time, in the USA, the acronym 'GME' was also used. As the original meaning was lost over time, this nomenclature for Cetie's glass finishes documents has been, later on, applied to the PET finish data sheets.
*Initiated by the glass industry in the 1960s, the acronym 'GME' stands for 'Glass Manufacturing Experimental'. The idea was that Cetie, as an unofficial standards body, would only publish 'experimental' data sheets, before submitting these to the official standards bodies. At the same time, in the USA, the acronym 'GME' was also used. As the original meaning was lost over time, this nomenclature for Cetie's glass finishes documents has been, later on, applied to the PET finish data sheets.
