Dean Stoica, owner of Stratus Vineyard, a winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, used the 2021 vintage for a pilot project in collaboration with Circulr, a Kitchener-based company that supplies recycled containers like glass jars to stores and producers.

After collecting bottles from customers and in its tasting room, Stratus gave them to Circulr to test the waters.

It was necessary to understand how to restore screw caps, how to properly recycle used glassware, and, importantly, how to remove old labels that stick for decades.

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