Revino Expands Reusable Wine Bottle Program, Earns B Corp Certification
NEWBERG, Ore. — Revino, a sustainable wine packaging company, announced several updates as it grows its returnable, reusable bottle program.
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The company earned B Corp Certification, a designation that identifies for-profit companies that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, according to the B Corporation Certification website. Revino’s bottles aim to reduce carbon emissions by addressing one of winemaking’s most carbon-intensive components: packaging.
Revino is now serving wineries beyond Oregon, including locations in Washington and California, and plans to test a Napa-area reusable bottle collection while preserving brand identity.
The company also introduced new bottle molds—Flint Burgundy Cork and Antique Green Burgundy Stelvin—and is working with packaging partners Saxco and Pioneer to expand logistics for bottle collection, washing, and redistribution. Wineries using Revino bottles are now required to include clear return instructions or a QR code linking to reuse information.
Looking ahead, Revino’s Portland-area washing facility, funded with $250,000 from Business Oregon, is expected online in the first half of 2026. The facility will wash, sanitize, and inspect up to 40,000 bottles per day, eventually supporting other beverage producers, including breweries and kombucha makers.
Consumers can support the effort by returning bottles marked with Revino’s leaf-inspired design and “reusable” label.
For more information, visit Revino’s website.
Oregonians Invited to Share Letters with Strangers Through Dear Stranger Project
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Humanities is inviting Oregonians to participate in its Dear Stranger project, which connects people through letter writing. Now in its 11th year, the project encourages participants to write a letter to someone they’ve never met and receive a letter in return.
This fall’s prompt is, “Write about what is real.” Letters are swapped anonymously, and participants can choose whether to reply.
Letter-writing stations are set up at libraries and museums across Oregon, including locations in Beaverton, Bend, Corvallis, Hood River, Medford, Newport, Roseburg, and Springfield. Participants may also mail letters to Oregon Humanities at 610 SW Alder St., Suite 1111, Portland, OR 97205 by Oct. 31, 2024.
Ben Waterhouse, communications director for Oregon Humanities, said, “Reading a letter from someone you’d probably never meet gives you a window into the life and mind of another person. We hope participants will find they have more in common than they might have guessed.”
Instructions and a full map of participating institutions are available at oregonhumanities.org/programs/dear-stranger. Questions can be emailed to programs@oregonhumanities.org.
ODOT makes progress on Newberg-Dundee Bypass Phase 2A
NEWBERG, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation announced that construction crews are making steady progress on Phase 2A of the Newberg-Dundee Bypass project.
Work is focused near the OR 18 and OR 219 interchange, where crews are preparing for a new eastbound off-ramp bridge. The project includes realigning OR 18, building new entrance and exit ramps, widening OR 219, and realigning Wynooski Road with a new traffic signal at Wilsonville Road.
Drivers traveling through the area should expect nighttime lane closures from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., a 35 mph speed limit on OR 219, and construction activity that may cause delays or noise.
Phase 2A construction began earlier this year and is expected to be completed by 2027.
For more details, visit ODOT’s Newberg-Dundee Bypass Phase 2 webpage.
