Wine box

Just tried my first one and it's lovely. Will the wine really keep like that?

-- Linger

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Linger
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If you're referring to wine in a box (or bag-in-a-box) the answer is yes. There's a plastic bag inside the box that contracts as you draw wine from it, so no oxygen gets in and the wine remains fresh for quite a long while.

HTH Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton

I usually have a 5L box or two of wine in the refrigerator for cooking. It keeps quite well for at least a few months. Some of the box wines have a "use by" date, and it is best to buy a box that is not about to expire. Although the wines I use for cooking are not fine wines, I find the taste remains about the same for a few months. It is helpful to clean the tap of the wine after drawing some, as nasty tastes and smells could build up if you do not and if you only draw wine every few days or weeks.

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cwdjrxyz

We're talking about a question of weeks, so "quite a long while" is relative - compared to unopend vintage port ... ;-)

M.

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Michael Pronay

Excellent. Sainsbury's were selling a box of Banrock Station Shiraz. I've only ever seen rubbish wines in boxes before.

-- Linger

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Linger

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