Bag-in-Box ?

Sounds like a great solution for table wine. From the demi to the bag and down the hatch. I would guess that time would be the enemy for wine stored this way. However, I know people who have reused rinsed wine-bags from wine-boxes that they've consumeda nd it has tasted fine to them. They'd be using the wine within a couple of weeks to a month at most.

Jim

They are available here in the UK too, don't any of you ever go shopping?! :-) We used to buy them (Australian wine) in Oman in the

I think most of them I have bought recommend using them within 6 months but I suspect that's as much down to the wine that's in them as the storage. Bottles of wine bought from supermarkets have similar "best before" dates.

:-)

This is similar to the use of PET plastic soda bottles. The question is how long will the oxygen barrier last. My expectation is no problem for three months, but definitely use it all up in four months.

To avoid secondary fermenation, chill the wine and keep the siphon head about 2" above the lees. If you filter first, secondary fermentation should not occur.

Dick

I used to use these all the time, but found that after 3 or 4 uses they started to leak, and so were not cost-effective over time. For short-term storage of simple "glugging-plonk" I use the PET bottles, which can be used over and over again. Just get a load of bottled water from the supermarket!

Obviously, for something nicer, glass is better - but I still re-use the screw-top ones.

Barb

Thanks for your ideas and info folks. Will give it a go and report back. I've only just found this group, I'm glad I did. Hi to everybody. Regards, Dazz (UK)

Could you send the URL for that site? It sounds like something that could be useful to have around for short-term storage of odd-lot wines, i.e., less than a full carboy.

Paul