Bag-in-Box – IGP Oc Grenache-Cinsault – Rose – 3 L

Color: salmon pink
Nose: A very expressive bouquet, revealing aromas of fresh red berries and strawberry.
Palate: Fine, fresh and elegant on the palate, perfectly balanced.
Recommendation: The perfect accompaniment to salads, grilled dishes and spicy shellfish, but can also be enjoyed on its own as an aperitif all year round.

General information about our Bag-in-Boxes:

Hoses, Jugs, Amphorae

It was a long way from glass as a luxury good – as in antiquity – to today's mass-produced item, soda-lime glass. This type of glass is used for making bottles, packaging, drinking glasses and mirror or window glass (flat glass).
In the past, glass production was very expensive and unreliable, so wine, oil, beer and other liquids were filled into jugs, amphorae or leather drinking skins. Only the techniques of glass blowing and glass pressing made it possible to produce bottles in large numbers.

However, glass bottles have serious disadvantages: they are fragile, heavy, require a relatively large amount of storage and shelf space, are difficult to seal (the old "cork problem") and even more difficult to reseal after opening, and their environmental balance is not exhilarating, even with consistent recycling.

Good Wine in New Skins

A Bag-in-Box packaging (literally "bag in a box") consists of an inner bag ("bag") made of plastic for the liquid and an outer packaging made of corrugated cardboard ("box"), which protects the bag from mechanical damage and light. The liquid is dispensed from the bag via a tap. The contents of the bag are reduced without air entering the bag and without oxidation occurring.
The principle was invented in 1955 as a liquid container by William R. Scholle and was probably first used as wine packaging in 1965 by an Australian winemaker. Since then, it has become established primarily in Anglo-Saxon countries, Scandinavia and the wine country of France.

In New Zealand, Australia or the USA, a considerable proportion of wine production is already sold in Bag-in-Box. In Scandinavia and Great Britain, in addition to wine, many fruit juices and dairy products are also packaged in this way. In Germany, it has so far been popular primarily with discounters selling wines from Southern Europe and for wine exports by renowned German wineries, but the "Bag-in-Box" is increasingly finding friends among us winemakers and connoisseurs.

Bag-in-Box beats Glass

Bag-in-Box is more environmentally friendly, ecologically and economically cheaper to produce, saves weight and volume during transport and storage (thus fuel during transport) and is easy and good to recycle - the bag in the yellow bin and the box in the paper bin. Production, use, filling and recycling of the Bag-in-Box consume less material, thus approximately 80% less energy and less water than a glass bottle. All in all, the Bag-in-Box causes over 80% less CO2 emissions compared to the glass bottle.

In addition, because of the principle with a bag and tap, no air gets to the contents even after opening, so the wine remains enjoyable for at least 4 weeks after opening. There are also no negative effects on the taste due to the plastic of the bag - and wine in a Bag-in-Box cannot be corked.

However: Bag-in-Box is not suitable for long-term storage of wine. A Bag-in-Box with wine should not be stored for longer than two years. Therefore, we only offer ready-to-drink wines in Bag-in-Box.