Chemin des Papes Côtes du Rhône AOP - Bag-in-Box 3 l

The wine is made from an assemblage of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre.
The domain is located in the south of the Côtes du Rhône wine region, between Montélimar and Avignon.

Color: clear, brilliant ruby red
Nose: A bouquet of red fruits, strawberries, blackberries, red currants, and spices unfolds.
Palate: Wonderfully rounded and fiery wine, flattering with its typical spice notes.
Recommendation: An ideal companion to cold cuts, salads, grilled dishes, and Mediterranean cuisine.

General information about our Bag-in-Box products:

Hose, Jug, Amphora

It was a long journey from glass as a luxury item - as in antiquity - to today's mass-produced soda-lime glass. This type of glass is used for making bottles, packaging, drinking glasses, and mirror or window glass (flat glass).
In earlier times, 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 re-seal after opening, and their environmental footprint is not exhilarating even with consistent recycling.

Good wine in new skins

A Bag-in-Box package (literally "bag-in-box") consists of an inner plastic bag ("Bag") for the liquid and an outer corrugated cardboard box ("Box") which protects the bag from mechanical damage and light exposure. The liquid is dispensed from the bag via a tap. The contents of the bag decrease 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 widely adopted, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, Scandinavia, and the wine country 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, many fruit juices and dairy products are also packaged this way, in addition to wine. In Germany, it has so far been popular mainly with discounters offering wines from Southern Europe and for the wine export of renowned German wineries. The "Bag-in-Box" is increasingly finding friends among winemakers and connoisseurs here.

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 goes into the yellow bin and the box into the paper recycling. Manufacturing, 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, due to the principle with the 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 - moreover, wine in the Bag-in-Box cannot be corked.

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