Box Wine

Box wine is a bag-in-box packaging method where airtight aluminum Polyethylene|polyethylene bags are filled with wine and placed inside a box with its own plastic tap.

Fast Facts

1. Also known as cask wine
2. Should not be aged
3. Keeps for up to six weeks after opening
4. Common sizes of box wine are 1.5, 3, 4 and 5 liters
5. A 3 liter box of wine is 38% lighter than 4 glass bottles
6. Packaging is fully recyclable
7. Invented by Tom Angove in 1965
8. Cheap cask wine is known as "goon" in Australia

The Ups and Downs of Box Wine

Box wine has been stuck with a bad rap. Despite this, packaging wine in this way can be beneficial. Box wine packaging is more economical and good for storing lesser priced wines. Box wine is also cheaper than bottled wine. Box wine is not meant to be stored or aged like typical bottled wines. Instead, it is meant to be consumed in accordance with the date printed on the packaging. The shelf life of boxed wine is much shorter than wine in a bottle. Box wine has also been called cheap and is criticized as being quick way for alcoholics to become intoxicated.

Categories