Wineskin

As a wineskin elastic containers are referred to, in which traded wine and from which wine is tapped. In antiquity and the Middle Ages wineskins were a common means of transport in addition amphorae and barrels.

Today wineskins are usually made of plastic or aluminum foil. They are usually covered by a more or less decorative board, and have a dispensing device on. Common sizes are 3 and 5 liters and are also called in French usage Cubitainer. International / technological parlance, Bag-In- Box.

The dispensing device is such that, while the wine leaves the tube, but this does not penetrate air. The tube is similar to a toothpaste tube, which one expresses more empty without the rest of the wine can oxidize. Therefore, it is possible for up to two months gradually empty drink the unopened tube without the wine to lose its quality.

Meanwhile, not only the simplest but also medium qualities are sold in the wineskin in Germany increasingly.