Darling Cellars: Drinking Out Of The Box

These attractive looking slimline boxes fit easily into the fridge door, keep the wine fresher for longer and can go where glass can’t! The air-tight seal between the tap and bag means that wine in a box can be stored for weeks once opened without the taste being affected whereas wine from a bottle should ideally be consumed within a matter of hours or days.

The following wines are now available:

Bushvine Sauvignon Blanc
Pyjama Bush Rosé
Black Granite Shiraz
Chocoholic

More reasons to consider BiB’s:

• One of the primary reasons for this trend is the environmental and cost benefits of producing, transporting, storing and consuming wine from a bag in a box. Although glass is recyclable, it’s also energy-intensive to produce; switching to plastic and cardboard is much less energy intensive to produce and the cardboard (and in some cases the plastic) can also be recycled.
  
  
• Glass bottles are heavy and cost a lot per millilitre to transport and is more costly to the environment.
  
  
• If the environmental benefits don’t have you convinced then perhaps the economical benefits will. As packaging goes, glass is significantly more expensive to use than a box. There is more value for money in a BIB. In most cases a 2L BiB sells for the same price as 2 x750ml bottles – so 500ml free!

Maybe the best news is that these wines are now available to order online, so while we are still filling all the retail channels, go to our website www.darlingcellars.co.za and click on: Buy our wines. All orders more than R2 000 will be delivered free of charge! There is also 5% discount for members of our wine club.

It is time to think out of the box and drink out of the box!