Last month I wrote an entry about Paradocx Vineyards’ Barn Red wine. The wine is sold in a plastic paint can. Inside the paint can there is an airtight bag that holds three liters of wine. The manufacturers of the airtight bag claim that it can keep the wine fresh for six weeks. Well we have had a glass for the past four and a half weeks and last night’s glass of wine was still good. I think it would be difficult to keep the wine for a full six weeks because most people would drink it before then. However the airtight bag does last at least four and a half weeks. I didn’t do anything special with the gallon paint can. I just let it sit on the kitchen counter-top. At least visitors thought that I was keeping busy with a painting project.

I began to wonder who might purchase wine in airtight bags. Although many wine drinkers can finish a bottle at a single meal, others may take several meals to finish a bottle, not to mention having different wines opened at the same time. If you’re someone who usually cannot finish a bottle in a day or two, wine stored in airtight bags may be your solution.  These storage bags would also offer the opportunity to have two or more wines opened at the same time. Since they can last at least a month, most wine drinkers will finish them before the wine starts to go bad.