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By Stacy Slinkard, About.com Guide to Wine since 2005

Could Wine Cans and Wine with Straws be the Wave of the Future?

Thursday September 20, 2007
From corks to screw tops and now pull tab possibilities? Iron Wine, a company based in Argentina, has been packaging some quality red and white wines in 8.5 and 12 ounce cans. These canned wines are not available in the U.S. quite yet; however, the jury is still out on how well recieved this packaging model will be for the typical U.S. consumer. Could certainly have a niche market for tailgaters, picnics and the like. And across the ocean, a company in France is taking a new twist on the "juice box" concept and putting real juice - aka wine, into mini boxes complete with a plastic straw! Perhaps the current consumer sphere is willing to try out new packaging alternatives, or perhaps the wine traditionalists still rule the roost and will insist on a glass bottle and a real cork? Have your say at the Wine Forum...

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October 1, 2007 at 7:50 am
(1) Chrisopher Grigg says:

We always use corks at our wine tasting events and wouldnt think of using anyhting else.

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