A sip of home

The idea of creating an online platform where you can easily buy wine in a bag in box was born by observing the habits of our fathers' generation. The generation of those who loaded the demijohn into the boot of the car on Saturday morning and set off together with a friend of the gang to visit a winery not far from the city to stock up on liquids useful for heating up in the winter and partying summer. The question of how to transport bulk wine will soon find an answer if you are not far from the cellar or if you have a day to dedicate to the mission. Receiving bulk wine at home for the new generations, who for study reasons are forced to live in two-room apartments without a balcony or cellar is certainly a great convenience, isn't it? But returning to our parents' outings in search of bulk drinks, it is impossible not to think of lunar calendars , the meticulous calculations on when to bottle to keep the content still or when to do it to have it sparkling. Well washed bottles, brand new caps, a tablet in the demijohn and everything was ready. Not a small ritual that we young people don't dare to do anymore!

Red wine in bag in box at the table

The red to drink every day during meals must have few, but very important characteristics:

• alcohol content that is not too high , such as Ciliegiolo, otherwise after lunch the nap lasts longer than necessary, but above all the heat of the alcohol could take on a dominant value in the sip and tire the palate rather than refresh it.

• unlimited freshness , obviously not talking about temperature, but about that pleasant feeling that a wine 'makes you salivate' causes, dries your mouth well after swallowing and makes you want a new pin, such as Grignolino or Barbera 'Asinoi' by Carussin.

• full and gastronomic sip , a tactile sensation not to be confused with the banal 'softness' perhaps due to a prolonged passage in wood. Rather, we speak of the ability to adapt well to the table and the kitchen, as for the Montepulciano of the Cirelli farm or the blend of Cabernet and Sangiovese of Fattoria Pomona.

Bulk natural red wines

No, finding natural wine in bag in box is not impossible: in 2020, following the pandemic emergency, this container literally exploded, recording record numbers and soon becoming the trend - in terms of packaging in the wine world - more vogue of 2021, together with canned wine. Many small producers have found themselves with vats full of unsold wine and have found a not bad answer in this cheaper, familiar and home-made format. Finding bulk wine with no or minimal added sulphites is easy because the bag inside the carton maintains the quality of the inserted content intact in the absence of oxygen and allows the producer to intervene as little as possible at a technological level. Such as the Uvaggio di Valli Unite , a blend of Piedmontese grapes with a majority of unfiltered and unclarified Barbera with a very low added sulfur content or the red of Cascina Fornace with a majority base of Nebbiolo grapes with a small addition of Barbera.

On Sfusobuono you can also find a lot of organic bulk wine with certification on the label to guarantee sustainable management in the vineyard that eliminates the use of any type of chemical and synthetic product; discover, for example, Dolcetto La Morella at competitive prices and be inspired by the food pairings, offers and advice in the technical sheet.