Luc Volders > wrote:
> I have used them frequently.
> Most of the time I have a filled one in my home with white and
> one with red wine.
> I use it only for short time storage and direct consumable wines.
>
> They are sold in shops in France filled with cheap table wine.
> So I think maximum storage there will be a few months.
>
They are available here in the UK too, don't any of you ever go
shopping?! :-) We used to buy them (Australian wine) in Oman in the
1980s so it's hardly a new thing.


> I do not have any knowledge about maximum storage time
> but months to a year would not pose a problem I think.
>
I think most of them I have bought recommend using them within 6
months but I suspect that's as much down to the wine that's in them as
the storage. Bottles of wine bought from supermarkets have similar
"best before" dates.


> Definately not suitable for making a sparkling wine.
> The bag will not hold the pressure.
>
:-)

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Chris Green