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Question: Before glass bottles, as in medieval times, what was wine stored in?

(Posted by: sparklepup on 2007-01-08 19:03:53)

For instance, what is a "cask "? Oh, and I know it was STORED in barrels. I am curious to what they keep just a bit in, such as when the travel, or want to be alone for a while, you know?

Posted by: JUDI O on 2007-01-08, 19:08:47

Smaller amounts of wine were stored in clay or ceramic flasks, metal flasks, wooden vessels and also in sacks made from animal stomachs and skins.

Posted by: DragonWrites the Fire Faery on 2007-01-08, 19:07:20

Bladders of animals, called wine skins, maybe?

Posted by: hopflower on 2007-01-08, 19:07:28

There were wine bags made of leather as well; also wooden cups and containers.

Posted by: ex dirty stripper on 2007-01-08, 19:07:48

Those leather "boda " bags. They strapped it on like a purse...

Posted by: The Complete Idiot on 2007-01-08, 19:08:12

A cask is a barrel. maybe sheep stomachs?

Posted by: onyx maiden on 2007-01-08, 19:08:49

Kegs, wooden barrels.

Posted by: TerreriX652 on 2007-01-08, 19:11:38

Pouches of animal skin.

Posted by: tonycharms05 on 2007-01-08, 19:12:19

Clay mugs, hollowed, dried squash

Posted by: EМ♥♥JAY on 2007-01-08, 19:12:19

I think they used cleaned out animal stomaches or some kind of a waterproof bag.

Posted by: wolf_lady509 on 2007-01-08, 19:21:38

Cask [KASK] 1. A large, strong, barrel-shaped, leak-proof container generally used for storing wines and other spirits. Most wine casks are made of oak. 2. The quantity such a container holds. wine·skin (wīn'skĭn') n. A bag made from the skin of a goat for example, and used for holding and dispensing wine. Wine in small quantities was stored in wineskins. The wine was usually drunk in the year that it was made because of storage problems (ie no sulfur allowed in the winemaking process).

Posted by: Brenda on 2007-01-08, 19:23:01

I've never heard of a "cask " (doesn't mean there wasn't one). For traveling, they may've used a "flask ". A flask could've been made of various materials....many of them mentioned already: leather, animal skins, gourds, etc.... The modern version of a flask would be a canteen. They are made of all metal though.

Posted by: BoranJarami on 2007-01-08, 20:58:00

It realy depends on where the wine is. Wine skins (bags made from animal stomacs) were used in various places, from the middle east to Europe. Ceramics were also popular from the large ceramic flasks used by the greeks to smaller ceramic bottles used in eastern Asia. Barrles have also been used, but more for mass storage then distribution.

Posted by: William T on 2007-01-09, 05:40:23

Clay bottles, jugs or dirty peasant hands.

Posted by: katgal on 2007-01-09, 11:40:26

Clay pots or jugs. I am reading a great book called "The history of the world in 6 glasses " that relates the historical impact of beer, wine, cola, tea, coffee etc.--

Posted by: oreo on 2007-01-12, 14:51:53

Kegs, pouches, wineskins made from animals. Maybe flasks. :)