It assumes the 40% of the world wine trade, which in figures has been 3.800 million liters, but myths about bulk wine they diminish their prestige. Spain It is the first producer of this type of high volume wine, but if you ask about it on the streets, the faces are not very happy. Because the gossip and prejudices who supports have you in their sights. In this article we want to dismantle all that confuses the consumer. What is it truth and that mentira of what is said?
Definition of this type of wine
This category within the wine sector includes the wine that is distributed dry, without any brand, winery or Denomination of Origin distinctive. Thus, the product is selected under strict quality controls, but without those particularities and characteristics of each winery family or DO. The producers of the bottles in bulk they offer homogeneous wines year after year, constantly.
Can be achieved excellent whites, reds and rosés of different grape varieties. That no name is behind them does not mean that they are not very good drinks. careful exquisiteness. Furthermore, the production methods are identical to those of normal bottled wines. Some wineries are even importers of these products and use them as a basis to get their own.
In Spain, a large sector
In our country there is a great fondness for this small sector within the wine world. The myths about bulk wine they do not seem to affect much here, although there is ignorance in many people. So that, Spain is the nation that exports the most of these bottles and, in addition, with lower prices for buyers. Both Europeans and the rest of the world who enjoy the healthy quality of high-volume Spanish produce.
The wine tradition specialized in this category has been maintained with great power in Castilla La Mancha, community that makes the 50% of the national total. Follow him Estremadura and Valencian Community with good numbers too. Of course, both cooperatives and companies dedicated to it do not stop looking for new markets and opportunities to market their bottles.
World Bulk Wine Exhibition
This is one fair specially dedicated to this category in which myths about bulk wine nor do they appear, since both producers and importers know all the truths. Conferences and master classes They are given at this event held worldwide, which is a sign of growth for this product. In the past 2019 it was the city of Amsterdam the one that hosted the World Bulk Wine Exhibition with great success. For this year it will be China the person in charge of receiving it, on May 30 and 31, specifically.
What are the myths about bulk wine?
- Are poor quality: This is false, since there are bad, neutral and good ones, as happens with the wines of any family or winery. It should be remembered that all are born in bulk, before being transported to the destination where they are bottled.
- There are with DOP stamps: this is true, since they are often used as table wines or as basis for sparkling wines, vermouths or other wine mixes. However, they are also bottled with PGI or PDO.
- It is not known of where they come from: lie. The consumer can always consult the the origin of the product, reading its traceability indications or clearly asking the seller.
- Are watery: another gossip 'fake'within the myths about the wine in bulk. 100% of the content comes from grapes, no added water as is usually included in other drinks.
- Compete with beer: another statement that we must dismantle, since our country is very beer And this type of wine does not even compete with the beer. It is far from reaching its consumption figure, but the same as the wine sector in general.
Once we have already shed light on this topic, you can start to drink more in bulk. In large chains and supermarkets you can find excellent bottles with international origin (Austrian, French or even South African). Curiously, the best wines in this category come from this last nationality. South Africa is also already a benchmark in the use of the packaging of the future (the Bag in Box). But hey, focusing on the present, goodbye to those myths about bulk wine and welcome be the good volume.
