Back in 1969 Barokes Wines is considered to be first to put wine in a can. Barokes Wines was founded by Steve Barics and Greg Stokes, reputedly after narrowly avoiding an experience involving a shattered wine glass and a spa. They saw wine in a can as a solution to all those situations where glasses and bottles were either forbidden or ill-advised. Buying bulk wines from other vintners in south-eastern Australia, they began packaging wine in aluminum cans. In 2002 they patented the Vinsafe process, using cans with a plastic lining that could preserve the wine for up to a year.
The relationship between Barokes and Daiwa deteriorated when Daiwa began supplying the technology to other wine-makers. After lengthy and expensive litigation, the case Barokes brought against Daiwa failed in August 2018 in a judgment that would see the company being wound up.
Some sources say the first wine in a can in theUSA occurred in 2004 by The Francis Ford Coppola Winery in California I tried tried wine in a can various times between 2004 and 2020 and never enjoying one.
Entrepreneurs Henry Connell and Alex Thraves shook up the English wine industry when in 2018 they launched The Uncommon, the first ever English sparkling wine in a can. Their Bacchus, with grapes sourced from Denbies in Surrey, sold out at Selfridges within six months
In 2004 brothers Greg and Yannick Wertsch, owners of Ontario’s Between the Lines Winery, along with their partners Philip Chae and Lucian Cao, have introduced their own wine in cans, the first in the region- an Origin sparkling wine.
What history shows us is that wine in Can came and had initial success then faded away. However here we are in 2022 and guess what is back on the shelves again wine in the can. Been a skeptic of the idea I re-framed from trying the concept. Until
Yes until Stella Schmidt, Co-owner and assistant winemaker, Castoro de Oro Winery sent me some of their wines.
“We love to be innovative! Our philosophy is to make handcrafted 100% BC wines at the best value possible, and our wine-in-a-can takes that dream one step further. We are so excited to offer elegant, convenient cans of our award-winning wines and look forward to seeing all the places they will travel to!”
So far we have tried their award winning Heart of Gold , a white blend, the Chardonnay and the Merlot. They all beat the test. In fact they are beyond good!
Castoro de Oro is located on the Golden Mile of the famed Okanagan in British Columbia. Stella you are absolutely right wines in a can CAN be good!
Heart of Gold white blend brings together Pinot Blanc, Vidal, Siegfried and Viognier. It exhibits a wide variety of fruit flavours, with a slight cotton candy note on the end.
The Heart of Gold available in can or bottle won two awards in 2021.
2021 All Canadian Wine Championships (ACWC) Double Gold, Best of Category
HISTORY MAKING WIN. The first time a wine in can won a “judged award” inside the country of Canada! This was not a wine in can competition Castoro de Oro submitted Heart of Gold in 250 ml single serve cans it competed against bottled white blends and it won Double Gold, Best of Category! Because "OUR" wine in can is the same wine as in our bottles the ACWC awarded the Double Gold to both SKU’s (both formats, bottle & can). The amazing thing is the judges did not beleive a can wine could wine so they re did the tasting the Castoro de Oro wine in a can wown again!
2021 Alberta Beverage Awards (ABA’s) Judge’s Selection
Submitted in bottle format, and judged up against both International and Domestic wines, our Heart of Gold won White Blend Judge’s Selection which means “Top Six White Blend” unlike other wine awards there are no metal (gold, silver, etc.) medals awarded at the ABA’s.
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