Simply insert the bottle into the WineSkin, then peel the inner seal and compress it against the protective outer vinyl covering. Then form-fit the balance of the WineSkin around the base of the 750ml bottle, and peel and stick the outer seal. It's that simple!

How did wineskins work?

The resin is extracted from pine or juniper trees and prepared at high temperatures by the craftsman to seal the interior of the Bota. In latex wineskins, the resin is replaced by introducing a latex bladder that performs the same function of waterproofing.

Why do old wineskins burst with new wine?

New cloth had not yet shrunk, so that using new cloth to patch older clothing would result in a tear as it began to shrink. Similarly, old wineskins had been "stretched to the limit" or become brittle as wine had fermented inside them; using them again therefore risked bursting them.