Hi, After a day's walking, while sitting in my tent, a little glass (plastic cup actually) of red wine goes down very well. I use a small plastic lemonade bottle for carrying the wine. Is there something different you would recommend ? Thanks, Alastair
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 The lemodande bottle ain't broke, no need to fix it... If you take the bladder out of a wine box then you don't need to worry about a lemonadey flavour, and it shrinks as you drink it. Pete.
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 Wot Peter said. Actually I find 500ml fizzy-water bottles are excellent water bottles for outdoor use, they last for ages and are sort-of free!
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Thanks for your help. Looks like the reusable lemonade bottle is for me. I suppose the wine bladder is heavier. thanks Alastair
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 If you really want something more 'outdoorsy' than a lemonade bottle, a Platypus bottle will do the job nicely - a 0.5 litre one should hold 4 glasses-worth.
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 Platypus do a wine preserve bladder, not sure exactly what the difference is between this and a normal bladder though. The theory being you can squeeze the air out to stop the wine turning bad. I just use a placcy bottle like the others though.
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Assuming you take the wine bladder out of the box, I can't imagine it'd be heavier than a pop bottle. It's a glorified double plastic bag with a valve when all is said and done. My other luxury I take backpacking is one of those duralex water glasses like the sort you used to get in school. I use it both with my wine at the end of the day and my coffee of the morning. I don't know precisely why, but to my mind both taste much better out of a glass rather than a ti pot or plastic mug.
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 a bottle plastic or a sigg has the advantage that you can stand it in warm water to raise the temperature, which is more difficult with a bag. if you are decanting into a bottle however, you need to time it right as at first the air improves it but after say a day, the flavour deteriorates. the boxed wines don't have this prob. and you can get them in 2 bottle quantities which i find more useful than the 5 bottle sort. i've seen these little (25cl I think) plastic bottles of wine where the screw tops are plastic wine glasses. the idea's brilliant but you have to throw out the oily australian stuff to fill it with something better. that's more use for a liunch break than an overnight really. I think waitrose sell them
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Grief, you are carrying wine and are worrying about the weight of the container. Has the world gone mad ?
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 brandy is a more ultralight way to carry grapes than wine
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Grief, you are carrying wine and are worrying about the weight of the container. Has the world gone mad ? you can't drink the container
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I've only seen platypus bladders with wine being carried around and ofcourse the orginal bottles as well for walking hulks.  The platypus bladders are the special model for wine.
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 If you really want something more 'outdoorsy' than a lemonade bottle, a Platypus bottle will do the job nicely - a 0.5 litre one should hold 4 glasses-worth.
I use a Platy bottle and it does have the advantage of being more robust than a standard plastic bottle, as well as being flexible so easier to squeeze into a corner of the pack. You can also exclude the air from it so that the wine keeps better and the only volume you are carrying is the wine itself.
I did look at the wine bladder that Platypus make and, other then it being coloured red and costing a bit more than a standard bottle, I couldn't see any difference.
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 I use an empty mineral water bottle with a valve on it. Light AND easy to pour!
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 any squishable bottle/bag with a sports top on it to keep the air out. or an expensive purpose made wine pouch which is a ...
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If you drink the wine before you set out it makes the walking far more fun !
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 I got a platty wine carrier thingy as a pressie and found that you can attach a hose to it for consumption en route, between camp/pub/camp, for example, to maximise enjoyment ..... not that I would advocate that sort of behaviour ....
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 Platy Preserve Purpose built and 800ml which is 4 glasses? depends how big your glass is i suppose.
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 Trek n' Eat do a freeze-dried wine . Yes, it does contain alcohol. No, it doesn't taste very good.
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 If I am going to carry the weight I would be taking spirits or a fortified wine like port or muscat - usually take it in an old lemonade bottle or playtypus. On this trip we took a new type of "better" wine in the bag - worked pretty well. Cheers!
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