French filler Cacolac has reportedly signed a contract with Australian company Barokes Pty Ltd (now registered in Europe as Vinsafe International Pty Ltd) licensing them to fill wine in a can using Barokes' Vinsafe technology. The Vinsafe process is the only wine-in-a-can packaging system, combining long shelf life with high product quality and managed by global patents. Cacolac is the second European filling facility to be awarded this license after the Spanish company Font Salem. Ball Packaging Europe, one of the leading European beverage can manufacturers, is the only European supplier of Vinsafe cans for wine using Barokes' technology. The Vinsafe technology utilizes three distinct elements, namely wine parameters, can specifications and filling conditions. It is the only globally recognized, patented wine-in-a-can packaging system that has been proven to deliver consistent quality, stability and longevity in canned wine. In the past years, Vinsafe wines have been awarded over 125 wine competition medals including seven Gold (two of them for "Best in Class") and one Platinum (along with a nomination for "Best at Show"). Ball signed the contract to manufacture and supply the specially produced cans for wine using the Vinsafe production process in December 2010. As an approved supplier, Ball will produce the aluminum cans with the Vinsafe logo to demonstrate that both can and content comply with the specially patented standards. With the two recently licensed Vinsafe fillers located in the major wine regions of Valencia (Spain) and Bordeaux (France), the European supply chain for Vinsafe is now established, offering European wineries a proven alternative packaging system for their wines and thus opening up new markets.
