![]() ![]() ![]() Lightweight, flexible, durable, environmentally friendly, easy to carry, waterproof, practical, hygienic, attractive, simple but perfect in design, the wineskin is a legacy of our past and a product that charms those who know how to enjoy the basic pleasures of life. Written evidence of its existence has been found as far back as ancient Greece (Homer in the Odyssey when Ulysses the hero gets Cyclops Polyphemus drunk by giving him wine in skins), in the Bible (Noah’s children got him drunk too using similar artefacts), in the immortal Cervantes' Don Quixote (when the old gentleman takes swipes and lunges at the landlord) and throughout the Golden Age of Spanish literature the references multiply. The original history of the ‘bota’ was really lost in ancient times but it was the Spanish that kept it alive. The ‘bota’ has been very important in Spanish history, being one of the containers used most by the Spanish people. On any traditional festivity this instrument emerges as one of the stars being passed between friends. Spain is the country with the greatest 'Botera' tradition in the world. The ‘Bota’ or wineskin is a leather bag used to contain any kind of liquid, but it is typically used to preserve and transport wine. ![]()
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