burlap sack

[Bucko]

Who the hell buys a wine in a burlap bag, for crying out loud? Did you wear flour sacks to school like my mother? Were you abandoned on the doorstep of Boris and Natasha? Did you see WW in shorts (horrors)? [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Why DO they put wines in burlap and woven baskets and the like? There has to be some historical reason.......