tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341210552011-12-29T17:27:37.246-05:00All about boxed wine - no bottles, no jugs, no aluminum cans, no tetrapaks - just bag in boxKathynoreply@blogger.comBlogger2091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-78538006938469283952009-03-04T10:00:00.006-05:002009-03-04T17:53:19.281-05:00

Have you tried this wine? If so, please add your own comment.Hardy's 2007 ChardonnayHardy's Stamp of AustraliaSouth Eastern Australia3 liter box, 2007Alcohol 13.5%About $19From the box:A fresh, lively wine featuring ripe peach and tropical fruit flavors with integrated oak.Reviews in the News:Dan Berger San Francisco Chronicle May 15, 2003. Tasted assortment.Of the four I sampled, the best was

Kathynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-80196957452305162862008-08-27T21:47:00.000-04:002008-09-08T23:31:30.319-04:00

This just appeared on the local grocery store shelf several months ago, and we've enjoyed it enough to buy again and serve at casual gatherings. Have you tried this wine? If so, please add your own comment.Turning Leaf 2007 Reserve Pinot GrigioTurning Leaf VineyardsModesto, California3 liter box, 2007About $19 - $20From the box:Ripe red apple flavors, highlighted by delicious hints of citrus

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From the New York Times: Glass Is Greener To the Editor: Re “Drink Outside the Box,” by Tyler Colman (Op-Ed, Aug. 18): Without a doubt, glass bottles are greener than wine boxes. Calculating a carbon footprint based solely on trucking capacity is myopic and fails to consider the carbon costs for extraction and manufacturing. Just envision the various elements that have to go into

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From the New York Times:Drink Outside the BoxAugust 18, 2008By TYLER COLMANOp-Ed ContributorITALY’S Agriculture Ministry announced this month that some wines that receive the government’s quality assurance label may now be sold in boxes. That’s right, Italian wine is going green, and for some connoisseurs, the sky might as well be falling.But the sky isn’t falling. Wine in a box makes sense

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Overproduction, market saturation, factory closures, and now ... a shortage of sand in France??? From The Scotsman, Edinburgh:Wine-lovers lose their bottleBy Lindsay McIntosh and Max OrbachApril 12, 2008THEY are the final resort of partygoers who should have left the barbecue some hours before – the cheap boxes of wine with their last dregs of plonk.But these boxes with their limp bags of booze

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From the El Paso Times:Quality wine is cheaper by the boxEl Paso Times StaffFebruary 12, 2008Regretfully, since neither our laws nor our customs support the concept of driving up to the pump to fill up our demijohns with wine as they do in Europe, the Wine in a Box concept is a good alternative to having wine available as an everyday staple at your table. Wine is slowly but surely becoming part

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From the New York Times, an anti-economy bias is confronted with an old classic in a new economical package:Basic InstinctsMy Cortex Made Me Buy ItBy By M. P. DUNLEAVEYPublished: February 9, 2008WHEN I invited a friend to dinner one day last summer, she mentioned that she would bring some Blue Nun white wine, in a box.If you’re not accustomed to hearing the words “box” and “wine” in the same

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Results of the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition for 2008 are in, and a boxed wine made it into a fine list of gold medal winning budget wines:7 gold-medal winning wines for $12 or less 02:16 PM CDT on Thursday, April 10, 2008By REBECCA MURPHY / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsWines in The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition are judged by grape variety and, in some large

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Although this article is from way back in 2003, it had lots of good tasting notes by Carol Emert:Box wine is getting better all the time Carol Emert, Chronicle Staff WriterThursday, December 4, 2003In the American collective conscience, wine sold in a box isn't actually wine, it's a separate category referred to as "box wine.""Box wine" comes in a box, as distinct from "wine," which is something

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Le Cask old vine zinfandel got some good reviews, and then disappeared from the market. Now it's back! From the Stockton Record:Raising the bar for the box Lodi vintner puts premium wine in Le CaskBy Reed FujiiRecord Staff WriterFebruary 12, 2008 6:00 AMLODI - Call it Le Cask deux.More than four years after launching a premium wine in a 3-liter, bag-in-box package only to have a business dispute

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How to improve on BiB??? How about get rid of the cardboard? Check this out:Other innovations include the Kube, a clear plastic box with a bag of wine inside -- one up on the plastic pouch plus cardboard surround bag-in-box type structure. It is better, say producers, because it is more easily recyclable, being all plastic, rather than a plastic paper mix, and you can also, if desired, stick it

Kathynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-84301362242148398862008-04-04T12:45:00.004-04:002008-12-10T03:49:17.562-05:00

Pinot Evil has certainly had a mixed response, but W. Blake Gray of the San Francisco Chronicle liked it when he tasted it last July. Click on the link to go to the Chronicle Podcast site and listen.Wine: NV Pinot Evil Vin de Pays de l'Ile de Beaute Pinot NoirImagine our surprise when Chronicle wine reporter W. Blake Gray recommended a red wine that's only five bucks -- and it's Pinot Noir!

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Fifty boxed wines in a blind tasting (with a few bottles slipped in).Sipping From the Spigot The time has come for the great boxed-wine challengeBY WES MARSHALLAugust 10, 2007A quick show of hands: How many of you open a $20-plus bottle of wine each night? How many carefully age their wines for measured maturity? When you pop the cork, do you finish the whole bottle? If not, do you notice how it

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-22938174047401286432008-03-16T20:18:00.000-04:002008-03-16T20:19:43.832-04:00

OK, since I recently posted about the Chateau de Pena Cuvee de Pena, I guess I should add it to my list of bag-in-box wines. (Reposting today with additional reviews):Chateau de Pena Cuvee de Pena 2003From Chateau de PenaFrance, Languedoc-Roussillon3 liter box, vintage datedGrenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, CarignanWine Spectator 87, Wine Advocate 86About $18 - $25The Wine Spectator: Ripe, dark fruit

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-15283743620928856222008-03-16T19:57:00.004-04:002008-03-16T20:04:32.465-04:00

From AOL, a nice list of tasting notes on boxed wines, some Tetra Pak, some bag-in-box.Think Outside the (Wine) BoxNicole Goksel, AOLMyths, Truths & Shopping SuggestionsBoxed wines of the past had a deservedly bad rap, but new packaging techniques have enticed makers of excellent vino to get juiced about wine boxes. We sipped and swirled over a dozen of 'em, so keep clicking to get our top picks

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From Adams Market Research in October:Boxed Wines Growing at Grocery and Liquor Stores NationwideNAPA, CA -- Boxed wines have been around for quite awhile. Indeed, millions of cases of wine packaged in 5-liter boxes are being sold each year under the Franzia (The Wine Group), Peter Vella (E&J Gallo) and Almaden (Canandaigua) labels. Some studies suggest that about 20% of all wine consumed in the

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From OttowaFood.com, the online Ottowa restaurant guide. The wines tasted were 1 liter packaging which indicates Tetra Pack, but some of these are also available in 3L bag in box:Boxed Wine groovy or grim?Ok, maybe it’s just because of fond memories, but I love the idea of boxed wine. My first wine experiences included boxed wine in Australia, where you could get pretty good quality vino in a

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From the Times Herald-Record of the Huson Valley, New York:Tastings: the evolution of the wine boxAugust 26, 2007Summer may be slipping away, but that doesn't mean that the party will be ending any time soon.There are plenty of Labor Day barbecues, tailgating picnics and game nights ahead.Beer, of course, is often the beverage of choice at these gatherings. But a new generation of boxed wines now

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I LOVE this! A low-end Chard match-up. Cut to the chase:Peter Vella NVTrove 2005Charles Shaw 2006Franzia NVMy husband and I drank up a case of the now famous 2005 Two-Buck Chuck Chard and enjoyed it very much. Recently a friend bought a case and when we shared some with him we were disappointed. Turned out it was the '06, and it's true, it just doesn't measure up to the bar set by the '05

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From the Chicago Daily Herald:Boxed wine stepping up a notch with '07 varietiesMary Ross9/5/2007Don't turn up your nose at a new generation of boxed wines. The best are well-made, tasty and perfectly suited to carefree occasions, especially at picnics and pools where glass bottles are often verboten.I'd choose a carton of French Rabbit, for instance, over many bottled wines any day. French Rabbit

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We've noticed the big change to Delicato's Bota Box wine packaging. Of course when one sees this kind of package (kraft paper, no coating, no bright colors), one wonders whether the "environmentally friendly" concept is more an impression than a reality. Apparently in this case the environmental friendliness of the printing process is a reality.One of the business segments Proactive Packaging

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From Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, February 4, 2008:Inside the boxBY DAVE FALCHEK, WINESTEIN02/04/2008When Ryan Sproule was laid off from his job as a software engineer in the early 1990s, he looked for possible business opportunities and found the answer in his empty wine glass and dwindling bank account.He's not a winemaker, not a grape grower, and certainly not a wine snob. Even when he was

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From the New York Times, February 10, 2008:Since only around 200,000 bottles of Tavel make their way to the United States each year (out of an annual production of five million), a voyage to the source is the most surefire way to slake an ardent thirst. Thirty of Tavel’s wineries are open to visitors. For one-stop sampling, the Caveau St.-Vincent, smack in the center of town, offers 30 Tavel

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This is what we were drinking a couple of weeks ago.Castillo de Fuendejalon (Fuendeyalon)Bodegas AragonesasImported by the Marchetti Company, Scoperta Importing Co.Spain, Campo de Borja region3 liter box, NVabout $14 - $19Rich and full-bodied red wine with a nice balance of fruit.• Color: Rojo cereza picota, con ribetes de juventud, limpio y brillante. • Aroma: Aromas de

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From Off Licence News (UK):Four-month shelf life for bag-in-box winesPublished: 28-09-2007Written by: Graham HolterBag-in-box wine could stay fresh and drinkable for more than four months, according to a manufacturer who has developed a new type of tap.Worldwide Dispensers' new ViniPlus system boasts a "greatly improved oxygen barrier" which enhances shelf life far more effectively than current

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According to this article from Reuters, attitudes towards boxed wine are changing in England, although there is still resistance to the alternative forms of wine packaging.Bagged or boxed? - Wine targets green shoppersBy Sylvia WestallLONDON, July 18 (Reuters) -Set the dining table, light some candles and crack open a nice bag of wine.Serving guests wine from a plastic pouch or box may no longer

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Bag in box, without the box. From Arniston Bay Wines in South Africa comes a 1.5 litre pouch:Take it easy with Arniston Bay wines in pouchesJust in time for the party season, Arniston Bay wines have laid up a surprise for wine lovers. They are presenting two of their fine wines in new easy to carry resealable 1.5 litre lifestyle pouches, holding twice as much as a traditional bottle at a

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The newly redesigned Bota Box from Delicato Family Vineyards is showing up on the shelves. It appears that Delicato is spinning off the Bota Box Wines as a seperate product line, distancing it from the Delicato name. I searched for "Delicato" on the box, and if it was there, it was well hidden. I did not find it.Bota Box Wine Goes Green NAPA, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ --In a response to a

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This is from Wines & Vines, May 2002Is it time for wine boxes? - bag-in-box wine growing in popularity Wines & Vines, May, 2002 by Larry WalkerTony Norskog, owner and winemaker of Nevada County Wine Guild in Nevada City, Calif., has a challenge for some daring Napa County winemaker: Bag it. That is, put a Napa County Cabernet Sauvignon in a bag-in-box. "The first Napa County Cabernet Sauvignon

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Another white wine addition to the list of bag-in-box wines:Trove ChardonnayTrove Wines (Centerra Wine Company, Constellation Brands)California3 liter box, vintage datedAbout $19 - $232005 California Chardonnay. This stylish, delectable, medium-bodied Chardonnay, produced from choice North and Central Coast grapes, boasts creamy tropical fruit aromas and round, smooth flavors enriched by soft oak

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From Chicago Sun-Times, February 6, 2006:Once a joke, boxed wine acquires snob appeal: Tru sommelierChicago Sun-Times, Feb 6, 2006 by Janet Rausa Fuller Avec, the chic restaurant on West Randolph, offers on its wine list what has long been considered extremely unhip: Wine in a box.But this wine isn't a throwback to the cheesy, blush-colored stuff you may remember when big hair and stonewashed

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From the Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, MI, September 6, 2007:Wine in NashvilleBoxed reds have improved in qualityLast week we reviewed boxed white wines to augment tailgating, but for many fans, red wine might be more appealing - especially in a box.There are plenty of reasons to go red on game day - to pair with burgers and hot dogs, to avoid chilled drinks once the weather turns cold, or

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From the News-Leader of Springfield, MO, August 26, 2007.Boxed wine cheap, but doesn't taste it Hardys of southeastern Australia is a major producer of wines in the land down under.One of the company's claims to fame is the production of really good wine packaged in three-liter boxes, the equivalent of four regular bottles of wine. These boxes are made of heavy cardboard with a plastic bag

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From the Charleston Daily Mail09/12/2007THE FOOD GUY BOXED WINE IS FINE AND KEEPS WELLSTEVEN KEITHThe fact that I'm following up last week's wine column with this week's on wine and beer should in no way suggest that I've lost my mind and/or fallen off the wagon. With three young boys to raise, however, it does often feel like I've fallen off the deep end.Since I started down a slippery slope

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We all know that boxed wine comes into it's own for outdoor activities, and I think it's just great for tailgating! Frank and Kate Sutherland tasted two boxed Aussie Chards, two boxed French wines, and a five liter California sangria. For authenticity, they actually tasted them tailgating in a parking lot.Wine: For tailgating, break out the box8/29/2007By FRANK SUTHERLANDand KATE

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From the Champaign Illinois News-GazetteA new trend: Upscale boxed winesBy KIRBY PRINGLENews-Gazette Staff WriterDecember 5, 2003 With Christmas and New Year's Eve parties coming up, have I got a deal for you. If you are having trouble ponying up money to supply wine for a large group, now is the time to think about a big ol' box of wine. And no, I'm not talking about Franzia, Peter Vella or

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So, OK, Two-Buck Chuck is not boxed wine, but I'm going to include this item here because I have had so many conversations about Two-Buck Chuck vs premium boxed wines. I must admit, I am stunned. The California State Fair Wine Competition judged the Charles Shaw 2005 California Chardonnay best best of class. This was on yesterday's Business Wire. The news is apparently so fresh that the results

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From the Orlando SentinelCheers! Outside-the-box drinkingThe Associated Press June 27, 2007Box wine is now the fastest-growing wine category. According to data from AC Nielsen, 3-liter box wine volume grew 44 percent in the past year, compared to a 3 percent gain in overall table-wine volume. Although wine has been packaged in a box for some time, the new boxes aren't like those 5-liter jugs

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The Box Wines blog got some press today from Lenn Thompson on Hamptons.com. Lenn has another excellent wine blog, LENNDEVOURS. Lenn wrote about wine information on the web, in particular about the vibrant world of wine blogging. He mentions several good blogs, ending with Box Wines.Lest you think wine blogs are yet another spot for wine snobbery, there's even a blog for lovers of boxed wines. The

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From ExpaticaWine packaging: Bag-in-box, plastic bottles, cork comeback?BORDEAUX, France, June 22, 2007 (AFP) - In the past 12 years, France, the world's leading wine producer, has fostered just one revolution in the world of packaging -- the bag-in-box, or BIB. The slow pace of change has been offset however by the fact that French BIB wine tastes much better than that in Britain -- sometimes

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This little news bit is from China Wines Information WebsiteThe first unique store of French wine bag-in-box was established in ShanghaiBeaujolais wine which had a long history for 102 years was from one of ten major wine regions in France. Recently, the first unique store of Beaujolais wine was set up in Shanghai. At the wine-tasting for opening, a lot of people spoke highly of the wine. The

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The first Italian Pinot Grigio on the list of bag-in-box wines. Have you tried this wine? If so, please leave a comment:Angel Juice Pinot GrigioImported by Angel Juice Cellars, Ripon CA (Underdog Wine Merchants, the Wine Group)Venezie region, Italy3 liter box, vintage datedAbout $19With bright citrus notes, tropical fruit and honeysuckle, this Pinot Grigio exhibits the distinctive color, balance

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Many who purchase boxed wine appreciate the convenience and the economy of the box. Are these the people who will spend $132 on a stylish unmarked box from which to serve said boxed wine? Many who shun boxed wine assume the contents to be inferior. Will placing the bag of wine in a fancy, anonymous, Danish box improve their opinion of the contents?I'm not sure who the VinUno is for. Certainly not

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Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, wine writers for the Wall Street Journal, had a great article yesterday on a little boxed wine experiment they conducted. In Boxed Wines Face The Six-Week Challenge, we learn the answer to the question they posed - does boxed wine really last for weeks after opening? They designed a blind tasting experiment using FishEye wines, and the results are VERY surprising!

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Today, from the Washington Postwashingtonpost.comSunday Source Tip SheetPutting Bacchus in a BoxBoxed wines are anti-chic. They are the wino's wines, Mom's tipple from the fridge after Dad has gone to bed, or painful reminders of cheap college hangovers when our knowledge of wine was limited to "red," "white" and "pink."Yet wine in a box has some advantages: A three-liter carton takes the space

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From The Scotsman, in Scotland on Sunday, there's an article about an entrepreneur bringing premium boxed wine to ScotlandSun 3 Jun 2007Now wine lovers can think out of the boxWILLIAM LYONS WINE CORRESPONDENTIT USED to be the scourge of the summer party, reserved for the hoi polloi and definitely not for connoisseurs. But now a Frenchwoman living in Scotland is aiming to do for boxed wine what

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Sunday's New York Daily News lifestyle section featured an article on boxed red wines. A blind tasting of 14 wines resulted in thumbs up for six wines including Powers 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Banrock Station 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, Black Box 2005 Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, Delicato 2005 Merlot, and Black Box 2004 Merlot.Six boxed reds deserve to fly off the shelf By MARY

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Boxed wine is featured today in By the Glass on WineCountry.com.For Picnics, Think Inside the Box The 411 on better boxed wines By Courtney CochranWhen I think of all the fabulous things that come in boxes – chocolates, engagement rings, and presents comes to mind – and then reflect on the sad reputation of wines that come in boxes, I get a little down. The reason is, although boxed wines are

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-77660222277257892562007-06-09T09:13:00.000-04:002007-06-09T09:24:15.665-04:00

The Tasting Lab of Cook's Illustrated asked the question "Do boxed wines stand up to bottled when used in cooking?" The Tasting Lab conducted a blind test of a red wine pan sauces using premium 3-liter boxed wine, 5-liter boxed red plonk, and a $10 Cotes du Rhone. The results? All the sauces were just fine. They repeated the test 2 weeks later, and all the boxed wine sauces were fine, but the

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-91869549224253223812007-06-07T08:00:00.000-04:002007-06-07T08:06:06.817-04:00

The Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia, reports today on the rising consumption of bottled wine, and an accompanying decline in boxed wine consumption.The strong economy, wine discounting and consumers trading up to better quality wine have all been linked to the rising consumption of bottled wine.. . .Bottled red wine consumption rose by 9 per cent to 100,964 million litres in the same time.It

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-26129852645748507092007-06-02T01:06:00.000-04:002007-06-02T01:16:32.805-04:00

The question is "WHY NOT?"Today, in Online Cooking, Clara Myers asks:Wine In a Box... Why? Friday, 1st June 2007 By Clara MyersWine snobs don’t turn your patrician noses up just yet. There are actually valid reasons to box wine. Boxed wines actually take up less space than bottles if you throw away the box and just refrigerate the membrane.Europeans have been selling boxed wine for years now, and

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-71059346926906284942007-06-01T07:47:00.000-04:002007-06-01T07:49:50.022-04:00

And Bill Daley of the Chicago Tribune agrees. This in today's paper:For cooking, drinkable beats expensiveBy Bill DaleyCHICAGO TRIBUNE Wine Q&A Question: I am an amateur chef -- not good, but I like what I do. I often see recipes using wine as an ingredient, but the recipes almost never tell me what kind to use. So, what kind of wine: good, everyday, screw-top cap? Can the balance be stored or

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-17383821531341867882007-05-31T08:04:00.000-04:002007-05-31T08:22:34.766-04:00

There was an excellent article in yesterday's Southwest Florida News-Press. Rose O'Dell, a wine judge and trained sommelier, along with 40 others, sampled three red wines and three boxed wines in a blind tasking. The recommendations:Best red, Banrock Station Merlot. Best white, a tie between Wine Cube Sauvigon Blanc (Target), and Delicato Pinot Grigio.Box wine perfect outdoorsBy Rose O'Dell

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-2293082659124385002007-05-27T15:29:00.000-04:002008-12-10T03:49:18.315-05:00

Another California Cab addition to our list of bag-in-box wines:Wine Block Cabernet SauvignonWine Block Winery (Kendall Jackson)Santa Rosa, California1.5 liter box, vintage datedAbout $10"dark and earthy cabernet is brightened by juniper, raspberry and chocolate flavors - hins of licorice and cherry cola are balanced nicely by well-integrated oak" -- Lise Skaanild, Winemaker. 75% cabernet

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-4659375513473734692007-05-22T20:07:00.000-04:002007-05-22T20:14:05.561-04:00

In today's Democrat and Chronicle, of Rochester, NY, wine writer Holly Howell finally overcomes her reluctance to give boxed wine a chance. The result is a great article and some nice wine reviews. An exerptTime to get over stigma of box wineHolly Howell(May 22, 2007) — Now, I have never considered myself to be a wine snob. I am a wine enjoyer, and I believe in giving every fermented grape a

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-18265260478221086912007-05-22T19:53:00.000-04:002007-05-22T20:07:10.121-04:00

In today's FDL Reporter of Fond due Lac, Wisconsin, the Wine Lady says Fewer wineries putting a cork in it. The article mostly looks at corks and screw caps, and their changing trends in wine packaging. She wraps up the article with a mention of boxed wine.Of course, box wine is a whole another story, but in Australia and New Zealand cask (box) wine out sells bottles. They are better for the

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-4728394037636804422007-05-17T08:22:00.000-04:002007-05-17T08:57:50.292-04:00

There's apparently still a battle going on between the Washington State Liquor Control Board and Washington's wine industry over Franzia's labeling. An article on Seattlest on May 16 quotes Syd Abrams, former lobbyist for the California Wine Institute, now a partner in a large Washington vineyard: "It's not wine. It's not right."Looking out for his private interests now, Abrams finds it curious

Kathynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-32944206034564806632007-05-12T11:37:00.000-04:002007-05-12T11:46:38.295-04:00

Yesterday on Beverage World, a look at the changing image of boxed wine.Image of Box Wines is ImprovingMay 11, 2007. . .With better wine varieties now available in boxes, wineries are attempting to give the category a new identity far from the rowdy boating trips and fraternity parties that gave boxed vino its cheap, low-quality image.The effort seems to be slowly paying off.Box wine is now the

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-83961604217176462342007-05-01T17:10:00.000-04:002007-05-01T17:21:52.448-04:00

There's a great article about alternative wine packaging in this month's Wine Enthusiast. In Beyond The Bottle, Paul Gregutt looks at bag-in-box, Tetra Pak, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles. Here's and exerpt covering bag-in-box wines:Bag-in-a-box or “cask” wines are going mainstream. Although five-liter boxes of nondescript, generic wines initially gave boxes a bad rep, the arrival of

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-18839152524357499932007-05-01T09:45:00.000-04:002008-12-10T03:49:18.491-05:00

The "secret allure" of boxed wines? This is no secret. Here's a TV news story from Fox News St. Louis. Elliot Weiler interviews Bill Kniep of Pinnacle Imports. Kniep loves the Jean Marc Brocard white table wine from Burgundy. He believes that in seven years or so there will be wide acceptance of boxed wines in the marketplace. Click on the image to go to the video on the Fox St Louis

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-29553232478918528352007-04-29T09:15:00.000-04:002007-04-29T09:35:06.397-04:00

Christian Pillsbury, in an April 24 post on the wine blog winibris, has some great comments on the boxed wine trend.I don’t like box wine. I am however a fan of box wine. It’s not a snob thing; I just usually know something not much more expensive that will provide me with a lot more pleasure.winberis.com: On box wineWhile boxed wine may not be the choice for him, Christian believes that boxed

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-63867221189651900582007-04-13T19:18:00.000-04:002007-04-13T19:29:49.832-04:00

This week the Wine & Spirits Daily blog posted the results of an informal reader survey question regarding acceptance of boxed wine. In WILL HIGH END WINES EVER GET BOXED? the responses ran the gamut from "absolutely" to a succinct "NO." Take a look at the post to read all the responses.Yesterday we revealed survey results concerning critter brand in which most respondents said the category has

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-51327019464090648202007-04-02T08:46:00.000-04:002007-04-02T08:56:12.695-04:00

Yesterday Patti Reising of KCBS radio in San Francisco spoke with Wilfred Wong, Cellar Master of Bevmo, and Jon Bonne, wine columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, about the increasing quality and popularity of boxed wines. (Listen here).Boxed Wines Grow in Quality, PopularitySAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Boxed wine has long had a bad reputation, and for good reason according to Bevmo Cellar Master

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-86869063080491863892007-03-30T16:18:00.000-04:002007-03-30T16:32:40.621-04:00

Last November I posted about a website called Box of Wine - A Cultural Icon, and it's creator, S.K. Waller, who is working on a coffee-table book about boxed wine. Now Steph Waller has come to the attention of the Associated Press, in an article by Lauren Shepherd.Composer-turned-writer Steph Waller considers herself something of a wine connoisseur. But she isn't seduced by the sweet smell of

Kathynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-3247074900843371392007-03-23T22:52:00.000-04:002007-03-23T23:24:47.197-04:00

IN the beginning, there was cooking wine. And Americans cooked with it, and said it was good. Then, out of the darkness, came a voice. Said Julia Child: “If you do not have a good wine to use, it is far better to omit it, for a poor one can spoil a simple dish and utterly debase a noble one.” And so we came to a new gospel: Never cook with a wine you wouldn’t drink.It Boils Down to This: Cheap

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-43673646418985803962007-03-23T20:46:00.000-04:002007-03-23T20:50:58.924-04:00

According the The Yakima Herald, Teff Cellars wines are available at Costco. Now I have a reason to drive 160 miles to shop at Costco. Perhaps I should phone first to make sure they have the Tefft. Here's a bit from the article:No, Guilty Pleasures doesn't need five-gallon drums of salad dressing or soy sauce. But a five-pack of Laughing Cow cheese wedges and Tefft Cellars' fabulous

Kathynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-35553112188984297152007-03-16T18:34:00.000-04:002008-12-10T03:49:18.927-05:00

Wine Blogging Wednesday #31, on the theme of Box Wines and Non-Traditional Packaging, has wrapped up; big thanks to Roger at Box Wines blog for hosting this virtual tasing. You can find his excellent roundup of the participants' posts here. Twenty two bloggers joined him to participate this month, including The Boxed Wine Spot (we tasted five boxed Pinot Grigios).The spectrum of this tasting

Kathynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-40087948505943501592007-03-13T21:46:00.000-04:002008-12-10T03:49:19.321-05:00

Nine good friends,five boxes of California Pinot Grigioin plain brown wrappers,and one enormous pot of soupThe theme of today's Wine Blogging Wednesday #31 (Box Wines and Non-Traditional Packaging) offered a great excuse to seek out some of the more interesting top-end boxed wines on the market. And we did seek; but alas, we did not find.I am often able to find interesting boxed wines when I

Kathynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-60979765386980247902007-03-10T09:31:00.000-05:002007-03-10T22:48:46.839-05:00

I'm still waiting for FreeRange wines to come to my part of the country, and now with even greater anticipation.The Bordeaux Wine Bureau has just released it's latest list of 100 top Bordeaux. The list, entitled "Today's Bordeaux 2007," includes the FreeRange 2005 Red Bordeax, in a 3 liter bag-in-box package, from JuiceBox Wine Company. This Bordeaux is produced by Eric Dulong of Dulong Freres

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This Boxed Wine Picnic will take place on Saturday, March 17, 1:00 - 5:00 PM. Sounds like fun!The Tucson Chapter of the American Wine Society is hosting a "boxed wine" picnic at a mystery location near Benson, Arizona. The wine will be paired with fried chicken and side dishes/desserts. We will coordinate car pools from Tucson and drive to the event location. Cost for this event is $15.00 (cash

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-79379314503272453942007-03-08T19:10:00.000-05:002007-03-08T19:17:40.335-05:00

Now, I've heard of Chateau Cardboard, but this one is new to me. From The Top Kitchen blog.Word of the Day: Chateauneuf-du-Box Chateauneuf-du-Box is a Kitchenese play on words. It’s a silly and fancy way to say “wine in a box.” It’s referent, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, is a town in southern France that is known for producing a rustic red wine.The Top Kitchen: Word of the Day:

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Ernest Gallo died yesterday at age 97.E&J Gallo Winery is the largest wine company in the US, with annual US sales of 75,000,000 cases (2005 estimate, Wine Business Monthly). Among the wines in the Gallo family: Barefoot Cellars, Livingston Cellars, Red Bicyclette, Redwood Creek, Boone's Farm, Turning Leaf, Peter Vella (5 liter box), Carlo Rossi (available in a 4 liter box), Bella Sera, Black

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-89335848727917850322007-03-06T08:22:00.000-05:002007-03-06T08:39:08.051-05:00

For some wine drinkers, boxed wine is a blessing. Those who drink a glass a day appreciate how well it keeps after opening. Anyone putting on a large pool party appreciates the no-glass package, and the economy.For some however, it's a curse, as J points out in Ashley's Big Secret Blog, excerpted here:If you and a pal were to sit down for a nice evening of imbibing, you would pull out one bottle

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-20690160524528086572007-03-02T11:32:00.000-05:002007-03-02T12:33:06.015-05:00

In today's Portland State University Daily Vanguard, there's an article entitled Don't be afraid to explore the world of wine. Writer Matt Petrie's remarks about wine by the glass and box wines got me thinking once again about boxed wine in restaurant by-the-glass programs.Wines by the glass bear some of the biggest markups a bar thinks they can get away with. A bottle that would retail for $10,

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-12340826374033809502007-03-01T21:03:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:28:23.188-05:00

From the July 1, 2006 edition of Brand Packaging:Consumers Not Boxed In By Wine PackagingBy Dana Dratch With more premium offerings entering the box format, Americans are beginning to think outside the bottle.In the past few years, a host of American wineries have joined a global trend in packaging their products in boxes.In Sweden, 65 percent of wines sold are in the box format, according to

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-78610724611807901182007-03-01T20:55:00.000-05:002007-03-01T21:22:13.748-05:00

The first California Merlot on the list of bag-in-box wines:Corbett Canyon MerlotCorbett Canyon Vineyards (The Wine Group)California3 liter box, vintage datedAlso available in bottleAbout $10 - $15Our Merlot is medium bodied with deep blackberry aromas and a soft, satisfying finish. Enjoy its smooth flavors with grilled pork chops, braised lamb and roast chicken.Corbett Canyon Vineyards:

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Ryan Sproule of Black Box Wines knows that boaters love boxed wine. The Miami New Times blog reports that boaters make south Florida the second biggest market for Black Box Wines.February 20, 2007Wine in a BoxRyan Sproulee sauntered into the New Times office Friday afternoon, yet another vendor in town for the boat show. The chipper, silver haired man produced three black milk-carton sized

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The FishEye TV ad campaign has begun. I've missed it so far. I may have to watch one of those TV shows I've never even seen before.Premium boxed wine maker starts $4.5 million ad campaign East Bay Business TimesFebruary 26, 2007by Chris Rauber Fisheye Wines, a unit of the Wine Group specializing in wines packaged in 3 liter casks, rolled out a $4.5 million national TV ad campaign on Oscar night

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-89574964589526636902007-02-26T21:01:00.000-05:002007-02-26T21:15:06.668-05:00

These are the California boxed wines that placed in the 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (as far as I could glean from just skimming the lists).Trove 2005 Chardonnay - BronzeFishEye 2005 Pinot Grigio - GoldBlack Box 2005 Pinot Grigio - SilverDelicato 2005 Pinot Grigio - BronzeTrove 2005 Pinot Grigio - BronzeDelicato 2005 Shiraz - GoldGlen Ellen 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon - BronzeKiller

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-78189232299522618672007-02-26T16:30:00.000-05:002008-12-10T03:49:20.534-05:00

From The May 8, 2006 edition of the New York Post, No Glass - Wine in a Box Is No Longer a Joke, looks at the alternative wine packaging trend. It's a good article, though I can hardly agree with the statement that "the packaging revolution started in July 2003." Maybe that's when the writer first noticed it.No GlassWine in a Box Is No Longer a Jokeby Andrea StrongMay 7, 2006DO you know the

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-24463007775819907292007-02-26T12:04:00.000-05:002007-02-26T12:11:48.050-05:00

Look for a new boxed wine offering from Chile. It's good to see a Fair Trade and certified organic product offered in this economical and fuel-thrifty bag-in-box package.TABORGA Chilean Wines Introduce First 3L Bag-in-Box Wine From ChileTABORGA Chilean wines, produced by award-winning, FLO Fair Trade and IMO Organic certified vineyard, Lomas de Cauquenes from the Maule Valley of Chile, are

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-79894577385995660692007-02-25T17:27:00.000-05:002008-12-10T03:49:20.696-05:00

This excellent article about boxed wine was published in the May 2006 issue of Sunset Magazine. Ten of the Sunset staff (including the wine and food editors) tasted 25 boxed wines and picked the top five: Black Box Chard 2005; Delicato Merlot 2004; Stonehaven Chard 2005; Wine Cube Pinot Grigio 2004; and Wine Cube Shiraz 2004.Wine in a box?Premium wines can come in surprising packages. Read about

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Fisheye Wines rolled out their Pinot Grigio and Shiraz wines in 3-liter boxes last year. Now the winery plans to bring boxed wine to TV advertising.Prime Time for Premium ''Boxed'' Wine TV Campaign Launches Fisheye Premium Wine CasksFisheye Wines, the innovative California premium winery offering award-winning Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay and Shiraz in 3-liter cask packaging, will roll out a $4.5

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-42474274599054483512007-02-24T17:55:00.000-05:002007-02-24T18:10:04.946-05:00

Speaking of boxed wine in France, here's an interesting snippet from the Corkdork. The photo shows a tower of BiB boxes awaiting filling.For those lucky enough to live in thr wine regions of France, boxed wine is a normal part of life. I was surprised to see this scene at Domaine Rabassee-Charavin. Note the firehose at the side of the tank. While I was there, winemaker Corinne Couturier filled

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-39633078502933348042007-02-24T10:53:00.000-05:002007-02-24T11:10:05.833-05:00

I've left this article sitting in my draft posts for over a week, thinking about it, because I'm slightly irritated by the American take on the news that in 2006, 12.5 per cent of French consumers said they had bought wine in bag-in-box packaging, up two percentage points from 2005. It's a nice increase, but I would hardly call this some kind of a sea-change, and some American press represented

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-41822518557778280352007-02-20T22:41:00.000-05:002007-02-26T20:15:28.272-05:00

The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), reports that wine in the Cheer Pack is coming to the LCBO.Wine's new bagBEPPI CROSARIOLPick of the weekBaldivis Estate Merlot 2004 ($13.95, No. 669069) is remarkably complex for something in a bag. The plum-like fruit and chocolate flavours are lifted by an earth-tobacco layer and juicy acidity. ****Al Gore, your wine has arrived. Actually, I have no clue

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-3863280033729244552007-02-14T19:05:00.000-05:002008-12-10T03:49:20.745-05:00

Boxed wine (and all other forms of non-traditional packaging) is the theme of next month's Wine Blogging Wednesday. WBW #31 is being hosted by Roger at Box Wines blog.I'm sure many wine bloggers are scratching their heads in puzzlement, wondering what sort of noxious plonk they will find inside the dreaded box. But I say "Woo-Hoooo!" This sounds like fun! Decisions, decisions....Domestic or

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-12077400076680386712007-02-11T22:07:00.000-05:002007-02-03T10:07:08.932-05:00

The Jaunted travel blog has discovered this new travel wine glass, shown in a post entitled Travel Gear For Lushes.We love boxed wine because we don't want to risk the hazards of glass on our boat, in our backpacks, on the beach, or at poolside. Now we can serve that boxed wine in a gracious manner; no need to settle for dixie cups!I need to buy a set of these wine glasses for our sailboat!

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-22419224839503514692007-01-27T08:34:00.000-05:002007-01-27T08:48:39.434-05:00

Bulgaria? Macedonia???? "American" wine can contain up to 25 percent foreign wine blended in. I knew that Australia was a big source for the bulk wines used in this blending, but I had no idea that Bulgaria and Macedonia were big bulk wine producers. In an article in today's Sacramento Bee, Michael Doyle writes that the California Association of Winegrape Growers wants to know just how

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-801798168946120022007-01-25T11:33:00.000-05:002007-01-25T11:40:55.231-05:00

Any readers in Schenectady, NY, here's a link to a coupon for $1.00 off boxed wine at Guidarelli's Discount Wines & Liquors. It's for 3, 4, or 5 liter box, limit of 3, good through end of January. DON'T try to print this image, it's not the valid coupon. Click on the image below to go to the site, and click on the print button there.technorati tags: box, boxed, wine, discount, coupon

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Bag-in-box packaging has long been recognized to have limitations in the oxygen-barrier department. Oxygen is wine's enemy, and the imperfect oxygen barrier offered by the BiB package places serious limitations on the shelf life of a box of wine. I have seen estimates of 12 to 18 months, and I've heard that boxed wine should probably be consumed within 6 months of purchase.Wine consumers, and

Kathynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-77916746325094594472007-01-22T19:19:00.000-05:002008-12-10T03:49:21.092-05:00

Well, whad'ya expect for 99 cents. Yes, that's 99 cents for THREE LITERS. We're not even talking Two Buck Chuck here. And what's more, it's imported (yes, part of that 99 cents is the price someone paid to ship this from Italy).The wine was Terra Cotta 2001 Merlot, product of Italy.So now I know where merlot-gone-really-bad ends it's life: at the DOLLAR STORE. I haven't been able to find

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-11182983560959615062007-01-20T19:44:00.000-05:002007-01-20T19:48:36.169-05:00

This year's Golden Globe grab bag of gifts included boxed wine. Celebrities visiting the Golden Globe Gift Suite were treated to Black Box Wines in the Gift Bag Suite.As the average Celebrity spends two hours in GBK's suite they might get hungry so Vidalia Grills will be serving up lunch on their Amazing grills which celebrities will than have the opportunity to use in their own homes. VIP

Kathynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34121055.post-90163871754234337912007-01-18T20:53:00.000-05:002007-01-18T21:21:40.661-05:00

What a great blog post on Eat about boxed wine! It's always refreshing to hear about the REAL Continental attitude toward the box. I'm so weary of the fallacious assumption on the part of the American press that wine in boxes is considered heresey by the French. The blogs of travellers and ex-pats give a view much more grounded in the realities of continental life.This was posted yesterday on

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Boxed wine is coming to India. This from Monday's edition of the Hindustan Times:Bag-in-box wines to make an entry into the Indian marketZeeshan ShaikhNasik, January 15, 2007With the Maharashtra Government giving a go-ahead for supermarkets to sell bottles of wine, wineries in the state in order to facilitate customer convenience are now planning to sell wine in boxes.Two of the states leading

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Here's another simple, elegant, and functional solution to the cardboard problem. The Tapsack is a beverage tote bag which allows discarding of the cardboard box. This was originally available in a 5-liter rugged version made for boating, camping and other outdoor recreation. Now Fairtradewind is introducing a fancy 3-liter version that is very classy.The situation: The wedding was beautiful;

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A while back I posted about the bag-in-box wine dispenser from the Swedish designer, Patrik Svanberg. I still find the appearance of this dispenser a little stark, and there is no way to identify the contents. The New York Times has picked up on this item, and today's business section features this article.Thinking Outside the CardboardBy BRENDAN I. KOERNERJanuary 14, 2007WINEMAKERS say that

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CityPaper (Wichita, KS) published this excellent boxed wine article for the holiday party season.I can't bring myself to refer to glorified juice boxes as "cask wines." And there was a missed opportunity to debunk the "hint of plastic in the aftertaste" myth. But, all in all, a great article. The writer's favorite bag-in-box wines brands are Banrock Station, Delicato, Hardy's, and Black

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This is one of the most talked about premium domestic boxed wines, famous for it's Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator ratings, and California State Fair honors in three consecutive years. Lots of reviews and tasting notes, in part because it's also available and very popular in bottles.Delicato ShirazDelicato Family VineyardsCalifornia, Lodi3 liter box, vintage dated (also available in bottle)

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According to Jon Fredrickson, a wine industry consultant in the San Francisco area, the answer is yes. An article in today's Miami Herald tells us that Fredrickson did his own testing. ''It drove my wife crazy. I left a box in the refrigerator for about five months. I honestly didn't notice any deterioration in taste or quality.''First screw tops, now boxes: New ways to fight oxidationBY LIBBY

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