Years ago boxed wine in the United States was held in the same regard as asbestos. I specify “in the United States” because I once had an Australian exchange student in one of my business classes at Oregon State and the professor made crack about boxed wine and the Australian student was like “…well…in Australia box wine is quite good.” Just goes to show how relatively young American wine culture is. Nowadays wine consumers are getting more savvy with what today’s technology can bring to the old world craft of wine making; especially on the consumer’s end. The technological wonder that is the box solves two huge issues for keeping wine; cork taint, and light.
The growing acceptance of boxed wine can be seen in your grocer’s wine section. If you haven’t specifically looked for box wine in awhile I bet you’ll be surprised at the number of choices beyond Franzia. I’ve gone through a couple of boxes of Black Box 2005 California Pinot Grigio and I must say I’m very pleased. I chose Black Box because their packaging shows off that their boxed wines have won awards. So someone more educated about wine than me thought they were “good enough” and that works for me. Each box contains four normal (750ml) bottles of wine for about the cost of two descent bottles. The box contraption perseveres the wine for up to a month, and all the packaging is 100% recyclable. A box of Black Box retails for about $24 at Safeway, but if you live near a WinCo you can snag one for under $18. So for more wino for your buck-o, check out Black Box wines. Other Black Box varieties include Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Conclusion: Highly Thumbed Up
[...] to Derrick Lepin, a box of Black Box retails for about $24 at Safeway. Each box contains the equivalent of four 750 [...]