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One
of the debates I have frequently with my
wine-drinking friends is about packaging.
Many wine drinkers focus
heavily on the container and closure
a wine comes in, almost to the point of
excluding its actual taste. Now, it's
clear where this perception (or
misperception) comes from. For years,
cheap bulk wines were put in less
expensive containers and
pricey glass bottles and cork
were reserved for better wines.
Today, this distinction is plenty
blurry. Imagine this taste-off:
a $2 Charles Shaw wine in a
glass bottle with a cork,
versus a 3 Liter boxed wine from
"Black Box" for $22 (equivalent to $5.50 per
standard bottle). With the Charles Shaw,
most of the $2 price just covers
that expensive packaging, while Black
Box uses high-quality grapes from regions such
as Napa Valley and Paso Robles and can
sell it to you at a great price because the
packaging is, well ...
cheap.
Consider also that many people don't finish a
bottle of wine in one night. I've tried every
special closure under
the sun (moving it to a
smaller container and refrigerating it is the
most effective) but nothing
really preserves it
completely because you've let in air. With
a boxed wine, the bag inside deflates as you
use the wine and stays airtight, letting
you keep the wine fresh over a
day to a week. Here's a
few better-quality wines that come in
untraditional packaging to
try:
Black
Box (3 Liter boxes)
Three Thieves (1 Liter jugs and
Tetrapaks)
DTour (3 Liter 'tube' boxes)
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