The Official Boxed Wine Thread

[Hardluck]

I prefer wine that has a screw off cap!

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by Raazor

I only buy the box. It doesn't say shit on it.

Damn. ok, i'll try to find a Costco with in-store liquor/wine and see what's what.

Thanks for the tip.

[Raazor]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Snobs like you keep snobbish wineries in business. I spent 11 years in Napa valley. I brewed beer. I’ve been to Champagne France and Wurzburg Germany. I’ve seen how they treat wine and beer. They hide it from the sun. Keep thinking what you are drinking is soooooo much better. Keep those nose in the air wineries in business. I’ll drink fantastic wines and beer from people that understand how to keep their product as they want. Not based on a bottle and a cork.

Nobody gets it until you take the plunge. I started buying box wine as a joke to show people how frugal I am.

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by Hardluck

I prefer wine that has a screw off cap!

It's a lot more common these days due to the cork shortage a few years ago.

[Raazor]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

Damn. ok, i'll try to find a Costco with in-store liquor/wine and see what's what.

Thanks for the tip.

[Raazor]

Originally Posted by Hardluck

I prefer wine that has a screw off cap!

I like to put a bottle of that in my hotel room... no corkscrew needed

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Snobs like you keep snobbish wineries in business. I spent 11 years in Napa valley. I brewed beer. I’ve been to Champagne France and Wurzburg Germany. I’ve seen how they treat wine and beer. They hide it from the sun. Keep thinking what you are drinking is soooooo much better. Keep those nose in the air wineries in business. I’ll drink fantastic wines and beer from people that understand how to keep their product as they want. Not based on a bottle and a cork.

Not sure why you're pissed, all i said was that the preserving qualityies of the bag don't really come into play for me.

And I'm no wine snob, far from it.

And I worked for Diageo for a long time, if you want to compare credentials

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

It's a lot more common these days due to the cork shortage a few years ago.

Natural corks now are shit. Almost every one lately leaves a reminder in the bottle.

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

Not sure why you're pissed, all i said was that the preserving qualityies of the bag don't really come into play for me.

And I'm no wine snob, far from it.

And I worked for Diageo for a long time, if you want to compare credentials

I’m no Sommelier. If you are, my apologies. But the number of people I have shown how new technology wine/beer preservation is better than corked bottles is huge.

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

I’m no Sommelier. If you are, my apologies. But the number of people I have shown how new technology wine/beer preservation is better than corked bottles is huge.

Yup, I'm not disagreeing with you on the preservation stuff. I was saying that if the product isn't good going into the bag, then the bag is just preserving a not - good product That's all. And I was calling myself a wine-o by saying if I open a bottle, there's not going to be any left to recork hahahaah

And no, not a sommelier, I know more about Scottish brown liquor than fermented grapes by a long shot. (And Guinness )

[Thunder22]

For any of you who are Scotch drinkers, here's a handy Scotch chart you can reference regarding the flavor of the scotch. It was a give away we did for shows and customers.

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

Yup, I'm not disagreeing with you on the preservation stuff. I was saying that if the product isn't good going into the bag, then the bag is just preserving a not - good product That's all. And I was calling myself a wine-o by saying if I open a bottle, there's not going to be any left to recork hahahaah

And no, not a sommelier, I know more about Scottish brown liquor than fermented grapes by a long shot. (And Guinness )

I’ve got a few wanna be sommeliers that come to my house for dinner. Everything is in carafes so they are always on point trying to figure me out. 😂

[Egnalf]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

For any of you who are Scotch drinkers, here's a handy Scotch chart you can reference regarding the flavor of the scotch. It was a give away we did for shows and customers.

Where is the stuff the tastes like used charcoal??

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

I’ve got a few wanna be sommeliers that come to my house for dinner. Everything is in carafes so they are always on point trying to figure me out. 😂

I solve that easily:

When friends arrive i uncork a "#1" bottle or 2 and get the BAL up on everyone.

Then I quietly switch over to #2 and if everyone is hammered and can't taste it anyway, I break out the #3 bottles. Especially if people are just drinking for sport, no point in wasting the good stuff on a bunch of drunks lol

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by Egnalf

Where is the stuff the tastes like used charcoal??

ha! Smokey... top of the chart. Like Lagavulin, it's like drinking smokey grass... I hate it.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Raazor

What's your poison?

Personally, you simply cannot beat Costco's "Box of Cab".

Unless it's with Costco's whiskey section.

[Raazor]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Unless it's with Costco's whiskey section.

no whiskey at Montucky Costcos

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Unless it's with Costco's whiskey section.

There's a new chain of liquor stores around here called Total Wine & More.

The place is HUGE. and by huge i mean HUGE. each aisle is a different type of wine or liquor, not just a shelf, I'm talking an aisle!!

The entire rear of the store is refrigerated cases for beer and chilled wines. The place is the size of a medium sized supermarket like Stop and Shop.

www.totalwine.com , i've never seen a liquor store like it.

This is an example of the whiskey aisle:

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/11116...2025-0-253.jpg

[Raazor]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

There's a new chain of liquor stores around here called Total Wine & More.

The place is HUGE. and by huge i mean HUGE. each aisle is a different type of wine or liquor, not just a shelf, I'm talking an aisle!!

The entire rear of the store is refrigerated cases for beer and chilled wines. The place is the size of a medium sized supermarket like Stop and Shop.

www.totalwine.com , i've never seen a liquor store like it.

This is an example of the whiskey aisle:

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/11116...2025-0-253.jpg

I've been to Total Wine. Cool store. It no have Kirkland 3L Boxed Wine. Pass

[Egnalf]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

There's a new chain of liquor stores around here called Total Wine & More.

The place is HUGE. and by huge i mean HUGE. each aisle is a different type of wine or liquor, not just a shelf, I'm talking an aisle!!

The entire rear of the store is refrigerated cases for beer and chilled wines. The place is the size of a medium sized supermarket like Stop and Shop.

www.totalwine.com , i've never seen a liquor store like it.

This is an example of the whiskey aisle:

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/11116...2025-0-253.jpg

Total became who they are by selling massive quantities of cheaper booze on the delaware side of the pa border.