Wine. Cork, screw cap, or in a box?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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	Does Thunderbird have a cork? If so, that's my vote.
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	OOOOOOOH. A CORK. Here, let me have the SERVANTS open it for you. NICE POST, ROMNEY!
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	I like it in a box because it fits on my shelf without rolling around like those pesky bottles.
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	I am NOT drinking any fucking MERLOT! (A little hat-tip to fans of the movie "Sideways")
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[ohiosmith]

1. Any and all.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. I've had wine people have treasured until it was "ready," and I've had Ripple.

When I was in High School, I actually liked Ripple quite a lot. It really was like soda pop that got you high.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yep.

Whatever keeps the wine from oxidizing is fine with me. Corks are a pain-in-the-ass, IMO. In my house, a bottle of wine lasts 3 or 4 days. I'd rather screw a cap back on than find a way of stopping up a bottle that once had a cork in it.

[GoneOffShore]

19. There's a great little thing called the VacuVin

Costs under $20 and comes with two rubber corks and a device to extract the air from the bottle. I use mine all the time.

[GoCubsGo]

22. I'd rather save the $20 and screw the cap back on.

[GoneOffShore]

26. I understand -

$20 is a whole box of wine or 2 bottles of something else.

[GoCubsGo]

28. I actually have a couple of the caps.

I just don't have the vacuum sucker thing. They work okay. Easier than trying to put the cork back in. But, I really don't understand why corks are still used, other than tradition. Both corks and screw caps do the same thing--keep the wine in the bottle and keep the air out. Both do it equally well. Screw caps are so much easier to deal with.

[GoneOffShore]

32. Cork is a renewable resource for one

Number two - with better wines the slight bit of air exchange that a cork provides helps with the aging process.

And if you get one of those 'pulli-tap' corkscrews the corks come out very easily - except for the plastic ones.

[GoCubsGo]

33. I have one of these

Removes plastic and cork just fine. Getting the cork out isn't the problem. It's re-corking to store what I don't drink. I never use up a whole bottle of wine in a day. It usually takes me 3-4 days to finish off a 750 ml bottle.




I can't afford high-end wine, so I don't concern myself with aging and stuff. I suppose if my circumstances improve, I think more about that kind of thing.

[GoneOffShore]

35. I've broken three of those.

Stepped on one, bent the worm getting a plastic cork out and the third "did the splits" getting a cork out.

So I stick with my waiters friend or an ah so - the one that used to be called the "Butler's friend" because you could get the cork out without piercing it, drink the expensive wine and then replace it with cheap stuff and serve that to Sir who generally was none the wiser.

[Brickbat]

3. Wine: Yes.

[baldguy]

4. Lots.

[IcyPeas]

5. that bag looks disgusting

[Arctic Dave]

6. Boones, baby!

[A Simple Game]

12. Kool-aid with a kick...and a two day hangover! n/t

[bluesbassman]

7. Zilplock

Pruno rocks man.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

9. I have some wino friends who think they know everything about wine.

We had some empty bottles of really expensive wines. We put box wine in there, and they were all freaking out about how wonderful it was and how horrible cheap wine was. And how box wine is just gross.
You should have seen their faces when we told them after they had drank it all. It was priceless.

[siligut]

11. I so wanted to do this for Thanksgiving one year

I bought a box of white organic table wine to refill some empty bottles of Sauvignon Blanc. The box wine tasted like weak vermouth and would never have fooled anyone. I ended up just buying more Sauvignon Blanc. We had a great time and no one ever knew of my failed plan.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. You'd be surprised how good box wine is.

I normally get blushes. Merlot tastes like meat juice and I don't like dry drinks. People say they don't like it, but some of it is actually really good.
In my experience, the more expensive, the worse the wine is. My parents have owned a liquor store since 1982 and were alcoholics, so I know what I'm doing. LOL

[siligut]

14. Would you tell me which ones are good?

I only like white and I don't like an oaky taste. I prefer organic or at least from an old, environmentally aware winery. I have read that some places, like Australia, are much less conscientious about pesticide use.

The plastic lining also worries me as I believe hormone disruptors like bisphenol can cause havoc on the liver and cancer in people who are susceptible.

I like the idea of having a box of wine open to use a little for cooking and to have a glass with dinner, it seems like a good idea, but doesn't really work for me in practice.

Some of the markets here have organic sections in their wine departments and the one I bought, the one that tasted like weak vermouth, is the only white wine they carry in a box. I can see the box in my mind, it is a cobalt blue with a halo on it, I just can't remember the name.

I think maybe I am just too particular about wine, which is strange because I am such a slacker with everything else.

[GoneOffShore]

18. Not to shill for any particular winery but my favorites at the moment are:

Pinot Evil - they make a Merlot, a Pinot Noir, and a Pinot Grigio

Big House Red and Big House White http://www.bighousewines.com/ from Big House wines - They also make Cardinal Zin and Unchained. Available in screw tops and boxes.

Black Box wines are not bad.

Look for Ciao Bella as well.

I've yet to find a decent rosé in a box - most are way too sweet for my taste - they're like drinking sweetened rose water. If I could a good bone dry rosé in a box, I'd buy lots.

[siligut]

23. I might try the Pinot Evil if I can find it, I like Pinot Grigio

Does it come in a box?

[GoneOffShore]

27. It does - all the wines I mentioned are bag-in-a-box wines.

[GoCubsGo]

34. Target's box wines are surprisingly decent, too.

At least they have been in the past. I got a box of their red "table wine" on clearance a while back, as the price was too good to pass up. It was good enough that I went back and got another. I don't know if the current vintage is any good. No idea which vinyard produces it, either.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. I like Arbor Mist Peach Chardonnay .

It's sweet and I can drink the whole bottle before I know it. Yes, it's cheap, but it is a great dessert wine worth every penny. Wiederkehr (the one I couldn't spell before) has a very nice offering of wines. Franzia is really good, surprisingly. That's the blush I like to get. My mom sells the hell out of it, and keeps it and Riuniti in her store at all times. What's funny is the people who buy the Riuniti, buy them by the gallon.
I don't know if you like Asti, but Martini and Rossi Asti Spamonti is the best I've ever had.
Honestly, everyone's tastes are different, and the best way is to just go to the mini aisle and grab several you think sound enticing or look refreshing. I love that they have small bottles you can get now so you don't have to buy an entire bottle just to try wines. People like to be snobs and tell you to go get the most expensive crap you can find for quality, but honestly, there are a lot of inexpensive wines from local or regional wineries at your liquor store that are 100 times better than those $100 bottles of wine.

[siligut]

21. I agree with you about price, expensive does not necessarily mean good

We toured wineries in Napa valley, Oregon, Santorini and France. Seriously, E&J Gallo and a Santorini white were my favorites.

I do like Asti Spamonti, I haven't had any in a long time. I don't think it comes in a box, I haven't seen sparkling wines come in a box. But I think I will buy a bottle and have a picnic for old times sake.


P.S. Be careful, now that your gall bladder is out, alcohol is going to treat you differently.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

24. It does not come in a box...

But I didn't know the subject was only limited to boxes. LOL
I only drink once or twice a year. Not to worry. I know a lot about alcohol, but since my parents were alcoholics, I'm super careful.

[KamaAina]

10. I had to vote box

Most of you know why.

[GoneOffShore]

15. All depends on the wine and the occasion doesn't it?

Huge party, some people who knowwine and it really appreciate mixed with folks who are just as happy drinking vodka with Kool-Aid - Box wine poured into jugs. Convenient and relatively inexpensive. And generally appealing to most palates - though the occasional wine crazy may object.

Picnic - screw tops - and there are lots of good wines with screw tops. Again convenient and no fussing with a cork screw.

Nice dinner with a few friends. Hell, I'm pouring sparkling wine or Champagne, plus at least one bottle that's been sitting in my cellar for a couple of years. And if we run out, opening the screw tops. If the evening continues past 4 bottles it's boxed wine time.

It's like asking which is the best cheese - it depends.

[geardaddy]

16. Any available wine.

[geardaddy]

17. There are a lot of premium screw tops and boxed wines nowadays.

[rox63]

25. I prefer cork

But don't want to choose it from the list because of the Rmoney association.

[Moondog]

29. Some of the "better" boxed stuff

is surprisingly underrated. Great shelf life, particularly for the reds, because it doesn't oxygenate once opened, due to the design of that funky looking bag inside the box.

Definitely the way to go for cooking wine, in any event.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. My grandmother's favorite brand of wine

Was the one that fit perfectly in the door of her fridge.

[Quantess]

31. I prefer the wine bladder.

Just like in the photo.

[ellisonz]

36. Cork.

Never done the box wine thing - don't think I'd like it very much - I'm classy like that!