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Cheap ass box wine advice thread

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I'm looking for something inexpensive that I can put in my fridge for non beer nights that doesn't taste like paint. Suggestions?

John Justen, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

If no one helps me, I will be forced to choose Franzia out of familiarity.

John Justen, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:48 (eighteen years ago)

Do you guys get any of the nice Aussie stuff imported? Yalumba is pretty drinkable in a box.

Trayce, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:49 (eighteen years ago)

I think Franzia is the stuff I got that made me wildly ill three hours after I went to sleep.

I say just get a couple bottles of good cheap wine.

jessie monster, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

well, id say delicato shiraz is at least drinkable as table wine. franzia, f no.

actually, in places where target has wine, they have a "premium" box wine that is not too bad.

Hunt3r, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

sadly, here in the birthplace of Target, they are unable to sell wine.

Bottles would remove the on tap vibe and add a touch of class that undermines the whole project.

John Justen, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:59 (eighteen years ago)

MD 20/20

jessie monster, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

the tap IS awesome.

jessie monster, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

BANDIT PINTO GRIGIO A+

Yerac, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

haha pinto grigio

Yerac, Thursday, 10 January 2008 01:44 (eighteen years ago)

four years pass...

2012 is the box wine year for me

high five delivery device (Abbbottt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 04:29 (fourteen years ago)

Cardy chardy is the fuel of me!

Yalumba and Banrock Station, both drinkable enough. Not great, but for $12 for 2 litres who's complaining.

Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Thursday, 16 February 2012 04:32 (fourteen years ago)

Argentine Malbec is my favorite varietal for it plum + spice + oak taste at a discount to similar quality cabernet. Pairs well with spicy food, too. In the U.S., Black Box sells high end boxed wine, and their 3L malbec for $18 is a good deal.

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Thursday, 16 February 2012 19:24 (fourteen years ago)

The biggest part I have it is the SPIGGGOTTT because if I put it up in a high up cupboard I then have "wine from the sky" aka "stretch wine" available at hand.

dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:09 (fourteen years ago)

Black Box wine works for me.

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

bota box is pretty solid

tylerw, Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:28 (fourteen years ago)

Sky wine! :D

Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:54 (fourteen years ago)

http://bakelikeaninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/IMG_2370.jpg

I got this from Trader Joe's today and even as a no-smell with unrefined wine tastes, I can't recommend it.

cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:08 (fourteen years ago)

$10 for a box makes it cheaper than Charles SHaw tho

cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:09 (fourteen years ago)

– liked Black Box (iirc I had the Shiraz), $22 I think
– liked Target's wine cube (Cabernet Sauvignon), $16 – probably best price/wine goodness ratio so far
– I guess don't buy a box wine where the wine is called by its color only

cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:10 (fourteen years ago)

Sanpaku makes that malbec sound pretty yummy.

cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:12 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

honestly, we've converted to an all box wine household. bota, black box, some other kinda are totally good now and i like the convenience of boxes a lot more than bottles.

Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 23:01 (twelve years ago)


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