Comments on: Box wine mentality

By: admin

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:55:50 +0000

Good info on the organic wine, Kezia. Robert would tell you that the Tetra pak is a good thing! And James: too funny!

By: James

James — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:14:52 +0000

Though I do recall seeing overpriced Australian box wine in Estonia a couple of years ago and being quite snobbish/indignant at the time. http://jamescharlesobrien.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/100_1468.jpg

By: Kezia

Kezia — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:06:25 +0000

Things are changing little by little in the US re: boxed wine and “going green,” in general. Last year, I began to drink an organic boxed wine from Argentina: http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/eat-safe/tetrapak-boxed-malbec-44042308. Boxed wines like this are picking up in NYC: light and easy to carry, environmentally friendly, and no need for a corkscrew : ) And, the wine is good. Quality in a box, makes a big difference! The only boxed wine in OH, when I lived there years ago, was not the best wine, by my palate. We bought it anyway, because of its price point and for picnics or camping. I will be looking for Baux wines!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:57:34 +0000

Brad,
I also love the Baux name – very funny and punny! Thanks for all the great information, as well. It will be interesting to see if the baux takes off in the US. Are you the American wine guy, by any chance?

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:25:20 +0000

There’s a start up US wine company, Baux Wines (love the name!), that’s launching a high-end wine in designer boxes in the Fall. They’re convinced that Americans are starting to seriously consider box wines and their big environmental advantages. Given everything going on in the Gulf, I think everyone will appreciate a product that needs less oil to get from the vineyard to the table (and given the lower cists in packaging and shipping, you’ll always get better wine for the money when it comes in a box.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:31:41 +0000

That’s interesting James. I had never thought of that before. You know it’s funny. I am a big wine drinker as are most of my American friends…but by this chart it looks like we are are the minority!

By: James

James — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:17:20 +0000

I was always under the impression Americans aren’t great wine consumers and that only a small percentage of the population of the country are regular wine consumers so http://wineintro.com/history/regions/consumption.html this might help explain the apparent snobbishness about wine in a box in the US.