Is Boxed wine a Faux Pas?

[thestatusquo]

Cosmo (i know, trash) says that it is. I say they are hanging around with the wrong people :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. No. If you aren't going to drink it all at once and actually like

an inexpensive table wine, boxed wine keeps better than bottled wine since the bag is airtight.

[Left Is Write]

2. Only if you're serving Niles and Frasier Crane.

[MADem]

3. Not if you put it in a fancy carafe, preferably one labeled

with fancy lettering, saying "cheap wine!"

[Darkseid69]

4. My wife likes the boxes

She's a merlot fiend

[thestatusquo]

14. you have made a fine choice in mate, my friend

[benburch]

5. At a dinner party yes.

At an Orgy, no.

[LynzM]

6. I don't think so

I prefer boxed pink wine, myself :) It does keep well, being all sealed up! And now that it comes with a tap... :D

[kiraboo]

7. I drank boxed wine of all sorts when drinking was primarily

a means of getting drunk. At an older and wiser forty-one, I find them pretty harsh & raw. I remember once going to a funeral gathering where the wine was served straight from the boxes. Even in my early twenties I found that tacky.

[KyndCulture]

8. Cheateu le Box can be quite fine nt.

[Huckebein the Raven]

9. Not when its primary function is to get you shit-faced

then I say drink up :P

[thestatusquo]

15. hells yeah!

[Magrittes Pipe]

10. Only if you don't hate life.

[K8-EEE]

11. Put It In A Carafe Or Something!

I think it looks tackier than it actually tastes...the kind from Costco isn't bad but and my kid's school fair that had some (I think "Franzia?" that gagged me!!

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. Hell, no! I served it at my wedding!

Got well-ripped, too.

[Little Wing]

13. I don't think so, but it depends on what you're doing with the wine.

I don't think I'd serve boxed wine to an internationally recognized authority, but luckily, they never come over for dinner here anyway.

I think it can be a really economical way to keep a bit of wine on hand for a long period of time. And yes, I'm well aware that they don't put the really snazzy hooch in a box and stuff a tap in it. But there are some good, basic, acceptable wines available in boxes. If you entertain a lot, it's nice to not have to crack open a fresh bottle and drink it all down in the course of one evening.

I like to keep a small box of white in the fridge during the summer. If friends stop by for a barbecue, or to see a movie, and the boys are having beer, me and the girls can each have a little white wine spritzer without having to toss out a half a bottle of wine at the end of the night.