In her opening monologue for the Oscars, Ellen DeGeneres said that she wouldn’t be critical of any of the Oscar nominees, unless she was halfway into a box of Chardonnay. It was a modestly funny bit, but it got me to thinking about boxed wine.When we spent the summer in Spain some years ago, the best value in all of Spain was their boxed Sangria for about a dollar a box. Of course, Sangria is a fruity wine blend and not really serious wine, except if you drink too much of it and, then, the following day it can have a variety of serious effects.
Anyway, I have never tasted a boxed wine, except for the aforementioned Sangria. So, when I saw a 3 liter box (four bottles worth of wine in a box a little larger than an economy size box of Decon, except heavier) of Delicato Syrah for $16, I thought how bad could it be?
The answer is that it was great! It reminded me of the kind of wine that people in Italy Spain and France to drink very day. It is not expensive. It is good and it goes beautifully with food.
Instead of paying $10 a bottle for everyday wine, my suggestion is to buy one box of Delicio Syrah and save $24. My next bit of advice is to take the $24 you saved and go to http://www.ashleysbigsecret.com/ and buy a gorgeous necklace or a funky pearl set. Better yet, drink most of the box of wine and, then go on line to http://www.ashleysbigsecret.com/ and buy wonderful jewelry until you either fall asleep or you credit card maxes out.
In wine we trust, J
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2 comments:
I agree, the Delicato Shiraz is awfully good. The judges of the SF Chronicle Wine Competition agreed recently, giving it a gold medal this year. I added your comment to my older blog post on the Delicato Shiraz. That particular wine has gotten a lot of press, so the post has a long collection of press and blogger reviews.
Thx, for the comment. I am going to write a follow-on post about the complication of drinking wine from a box where you don't know how much everyone has had.
Best, Jeff
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