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I remember buying cartons of red wine in Italy in the mid '90s for a few hundred lire a go. It was diabolically bad. Great days!
by twic 6y ago
I remember buying cartons of red wine in Italy in the mid '90s for a few hundred lire a go. It was diabolically bad. Great days!
- dhimes 6y agoMy boating friends tell me "boxed wine" is making a comeback- especially on boats.
- pantalaimon 6y agoHas it ever been away? It’s usually the cheapest option for 1€/l in supermarkets.
- NovemberWhiskey 6y agoTwenty years or so ago, I recall procuring very large quantities of extremely-mediocre table wine (in France) that came in large, rigid plastic cubes. I don't remember how much these stored, but it was "many litres" and they were dirt cheap.
- dhimes 6y agoI think they mean you are finding better wine in boxes. Like canned beer (also good for boats). It used to be a sign of cheap stuff, now you can find craft beer in cans.
- ballenf 6y agoAnd that's really bagged wine. Inside a cardboard box. So basically a bottle, but floppy, inside a carton.
- jfengel 6y agoThey've started putting decent wines in boxes. There's nothing inherently wrong with boxes, or screw tops, or plastic corks. They prevent further aging, but that's just fine: the vast majority of wines are as good as they'll ever get when they go into the bottle. The mystique of ultra high-end wines aging for years requires careful conditions, specific wine properties, and is still pretty hit-and miss. For everything else, there's no reason not to package it for convenience rather than tradition. Boxes used to be used only for bad wines, and there's still plenty of bad wine in boxes, but they've gotten good at making decent reliable wines for cheap. Putting them in a box lowers costs, and it's very nice to be able to take out one glass at a time.
- mNovak 6y agoI'll get ridiculed for this, but there's actually decent wine to be had in cans now too. I wouldn't really drink it out of a can directly, but it's pretty convenient sometimes to have a half bottle of wine, and not worry about how to save the rest.
- catalogia 6y agoDoesn't that impart an aluminum flavor? I've had seltzer water from cans and it seems to have a noticeably metallic flavor compared to bottled seltzer water (I don't notice a difference between plastic or glass bottles.)
- rob74 6y agoIt's not just tradition... especially with alcoholic beverages, there's also the "I don't buy the cheapest wine/beer/spirits because I want to demonstrate (to myself and others) that I actually enjoy them and don't just drink to get drunk" factor.
- bzb3 6y agoAt least here in Spain very bad red or white wine which is used exclusively for cooking comes in cartons.