...and a Box of Your Best Wine, Please

...and a Box of Your Best Wine, Please

We recently visited a winery where they offered several of their wines in a box. This was the first time we had come across this on our travels. I wasn't sure how to react. I'm finally used to synthetic corks. I'm still slightly apprehensive when I see a screw cap...though I am warming up to the idea. But, wine in a box? I'll have to put some thought into that one.

Maybe it's because I have bad memories of wine in a box. When I was very young, I attended a holiday party offering an open bar. I went back to the bar many times ordering glass after glass of the boxed Zinfandel. I was painfully ill the next day, and since, I have looked away every time I pass by the boxed wine at my local grocery store.

There are many good reasons to put wine in a box. It's more economical than bottled wine. It dispenses easily - just sit it on your refrigerator shelf and press the handy push button. It also stays fresh longer because the plastic bag inside the box collapses, keeping air from getting to the wine.

There are plenty of good reasons to buy wine in a box...but am I ready for that? This wine drinker doesn't think so. For me, wine is sophistication. Wine is an elegant way to celebrate - to bring friends together for laughter, good times and cherished memories. Wine is sophistication, elegance, friendship and memories...and I'm not ready to put my memories in a box.