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Price: $9 Winery: Tilia, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 13.9% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Perhaps the strongest appeal of Tilia Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 is the ripe berry and licorice nose. On the palate, it combines cherry, red berry, and woody notes with an reasonably long finish. [...] How long does box wine last? One of the huge advantages of boxed wine is that it lasts for a month or even more after being opened. This makes it very practical for glass-a-day drinkers who would find storing partially opened bottle wine problematic or wasteful. But, box wines aren’t perfect – it turns out [...] Price: $18 Maker: Banrock Station, Kingston on Murray, South Australia, Australia Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.7 out of 10 Banrock Station Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 is a very pleasant wine, one of the nicer boxed Cabs in mass distribution in the U.S. It’s a fruit-forward Cab, with blueberry and plum [...]
Seven Red Table Wine Price: $19 Maker: Bodegas Osborne, Malpica de Tajo, Spain Varietal: Red Blend Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10 Seven Red Table Wine is one of the newer boxes available in mass distribution. It’s from Spain, it’s in a cool octagonal bag-in-box package, and it’s surprisingly good. [...]
Boxxle for boxed wine We box wine enthusiasts love the good parts of boxed wines: freshness for weeks after opening, minimal storage space, low environmental impact, and better-than-bottle pricing. But we have to admit there are a few annoyances (beyond lacking the satisfaction of extracting a cork). For one, getting the last glass or so [...] Price: $16 Maker: Trinchero Family Estates, St. Helena, Napa Valley, California Varietal: Red Blend Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.4 out of 10 [...] We’re all used to food pairing with wine, but how about paintings and wine? I ran across an interesting article, Paintings and Wine……Why Not!? The post focused on the opening of a new art & wine shop in Kirkland, WA, Palettes and Pairings. In this shop, the patrons can create the art themselves while enjoying [...] We love wine trivia, and we wondered how many grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine. First, we ran across this factoid: about 630 grapes go into making a typical 750ml bottle. The statistic comes from Terry Armentor of Heck Estates, owner of Valley of the Moon winery, Kenwood Vineyard, Lake Sonoma Winery [...] Tom Wark’s Fermentation blog recently suggested that the wine industry increase its appeal by doing national advertising with a pitchman like well-regarded actor George Clooney. The key elements of Wark’s proposed strategy are, 1. Every sector of the wine industry would need to pitch in (wineries, retailers, importers, wholesalers) 2. No region and no variety [...] Price: $21 Maker: San Marcos Winery, Almendralejo, Extremadura, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.3 out of 10 Slowly but surely, more interesting boxed wines are appearing on store shelves. A good example is Campobarro Tempranillo (non-vintage) from Spain. This is the first Spanish Tempranillo I’ve seen in a box. Like [...] |
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