Boxed Red Wine

[Pablo]

I know this may be an oxymoron but are there any good boxed red wines? The kind I can take a glass a day for a few weeks....without it going south. I like bottled wine, but I drink a glass, recork and then the remainder turns to vinegar urine in a day or so....

What brands and red varieties?

I know, I know. You all drink $40 bottles and finish them, but I'll still listen to you.

 

[The Critic]

My dad said that the $2 Charles Shaw red wines from Trader Joes are pretty darn good for the money, so maybe you should look into that instead?

Don't know much about boxed red wines though.

 

[BarkerMan]

Can you get a bottle that can be resealed and pour it all in there, maybe a grape juice bottle.

 

[Pablo]

Those Charles Shaw offerings can be pretty sketchy!

I wonder if TJ's has them in boxes?

 

[sprintman]

Casks don't go off that quickly. Make sure use by/best by date is at least six months down the track. The longer the better.

 

[XS650]

Pablo, for Reds try a vacu-vin.

http://www.wineintro.com/basics/opened/redwines.html

I have one but have never used it, seems like emptying a wine bottle in a timely fashion works for me

 

[moribundman]

I see now lots of smaller wine bottles (and smaller everything -- a sign of things to come). I guess they are pint size. Maybe switch to those.

 

[sprintman]

http://www.wineinacan.com/

 

[kd5byb]

I actually liked the Two Buck Chuck (Charles Shaw) when I tried on a business trip to Fresno, CA. For two bucks, it beat some of the stuff I pay about $9 for at Costco. Wish I could get two buck Chuck here in Northern Alabama. But, oh well.

No help on how to keep red wine fresh - I had one of those VacuVin thingys at one time and I don't think it did anything to keep it fresh.

I too am a one-glass drinker and often have to pour vinegar down the drain. Wish they'd make one-glass bottles - that would be neat.

later,
b

 

[74 Laguna]

We have been working on a box of Franzia for about three weeks and it is as good now as when we started. The box we have now is Fruity Red Sangria, it may be a little sweet if you do not like a sweet wine. Our next box is also Franzia and it is called Chillable Red.

http://www.franzia.com

 

[Pablo]

Wife went out shopping - let's see what she comes back with.

 

[RTexasF]

I agree that some of the Franzia wines are okay and they stay fresh. You'll have to find a place out of the way for that 55 gallon box though.

 

[Pablo]

Wife brought home a 5L box of Peter Vella Burgundy

http://www.petervella.com/wines/wine.asp?v=BRG

$11. Pleasant wine. Pretty darn good. Let's see how it lasts.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
Wife brought home a 5L box of Peter Vella Burgundy

http://www.petervella.com/wines/wine.asp?v=BRG

$11. Pleasant wine. Pretty darn good. Let's see how it lasts.


You are going to have to start drinking it faster to go through 5 liters before it turns, even if it's in a plastic bag.

You can do it if you put your mind to it.

 

[alreadygone]

Won' buy that high-dollar boxed stuff long as I can get T.J. Swan and Boon's Farm!

Bob

 

[moribundman]

Life's too short to waste on cheap booze!

 

[sprintman]

Here great wine comes in casks either 2/3/4 litres. Not so good in 5 litres. Cask is an Australian invention as is the wine in a can.

 

[tom slick]

Bronco owns most of the inexpensive wine brands most of it is very drinkable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronco_Wine_Company

 

[Pablo]

The mystery of two buck chuck is no longer.....

My box is still good. Having a glass with some pecans right now!

 

[sprintman]

Pecans nice