Without knowing which varietal you're looking for, I can generally
recommend the "Black Box" line, which I believe is widely available in
most of the US. I have the most experience with their Cabernet
Sauvignon. It's nothing earth shattering, but if your goal is to just
have wine on hand to accompany your regular meals, without worrying
about quick spoilage, it is perfectly adequate.

I've also heard some good things about Hardy's boxed wines, FWIW.

- Chris

Fei Chen wrote:

> I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can
> be found in Southern California?


The California box wine I've liked the box is Black Box.

It's not bad, but don't expect it to be the equal of fine bottled wines.

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Hi all,

I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
found in Southern California?

Thanks much,

fei

Fei Chen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
> found in Southern California?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> fei

Depends on what you mean by 'good'.

Yeah of course you are right. I suppose by "good" I mean decent wines
considered drinkable with everyday meal by people on this list...

and thanks Chris Sprague and Ken Blake for your prompt replies.


On 10 Jan 2006 wrote:

>
> Fei Chen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
> > found in Southern California?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > fei
>
> Depends on what you mean by 'good'.
>
>

In article .
uk>, says...
>
>Hi all,
>
>I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
>found in Southern California?
>
>Thanks much,
>
>fei

Aside from the suggestions offered already, you might want to do a Google.
Groups search for "box wine" in this NG. Over the last two years, there have
been several threads, with a lot of recommendations. I cannot vouch for any of
them, however, as the last b-in-a-b wine that I had was something called "
Matilday Bay," (seems that it had quite a bit of Muscat and Viognier, IIRC the
nose correctly), and that was decades ago.

Hunt

Why a box?
Large bottle are available.

Fei Chen wrote:
> Yeah of course you are right. I suppose by "good" I mean decent wines
> considered drinkable with everyday meal by people on this list...
>
> and thanks Chris Sprague and Ken Blake for your prompt replies.
>
>
> On 10 Jan 2006 wrote:
>
> >
> > Fei Chen wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
> > > found in Southern California?
> > >
> > > Thanks much,
> > >
> > > fei
> >
> > Depends on what you mean by 'good'.
> >
> >

In article .com>,
> wrote:
>Why a box?
>Large bottle are available.
> [...]

Probably because a large bottle, used at the rate of a glass a day, will spoil
WAY faster than the same wine in a box.

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> Probably because a large bottle, used at the rate of a glass a day, will spoil
> WAY faster than the same wine in a box.

Decant that large bottle into splits. Label them.

Jose
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Jose wrote on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:45:25 GMT:

??>> Probably because a large bottle, used at the rate of a
??>> glass a day, will spoil WAY faster than the same wine in a
??>> box.

J> Decant that large bottle into splits. Label them.

J> Jose

IMHO, it's simply not worth the trouble to rebottle and seal.
Wine suitable for informal meals is readily available in boxes
from Australia and California and it does keep quite well.

James Silverton.

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:59:13 -0500
"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.net> wrote:

] Jose wrote on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:45:25 GMT:
]
] ??>> Probably because a large bottle, used at the rate of a
] ??>> glass a day, will spoil WAY faster than the same wine in a
] ??>> box.
]
] J> Decant that large bottle into splits. Label them.
]
] J> Jose
]
] IMHO, it's simply not worth the trouble to rebottle and seal.
] Wine suitable for informal meals is readily available in boxes
] from Australia and California and it does keep quite well.
]

The Bag-in-Box works really well, and keeps the wine very
fresh for several weeks without any hassle at all. Just
pour in pitchers as necessary.

Here in France there is a wide variety available in this format.

-E

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Fei Chen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
> found in Southern California?

Black Box; it's a good value for the money.

Dana

"Fei Chen" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if someone can recommend some good box wine that can be
> found in Southern California?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> fei
>


Hey...'BoxedWine' !!!....You mean 'Cask' Wine my friend !...I buy top
quality one's all the time here in good ol' Oz !!
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