Wine In Boxes

[tigerbeer]

Hi everyone,

I do enjoy wine from time to time but definitely cannot finish a whole bottle of wine by myself within an evening. And from what I understand, you can't keep them for long. 3 days maximum if in a bottle?

Well i went ahead and bought an IngleNook 3L Burgundy. The lady at the counter says i can keep drinking it for a week before it loses its taste. The lable on the box says 6 weeks after first opening. Anyways I am enjoying it.

The main question of the post is which wine boxes are your favorite?? Which ones are supposed to be really good?? I know there are tons of good wines in bottles but like I said, I want to take my time on the wine.

Any comments or opinions???

TB..

[gennisis]

Hi everyone,

I do enjoy wine from time to time but definitely cannot finish a whole bottle of wine by myself within an evening. And from what I understand, you can't keep them for long. 3 days maximum if in a bottle?

Well i went ahead and bought an IngleNook 3L Burgundy. The lady at the counter says i can keep drinking it for a week before it loses its taste. The lable on the box says 6 weeks after first opening. Anyways I am enjoying it.

The main question of the post is which wine boxes are your favorite?? Which ones are supposed to be really good?? I know there are tons of good wines in bottles but like I said, I want to take my time on the wine.

Any comments or opinions???

TB..

I just cant justify the price of buying a bottle of wine in Thailand. My favourite bottle of Chilean Cabinet Sauvigon cost me arround 4 pounds back home. Here Rimping sell it at 17 pounds.

So Ive been relegated to boxed wines and found the 'Mont Clair" 5 litre box of Red at 930 baht quite acceptable for everyday drinking. 5 litres =7 bottles =160 baht a bottle....and i've had no problems in keeping it for 4 weeks

Edited February 22, 2009 by gennisis

[suegha]

Hi tigerbeer, I would take with a pinch of the salt the warning that bottled wine will only keep for 3 days after opening. Pop the cork (or a proper wine stopper) back in and store in the fridge, it'll easily keep for a couple of weeks. I had a Pinot Grigio sat in the fridge for a month when I was away on holiday and it was fine when I got home. It had lost a little of it's acidity but was perfectly drinkable.

I hope this helps.

[polecat]

Agree: whack it in the fridge with a proper seal. Mont Clair is good, Franzia is ok... Pearly Bay less so. All around the same price - less than B1000

[tigerbeer]

thank u all.. yeah thats what i imagined, wine in bottles should stay longer than 3 days. just pop the cork back in.. oh well. will try Mont Clair the next time.

[sceadugenga]

The little tap on the wine box probably isn't as good a seal as a replaced cork in a wine bottle.

As a reformed drinker I can never remember putting unfinished bottles of wine away but often made box wine last a couple of weeks outside the fridge. (If it was red... white I always kept in the fridge).

[Kees5]

>The little tap on the wine box probably isn't as good a seal as a replaced cork in a wine bottle. <

I think in fact the tap is better! The wine in a well corked bottle will still go off because of the air trapped inside the half full bottle. The plastic bag ideally will have no air in it, so the wine should stay good for a long time.

Just a pity most cask wines are low quality.

[Jingthing]

I used to have a device that sucked the air out of the bottle and then a special cap to recap it. With this method, the wine was good for one week. I didn't realize that boxed wines can last so long. Interesting.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Jingthing

[sceadugenga]

>The little tap on the wine box probably isn't as good a seal as a replaced cork in a wine bottle. <

I think in fact the tap is better! The wine in a well corked bottle will still go off because of the air trapped inside the half full bottle. The plastic bag ideally will have no air in it, so the wine should stay good for a long time.

Just a pity most cask wines are low quality.

Some of the Aussie boxes... casks we call them... are quite drinkable. Pretty much a case of pay for what you get though.

Of course they'll never compete with anything decent in a bottle.

[suegha]

They don't put the 'best' wines in boxes so good/better wines will always end up in a bottle. I don't like boxes of wine as I always end up drinking more than I realise as you can't see what you're drinking!

[tutsiwarrior]

I used to have a device that sucked the air out of the bottle and then a special cap to recap it. With this method, the wine was good for one week. I didn't realize that boxed wines can last so long. Interesting.

yeah...the box has got a bladder inside that collapses as the wine is removed with little or no resulting air ingress...when wine is finished, remove the collapsed bladder to blow up for the kids like a balloon...

[sceadugenga]

Very useful for hanging in fruit trees to keep the birds away Toots.

Waste not want not.