Being as we have been so classy lately, using real wine glasses and rarely drinking from screw top bottles. We decided it was time to go a little bit down home and break into the box stuff. Yeah we can be that kinda classy too.
We had a first this week, Thaddeus had never had wine from a box before. So we popped his cherry with a fine Heritage Chardonnay by Almaden Vineyards. I’m sure he feels like a new woman now or at least wasn’t completely disappointed with his first time. Anyway along with our box of Heritage Chardonnay we also had a box of Burgundy California Table Wine by Peter Vella Vineyards and together the boxes said it would be around 13 normal bottles of wine, so you know they’ve gotta be good. Honestly we came into this week not expecting much. I mean what are you suppose to expect from a $12 box of wine?
Almaden Vineyards – Heritage Chardonnay
So if we ignore the stigma attached to drinking wine from a box, and look at it as just an efficient way to open 6 bottles of wine at once (which is almost the definition of awesome). This Chardonnay did not do as poorly as I would have expected. Bridget, Dante and Gina all said, “I’d get drunk on this”. Which is a good thing seeing as there was enough left over to easily cover another wine night. Thaddeus though not a fan, I mean it was his first so you can’t expect him to love it right off the bat, didn’t hate it give it a ”If there’s nothing else”. So this probably won’t be his last box experience. Chad on the other has refined she tastebud above drinking from a $12 box. She felt this was sort of, “Like drinking bong water.” Thank you I will be here all week.
Bridget – I’d get drunk on this
Dante – I’d get drunk on this
Gina – I’d get drunk on this
Chad – Like drinking bong water
Thaddeus – If there’s nothing else
Peter Vella Vineyards – Burgundy California Table Wine
Peter Vella Vineyards knew that this was not a one glass a night wine. They gave it a spigot that turns itself off, so when you’re too drunk to turn the box back off when your glass is full not the worry just remove your hand (which you probably had to do once or twice while filling your glass to keep your balance.) As for actual taste, it wasn’t for everyone. Bridget liked it, she took the box factor into account and gave it a, “I’d drink this all week”. Dante didn’t dislike it, but it’s not in the running for his favorite spot, but he’d “get drunk on this.” Gina may have liked it more if we had properly aerated it, but seeing as we didn’t have an aerator she had to rate it as is, giving it a, “If there’s nothing else.” Oddly enough Chad was not a fan, she has been the one to save the overall ratings of most of our reds, not this one though she gave it a, “Tastes like shit.” Now Thad is not a fan of red’s and it was only his second ever experience with a box, so he was right there with Chad also giving it a, “Tastes like shit.” This wasn’t the best wine we’ve ever had, but it wasn’t the worst either. Overall, it falls somewhere in the middle.
Bridget – I’d drink this all week
Dante – I’d get drunk on this
Gina – If there’s nothing else
Chad – Tastes like shit
Thaddeus – Tastes like shit
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