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In article >,
says...
>
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> >> Interesting. I don't like wine from boxes at all, but I am perfectly
> >> content with Carlo Rossi Burgundy from a jug. I use it in cooking and I
> >> drink it. I decent it into a cut glass decanter that I bought for $10 at
> >> Marshall's.
> >
> > Use to be only a couple of poor grades in boxes. Now there are a few decent
> > brands and the prices are reasonable. .
> >
> >
> The problem is that I can't see buying all that wine in a box if I'm not
> going to like it. I'm more comfortable with tossing a bottle of bad wine
> down the sink. <g>

I found a better use for bad wines. I tend to keep a lot of fruit around
and the bottle becomes the sacrificial fruit fly trap.

> My neighbor drinks tons of white Zinfandel from a box all day long. It
> tastes like bad raspberry soda to me. I can tolerate cheap white Zin
> from Sutter Home, in a bottle when it is very cold, but the stuff from
> the box....not so.

There was a time that was pretty much all I'd drink. Now I can't stomach
it, too sweet.