Banrock station has a simple but decent chardonnay. They also serve their wines outside of boxes as well.

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I agree with non-glass-bottle vessels, of course you wold'nt put an age-worthu wine in it, its the nice quaffers that get this treatment and to be honest, the cork just doesn't do it anymore for wines that are meant to be had fresh, like most whites. Now for reds, look for the kind that are lighter and traditionally less tannic (by varietal I mean) and you'll be pleased with the praise receved by "the boxed wine" especially on those events mentioned, casual gettogethers.

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There are a number of 30L "cask systems" that restaurants use for wine by the glass that are based on bag-in-box technology.

Target stores carry a surprisingly tasty line of affordable boxed wines. There's a meritage California white I find very agreeable. The reds are less successful, mostly by virtue of being uninteresting rather than "bad".

I keep a box of white in the fridge because I sometimes crave a glass of something cool and white but don't want a whole bottle.

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I love good boxed wines, and I hope more move to that system. Not necessarily for drinking, though that's a good option to have, but for cooking. If I need half of a cup of white, that's a tremendous pain, as I don't generally drink white, so I have to figure out what to do with the rest of the bottle. In the box, it lasts for a great deal longer with no fuss.

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If I'd like a glass of wine tonight, one tomorrow night and maybe the rest of the bottle this weekend, a box would be a big improvement over a bottle. With many communities not recycling glass, it would be a better choice for the planet, too.

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Ew -- boxed wine becoming popular? Boxed wine isn't even wine to begin with! Have you seen that commercial for boxed wine touting the merits of keeping wine in a box "because it's been done like that for hundreds of years?" Ridiculous! I thought boxed wine was a thing for college frat and sorority parties?

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Liz, it seems like you're confusing the format with the stereotype.

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Seriously. Screw-top bottles and wine boxes are absolutely preferable storage methods compared to traditional corked bottles. All of the stupid stigma attached is based on pre-conceived notions that have nothing to do with the reality of the situation.

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