Wine From a Box – Not Bad

I am not a wine snob but I can barely drink the average $10 bottle any more. Most of the reasonably priced Merlots and Cabernets are just too harsh. But last week, I discovered I like even cheaper wine more. The Black Box Merlot costs $25 and is equavalent to four 750ml bottles of wine. I bought it on a whim at Safeway because of the bag, not the box. You see, the wine is stored in a bag. As you drink it, the bag shrinks around the wine and leaves no space for air. I drink one glass a day and bottles are usually starting to turn bad by my last glass. Not so with the bag-in-the-box. I have been drinking it for almost two weeks and it still tastes perfectly good.

The wine is not too strong for my taste and is a good every day wine. It exhibits aromas of leathery plums and cinnamon-spiced oak…just kidding. Let’s just say it is a great wine for the price.  If I were to serve it to guests, I would put it into a decanter and they would never guess it came in a box.