Comments on: Wine Blogging Wednesday #31:2004 French Rabbit Pinot Noir

By: winehiker

winehiker — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:37:42 +0000

It’s one year later, and it would appear that boxed wines cannot be defended. Well, shoot: it’s not that I have a chip on my shoulder about the quality of wines that are sold in a box - no, no! After all, I would have the makers and distributors of boxed wines wildly succeed. But experience bears out that I might rue the day upon which I bring a well-meaning group of winehikers to a winery that would surprise us all with a pour from a boxed wine, the typical onus of the experience being decidedly inferior.

True, the above is my opinion; the greater amalgam of opinion about boxed wines remains tantamount to general fact. The real truth is, only you as a consumer of wine and wine touring can decide what “wine country experience” means.

By: winehiker

winehiker — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:22:20 +0000

Speaking personally, I’m curious to know what “If there’s one characteristic shared by these choices, they tend to come from the lower end of the non-traditional spectrum” really means. As a sometime wine blogger and one-time reviewer of a boxed wine, am I to be considered as a “low-end” and “non-traditional” wine reviewer? If so, what, too, does that mean to you? What is the opposite meaning? What, if not non-traditional, is the greater blogger viewpoint about boxed wines if you would confer upon it traditional or high-end status? Please do educate us, Mr. Boxedwines.org Guy. The remainder of the wine world may just wish to learn from you; by and large you’ll be successful if they do. Indeed, I challenge you to respond here on Winehiker Witiculture to defend your position and/or define what “a successful boxed wine” really is.

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By: Wines » WBW #31 - Post-Game Commentary

Wines » WBW #31 - Post-Game Commentary — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:37:28 +0000

[...] Plonk Avoided (Mostly). Thankfully, nobody bought a 5-liter box of Franzia (or Almaden or Vella) and said, “Gaaak - this is awful!” We were hoping to avoid experiences that would put people off outside-the-bottle wines for the next decade, and, by and large, we were successful. There were a few notably bad ones. Spittoon hated Tesco Sicilian Red Wine, though Andrew later pointed out that Tesco is the UK equivalent of WalMart. Winehiker Witiculture scored French Rabbit Pinot Noir a mere 9 out of 20. Grape Juice didn’t find much to like in the little plastic bottles of Virgin Vines Shiraz. Tales of a Sommelier found the Paul Masson White Wine Carafe quite lacking. If there’s one characteristic shared by these choices, they tend to come from the lower end of the non-traditional spectrum - with the possible exception of the somewhat stylish French Rabbit, these are wines that don’t aspire to greatness, or even a high level of mediocrity. Let’s recognize the sacrifices made by these bloggers - they tried this stuff so that you (and many, many readers) won’t have to! [...]

By: Wine Life Today

Wine Life Today — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:57:13 +0000

Wine Blogging Wednesday #31: 2004 French Rabbit Pinot Noir…

The winehiker pours a boxed wine, loses the girl, and ends the night with a new metaphor….