sorry for the delays.   being unemployed has totally killed all the time i have for hobbies.   how ironic.  therefore, it’s going to be short, sweet, and along the line of things that i think are awesome.

drinking box wine

everybody loves box wine.  i attended a box wine party the other night and it was great- fun and delicious (the party and the wine, respectively).   it’s not the first box wine party either.  generally these parties aim at taking the stuffing out of a wine/cocktail party.  it’s a great cause, but what is it about box wine that achieves this.  i always sense the sentiment that box wine is low brow, cheap, and basically antithetical to the idea of wine, not at all classy.  some people may be chuckling a little as they sip, like they’re slumming it.  but we all drink it down just the same, and get a little tipsy.  

i will concede the point that anything will a “drink by mm/dd/yyyy” stamp does come off as a little chintzy.  but most wine is best in the first year anyway.  i learned that at a wine tasting class.  i went in aiming to elevate my snobbery, and left with a very populist attitude towards wine.  

box wine:  ironic? NO.  wine is for the people.

p.s.  since i tend to aim for just a little beyond over-the-top, i came to the party with MY family tradition, the jug-o-wine.

because it’s tasty, because that handle is so nonsensical, because when you’re done it makes a great wind instrument, and because foil is one thing- but a screw on top is a whole ‘nother.

p.p.s.  i’ve been watching a lot of election coverage, so when i do get back to bigger topics, it might be well informed for once.  look out, brock.

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