Seattlest: It's Bordeaux in a Box

guest

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:55:52 -0800

if it's powered - what happens to the alchohol? do you have to add water + 6oz vodka?

guest

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:00:58 -0800

Alcopops are things like Mike's Hard Lemonade: just like bottled beer, but taste more like pop or fruit juice, definitely on the sweet/sugary side - so you could get happily 'plastered' without having to down any of that nasty bitter hoppy/malty stuff that the older kids seem to be into. (Added bonus: the beverages were typically brightly colored - bright pink for strawberry; vibrant yellow for lemon; neon green for apple, and so on. This makes the resulting barf so much more colorful than with regular beer.) They were *huge* in the UK and Ireland in the 90's but the companies that made them cut back sharply after media outrage about them being marketed to underage teens. They're still available today, but now marketed more upscale. Those mini-wine-boxes like these do look ideal for packing (lunches, camping, etc) - but really, what self-respecting wine fan (even if not a snob) would drink from a straw? You don't get to swirl it, check out the color, or more importantly, actually smell it. And it probably doesn't open up much what with minimal air exposure. --musely

Katelyn

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:30:59 -0800

First, what are alcopops and where can I buy one? Second, why can't the Bordeauxians just lower the prices of their bottles and run a huge marketing campaign getting the word out that now is the time to buy quality Bordeaux? Seems like packaging isn't really the issue with wine these days.

guest

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:13:22 -0800

WANT!! This would be perfect for hiking trips, where bottles are just a pain in the ass to carry on the return trip, and liter-sized boxes lead to liter-sized high-altitude hangovers.