Comments on: French rabbit 2004 http://www.drvino.com/2006/06/23/french-rabbit-2004/ wine talk that goes down easy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: g58 http://www.drvino.com/2006/06/23/french-rabbit-2004/#comment-275 g58 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:58:00 +0000 http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2006/06/french-rabbit-2004/#comment-275 I think it has been proven that it's the wine not the box that determines the quality. But these tetra pak people tout themselves as more than that -- they make frequent claims to environmental heroism since glass is so heavy and bulky to transport, especially when emptied of wine.<BR/><BR/>While boxes might be a good idea in theory, this kind of "thinking globally" is often not being followed up by acting locally. The result is that this packaging is <A HREF="http://weingolb.blogspot.com/2006/05/guy-crittenden-on-wine-and-environment.html" REL="nofollow">more marketing than anything and not all it's cracked up to be</A>. I think it has been proven that it’s the wine not the box that determines the quality. But these tetra pak people tout themselves as more than that — they make frequent claims to environmental heroism since glass is so heavy and bulky to transport, especially when emptied of wine.

While boxes might be a good idea in theory, this kind of “thinking globally” is often not being followed up by acting locally. The result is that this packaging is more marketing than anything and not all it’s cracked up to be.

]]> By: Winesmith http://www.drvino.com/2006/06/23/french-rabbit-2004/#comment-276 Winesmith Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:30:00 +0000 http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2006/06/french-rabbit-2004/#comment-276 Boxed wine seems to be making a comeback. I've been noticing a lot of new packaging (and smaller sizes) that distance the new breed of box wines from the standard boxes modeled after jug wines. <A HREF="http://winesmith.blogspot.com/2006/06/boxed-goodness.html" REL="nofollow">More... </A> Boxed wine seems to be making a comeback. I’ve been noticing a lot of new packaging (and smaller sizes) that distance the new breed of box wines from the standard boxes modeled after jug wines. More…

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