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I suspect that there’s an infinite number of opinions about Scotch and wine.

The biggest problem with boxed wines is that they don’t have the “class” of bottled wine. (I’m referring to bottles with a cork — more practical screw-top bottles are considered even more déclassé than boxed wine. Wine snobs insist that wine from screw-top bottles is usually best drunk curbside, from the bottle, which is still in the brown bag its came in.) There are some decent boxed wines — apparently, they’ve become quite acceptable in Australia. When appearances matter, I decant the wine into a crystal decanter for serving (the wine aerates better in a decanter too).

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If only the outrage were enough to raise the dead.

Miss you, guy.

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Thank you. Although I am neither a wine snob nor a snob of any other discipline, I always acknowledge being educated by those more knowledgeable on any subject.

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I am somewhat of a wine snob and I would like to disagree about the cork issue. The current thinking among some of the snobs is that up to 10% of the corks are contaminated with a mold that negatively effects the taste. Some of my favorite non-plonk pinot's (~$25) currently come with a screw top.

I'm pretty ok with wine in a box too, especially from Australia. Argentina is doing some nice inexpensive wine as well.

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