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BillP
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Have you guys checked Bevmo?
Screw Kappa
http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17402
Red Truck in bottles
http://tiny.cc/e5jo2
They can probably order anything you need
I love their 5 cent sales, buy one bottle, get the second for a nickle.
[Edited on 8-3-2010 by BillP]
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El Camote
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We've used the boxed wine, with great success, for backpacking trips where weight, bulk and unbreakableness are at a premium. Another fine feature of
the "bag" wine, we've discovered, is blowing air into the bag in the midst of consumption and tossing it back and forth between our floaties while
camping on the river. When you've lost the ability to catch it, no problem, it floats.
I still think "box" and "bag" are nice euphemisms when bladder and scrotum are more accurate descriptions of the serving container.
It's uber classy to show up at dinner parties with a full scrotum of tasty vino. 
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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Santiago
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To El Camote: I'm curious, without looking it up, do you know who Justin Hayward is?
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El Camote
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Yes. Wasn't he the lead singer with the moody blues?
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Santiago
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Thought so.
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rts551
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Box wine
gives new meaning to "loosing" your friends
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
I just opened it last week. (I was waiting for the right moment, if you know what I mean). |
| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.
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Have you two met?
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
The Value of a Drink
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink, I feel shame . Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all
of their hopes and dreams .. If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered.
Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." ~ Jack Handy
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties. |
That's exactly the way I feel about the guys at Jack Daniel's, and I'm doing my very best to keep them employed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzeR1pJIZBA&feature=relat...
What would Dino say?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
That Peter Vella box stuff is actually available in SoCal supermarkets and drug store for less than $10. Time was that so-called "jug wine" was pretty
awful. But, thanks to folks like the Franzia brothers, some of who, by the way, are the producers of two buck chuck, mass- produced wines have become
ever so more palatable. The Franzias have a huge, amazing facility in the Central Valley. |
Well, I’m definitely NOT a wine connoisseur, but Sam’s Club in San Diego sells 5 ltr Franzia box wine (chardonnay) for less than $8.50/box. It does
pack well, and no worries about broken bottles due to those rough roads out to the beach!... (I wouldn’t serve it to my snooty vinophile friends,
though!) 
Linda
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Mexitron
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I've brought expensive bottles of wine on camping trips and somehow it just doesn't taste much better than box wine...as opposed to at home where the
box wine tastes like grape koolaid with a little grain alchohol poured in it...so it works out great for camping---no bottles and cheap!
I shouldn't say the box wine is all that bad though---a couple years ago we had a drought in the money supply and had only $90 for the month for food
and booze...we drank the box stuff and wasn't to bad except for some gnarly hangovers.
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There was a time
I always loved blind tastings. Waking up the next morning to find I wasn't blind.  Now days I talk to my higher power, and work the steps. Maybe someday
I'll be able to drink like normal people. But if I was to guess, I most likely won't.
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franzia and vellas taste like crap. it's what to drink when it's all there is...and not in qty, i can't swill enuff to feel that special wine magic in
the brain receptors.
of course that's just me....
some may like vegimite too....
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Do they still sell Thunderbird and Ripple? Yikes, those were the days
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you betcha Diana T!!
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Do they still sell Thunderbird and Ripple? Yikes, those were the days |
one of my fav drinks is WPLJ...
aka white port and lemon juice.
made eternally famous on a little known musical gem of an album called Burnt Weenie Sandwich.....
a Bowery fav since before the war.
fact: when i was living in Germany in 1972 i met some guys from a bicycle club who raced long distances. they made up a power sports drink mixing beer
and sugary soft drinks like 7-Up. the effect was the sugar gave them energy boosts and the beer dulled the pain from exertion.
wonder if that would be considered "doping" at the tour de france today???
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BillP
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Do they still sell Thunderbird and Ripple? Yikes, those were the days |
Don't forget Boones Farm and Annie Bedsprings. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BillP
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Do they still sell Thunderbird and Ripple? Yikes, those were the days |
Don't forget Boones Farm and Annie Bedsprings. |
I feel cheated---I sure remember the Boones Farm, but somehow missed the Annie Bedsprings.
Didn't know any wine snobs in those days. 
Santiago, anxious to try what you did with my wine snob son.
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Peoples' egos get in the way in the way of judging wines. People should drink wines like the Italians do. They drink more wine per capita than
anyone else. Their attitude is "we like wine, we drink wine and not the label". It is no surprise that blind tests show up surpising results. Even
with coffees, it's the same result. I read of a blind test between the premium coffee house coffees and Folgers. Folgers took second place out of
five contestants. It's the same with judging restaurant food.
Often times, the taste experience one gets is largely and directly related to the chemistry in your mouth at any one moment, the level of hunger (or
thirst) and the mood you are in. Ever get really hungry at a baseball game and buy a not so well prepared hot dog that tasted as good as anything
that you have ever eaten?
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BillP
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by BillP
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Do they still sell Thunderbird and Ripple? Yikes, those were the days |
Don't forget Boones Farm and Annie Bedsprings. |
I feel cheated---I sure remember the Boones Farm, but somehow missed the Annie Bedsprings.
Didn't know any wine snobs in those days.
Santiago, anxious to try what you did with my wine snob son.
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Bedsprings was a common nickname, it was actually Annie Green Springs and was brought out as direct
competion for Boones Farm.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BillP
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by BillP
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
Do they still sell Thunderbird and Ripple? Yikes, those were the days |
Don't forget Boones Farm and Annie Bedsprings. |
I feel cheated---I sure remember the Boones Farm, but somehow missed the Annie Bedsprings.
Didn't know any wine snobs in those days.
Santiago, anxious to try what you did with my wine snob son.
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Bedsprings was a common nickname, it was actually Annie Green Springs and was brought out as direct
competion for Boones Farm. |
OK, I remember Annie Green Springs, but somehow I missed the common name----good one, however. 
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