MMMMmmmm...Sangria..

I used to make huge batches of this for parties! A good alternative to red wine is to use pinot grigio instead. It's a little lighter, and it doesn't stain!

ok, i will admit....i like wine in a box....lol. i seriously haven't had any since the weekend i graduated from college. one night a box of wine...the next 2 a party ball of beer...you can't beat it!

my personal favorites are anything by robert mondovi. i just tried a merlot that i LOVED!!!! of course, chardonnay is my favorite.

i just recently tried rosemount estates shiraz. yummmy. i brought it for my friends that i have the dinners with...and they didn't like it. i bought a really expensive version and brought it home for easter....and i drank the whole bottle myself. i am not complaining, but no one else liked it. lol, my family obviously has no taste.

i also like kendall jackson chardonnay.

i will have to check out the pinot gris bc darcy likes that and i don't think that either have had reisling. my friend stacy just bought her first bottle of wine a few weeks ago. poor thing.
thanks for all of your suggestions! i am venturing into the red wines, so even if i have to drink red, while they drink white, that is ok!

edited to add: sangria....yummm. i hadn't thought of that!!! does anyone have any good receipies???

I tried wine in a box once... ONCE. My old apartment complex threw a Christmas party and a summer pool party every year, where the only alcohol to be had was wine in a box and a keg of Bud Light. Barf-o-rama. :p With the rent they charged, they certainly could have afforded better... :rolleyes:

Cardboardonnay - I'll have to remember that :) My friends and I usually refer to it and other bad wines as "Chateau le Plonk".

My recommendations:

If you can find it, try Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc. The chardonnay is also very nice.

My fave is Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon, especially with a nice thick medium-rare steak :) They also offer a merlot, a chardonnay (one of the few American chardonnays I will drink) and a few others that are escaping me at the moment.

Anything red from France or Itilian merlots are good.

Toro from Spain
Kendall Jackson Reserve (pretty good!)
Yellow Tail red wine (they have a shiraz and something else... cheap and yummy)

I really like red wines that are smooth. The best thing to do is go to a good store and ask what they reccommend. As a rule, I'd say good American wines are more expenisve. Anything European, red and cheap will be fairly decent (lessons from abraod!).

alright, i'm gonna be the first to admit i know nothing about wine, and only just recently have i come to even really like it..but i've had the yellow tail chardonnay and really enjoyed it.

it's good! I bought a bottle on rec from a high school friend. Her and her mom buy it by the box... lol.
-M

I promised myself from an early age that I would not drink box wine or Boone's Farm. (Yes, I was an alcohol snob from Day 1 :p)

Mr. Munchkin bought some really good wine for a dinner party we were hosting...I will find out the name. We got it in Providence, so you should be able to get it in Boston. :) It was about 8-10 a bottle.

I suggest the wines from Coppola's vineyard. It's pretty tasty. After drinking wine with every meal for 6 months in Italy, my tongue and nose are well-trained to good wine.