Thing 125 Wine In A Box

Okay a lot of these things have to do with booze. This is Ireland after all, and it's the end of Summer, which means it's basically Winter, which is very similar to the very start of summer, so there's not a lot to do. And United were kick starting the season... wine is the way forward.

So anyway, wine from a box eh? Oh yeah...

I worked in a restaurant in Limerick called Moll Darby's for years. It was great. While there, burning coffee and being sent for "bags of steam" by the kitchen, thanks Chef, I learned a little about wine. Some people pay a lot of money for wine, and therefor it must count as "good wine". House wine was considered "okay". Some people spent serious time "tasting" the wine - which counts as being a douche, since no one ever sent it back, they just wanted to look cool.

Lots of people thought they knew about wine. They did not. It's not like I do either, but i know something about it.
I know enough to feel comfortable about drinking it from a box, with a box on my head while making a box with my hands (and Top Cat's hands). Yep. I'm cool. I do love the wine though. Red's a preference, but I'm not fussy. That's the thing they don't tell people about wine. If you like wine, it's okay to like different wines. It's okay to enjoy wine with a bottle that has a screw on top, or wine with a rubber cork. You don't have to pick the most expensive bottle on the menu, or have to be part of a special secret organisation to like wine.

To prove the point: here's wine from a box, all over the shop...

In the shed...
On the deck...
In the living room, watching United demolish Newcastle...

Snobby people who've been drinking wine for years will tell you that "classy wines" cost. They're wrong. "Good wines" don't have screw on tops - they're wrong. "Quality wines" are not available in most off-licenses. Wrong. Meh, what do I know. I've been drinking wine from a box all night...

We decided to check it out. And to have even more fun, wine from a box should be experienced from all over the house - and the shed.

Now that I think about it, I have been drinking wine from a box all night. I'm going to bed...