There is a box of wine in our refrigerator, a confession that just a few short months ago we would not have made under torture.
Technically, we're talking about what the industry likes to call a premium wine cask, a taste- and odor-neutral plastic liner inside a cardboard box, typically holding 3 liters of wine, the equivalent of four standard bottles.
Here's why producers like it and we do too: It is lighter and cheaper to ship, allowing a lower price point at retail; because it requires less fuel to ship, it produces a smaller carbon footprint; and because air is excluded from the container as the wine is drawn, it lasts much longer than wine in an open bottle.
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