Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. The box of wine from Franzia. Five litres of average to crappy wine that'll at least get you to tie one on. I bought such a box about a month ago, maybe more. I finally finished it off with dinner tonight.
I do enjoy good wine. I don't have it very often, but I do like it. I'd like to try it more frequently, especially with the local vineyards we have right here in Ohio (including the islands). I don't know that I "appreciate" it, but I do enjoy it. I'm a white/pale wine guy myself, and it's amazing how you can barely tell there's alcohol in good wine.
So why the box? Oddly enough, I met my wife while drunk on the stuff (it could've been the paint fumes from painting my rental college house all day too). Ounce for ounce, it has the best value too. A typical .75 or 1.5 litre bottle will probably taste better, but if you have friends over or want to tie one on yourself, it's not going to go very far. Yes, I'm the guy that spent hundreds of dollars on alcohol for the 12-litre mai tai at a party a couple of years ago, but most people aren't that impulsive.
The other nice thing is that the stuff doesn't seem to have the ill effects that other alcohol frequently does. If I slam a lot of beers, I can feel it the next day. It's not always horrible, but I can still feel it. You don't get that way with wine, or even wine in a box! :)
I'm not even sure why I'm sharing this, but you know, I like to blog. For some reason, including RSS hits, 13,000+ readers hit this thing every month. I can't question what the hell they're looking for, so I just write!