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Constellation though saw an opportunity where others saw none and in 2003 launched the first premium box wine, Black Box.
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With a dreamy look on his face, he tipped his bottle above his shiny black dress shoes and watched the wine dribble onto the toes.
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In August, 1969, a Memphis man known as Sweet Willie Wine led a group of black men on a four-day March Against Fear, from West Memphis to Little Rock, passing through the small towns of the Arkansas delta.
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The 3-liter box of Black Box, the equivalent of four bottles of wine, is the leader in the fastest growing segment of the wine market.
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To date, Black Box has received 40 Gold Medals and been the recipient of 27 Wine Enthusiast magazine Best Buys.
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But in a country that exports more than 400 million liters of wine per year, there are still only around 15 qualified black winemakers.
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The yellow-footed wallaby of the Yellow Tail label inspired so many imitations (from Little Penguin to Black Swan) that a 2008 Nielsen study showed 18% of all new wine launches in the previous three years were "critter" brands.
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Aside from quality, Black Box offers value at compelling price points (40% less than comparable bottle of wine is a huge incentive), and with its re-closeable twist-off cap the wine lasts from four to six weeks.
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It has the reek of the black-frocked missionary sniffing down his nose at the primitives animism without ever wondering if his own wine-and-a-cracker deity might not be just as phony as the numinous spirits of the riverbeds and pine forests.
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Taylor paired a black, box-pleat top with a girly peplum and a frayed design in a tweed skirt done in wine red.
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