Cheaper, lower-quality wines have been available in bag-in-box packaging of some sort for 40 years.
Perhaps the younger, U.S.-based, Twitter-prolific Molesworth becoming a brand all his own as Suckling did before him could result in a more unified American marketplace, demanding higher-quality wines and fairer prices from Bordeaux.
They produce top-quality white wines in a country that has traditionally specialised in vino tinto.
But the combination of Mr. Bret's enthusiasm and the quality of the wines soon revived me.
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In terms of quality, the wines of the Western Cape, in particular, have made great strides in the past decade.
As evidence of the emerging quality of Virginia wines, the U.S. Treasury Department designated Middleburg, Virginia, as the newest American Viticulture Area.
Recently, I started to glimpse where quality, inexpensive wines might be coming from in the future when I tasted through a sampling of wines from the Navarra region of Spain.
There are other lesser known champagne houses that undercut their more famous brethren, and while harder to find in this country, there are also plenty of high quality French sparkling wines from outside the Champagne region commanding far lower prices.
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Fast forward a few years, Ryan launches Black Box Wines which focuses on quality, appellation-specific, vintage wines sealed in thick plastic bags, then boxed.
You can find this quality in many Rhone wines, as well as wines from the Languedoc, where wild herbs grow side by side with the grape vines.
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But note that the Wine Spectator index of auction prices on 150 of the most popularly traded wines of quality vintages is up 16% over last year.
Not only does VITIS store all of its wines in a state-of-the-art climate controlled facility to ensure quality, it will also store your wines there, a service they claim no other online retailer offers.
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The Bottle: This is allocated to cellars that show a consistently high quality throughout their range of wines.
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The result is quality, well-made wines are afflicted with an unjust reputation.
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The restaurant carefully sources all its meats from mostly natural and grass fed farmers, and makes its own wines, mainly high quality pinot noirs, to match.
Black Box wines consistently receive critical acclaim and are lauded for the fact that the wines are such great quality, at such a great price and stay fresh for four weeks after opening.
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Each series is crafted from a clever blend of very old wines and younger wines so they deliver on the quality experience without a staggering price point.
The 2004 Bordeaux wines were reasonably priced, and of high quality, but the response was lukewarm after the high-quality, low-volume, high-priced 2003 vintage.
When the wines that we tasted were in balance, the quality of the fruit shone through.
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The company, which also owns the Robert Mondavi winery, sort of stumbled into box wines when some of its executives were impressed by the quality of Black Box during a sampling.
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Protectionism only links well-connected businesses with the government in opposition to the public, which welcomes quality goods at competitive prices, whether they be iPads from China, wines from South Africa, or wheat from whoever can grow it best.
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The popularity of Sancerre has had a bit of a downside: It has contributed to the creation of some less-than-impressive wines from producers seeking to capitalize on demand, choosing quantity over quality.
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They will try to offer a huge selection, high quality and just a 30-minute wait for home delivery of prepared meals, fine wines, nonprescription drugs and even cigars.
At risk of echoing my retailer friends, I have to admit I didn't taste much that wasn't good, and there were even a few wines I'd even call great, particularly in terms of price-quality ratio.
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To overcome to the low image problem of box wines, Constellation embarked on extensive sampling and trial and used the packaging to amplify a message of quality by noting appellation and awards.
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