Boxed wine, what are your thoughts?

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

The best thing I ever did was get to know my wine shop manager. First time I went in there, told him my wife and I were adventurous - here's $300, get me some wines. Go nuts.

From there, I kept notes about each bottle, and the next time I went in, I took pics and my notes and told him what we really enjoyed and what we'd pass on. From there, gave him a budget and let him pick some more wines based on the feedback of the others. He always got us a couple special occasion bottles in there, as well as everyday drinkers.

He said he enjoyed wine people like us because he never really gets to show off some of the lesser known stuff because people tend to find what they like and then just drink that. He's shown us some really amazing wines.

I can definitely vouch for building relationships at a good shop. I spend way too much on beer to also roll in wine, or even bourbon, but I could see myself making that transition later in life.