Burgundy and Box Wine

    Burgundy is a region in eastern France.  Burgundy Wine is made in Burgundy; the white wine is Chardonnay and the red is Pinot Noir.  Tonight I tried Franzia (one of most famous box wines).  I had their Burgundy.  Which until today I did not know they made French and Italian wine.

   The Franzia family started making wine in the first half of the 1900s.  They survived the prohibition by selling their grapes.  In the 1970s they debut their WineTap (R), that is their fancy spout that comes out of the box.
     The wine I had tonight was their Burgundy from the "World Classics" collection.  The "World Classics" collection includes: White Zinfandel, White Grenache (I want to try this), White Merlot, Chablis ( a region in Burgundy France,  Chablis Wine is Chardonnay),  Rhine, and Chianti.
    I had a Burgundy, some of the greatest wines are Burgundy, in a box.  I was at a Pizza place and they only had box wine by the glass.  I picked the Burgundy because I was betting it would not be to heavy on the tannins and acidity.  It was surprisingly smooth.  The wine was cold and filled to the top of the glass.  It was not sharp, but had a very slight vinegar taste.  It was also pretty thin.  As it warmed up it really started to taste like juice.
      This might seem like a tangent but I promise it connects back.  When I was in college I went to a party.  The boys set up a game of beer pong (and drinking game).  They had decided that girls don't like beer so they bought a box wine.  My guess is they bought a Cabernet.  Yes there are very good Cabernet but as a whole cheap Cabs are pretty sharp.  But what made it worse is the boys put the wine in the beer pong cups (meaning I had to drink quickly about an inch of wine).  It was awful, I only did it once.  Maybe I am just different but I would rather drink beer then bad wine, well depending on the beer.
     Here is how I tie it all back.  This box wine, the Franzia Burgundy, served chilled, would be perfect for "wine pong" or for simply drinking fast.
   This might be one of the only helpfully tips for young college boys on this blog.  I hope this one helps.

photo of box and information from http://www.franzia.com/index.shtml