I have said before how there are some bad wines that you can easily detect based on price, but that there are some good ones as well. However, in Pennsylvania, an inexpensive but great wine still usually costs several dollars more than in a non-control state.

Well, as I went to a PLCB State Store on Saturday to grab a couple of bottles of white wine, I saw some box wine for about $5/$6 and said that I would try it. Now, you might say that box wine is a bad thing, and in most cases I would agree with you, but there are several companies making quality wine and packaging it in one liter boxes.

As I tried this wine that night, and unfortunately shared it with a couple other people, I must say that this definitely would've gotten a rating of 5 if it was in the bottle, but the fact that it was in a box, and a lot more inexpensive, I had to give it a 1.

The taste itself seems changed by the packaging, but the Chardonnay seems to burn your throat as you go down; folks, that is not how wine should ever make you feel. I really even can't catch a taste as the smell just kind of assaulted and shut down my taste buds.