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The Wine Scene: by Jill A. Ditmire
posted: Sept. 15, 2017
Worry Less Wine
Disasters man made and natural have been on my mind a lot lately. The sixteenth anniversary of 9/11. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. It seems trivial and a bit selfish to think about wine but when so many bad things are happening, the simple things can bring a much needed moment of pleasure. Even if it's just a glass of wine. I read that billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson hunkered down in the wine cellar of his private home on Necker Island while Hurricane Irma passed over. He, his staff and his bottles survived unscathed. What if you didn't have to worry about broken bottles? Or having a corkscrew? Box wine of course. It's functional, delicious and widely available. The standard "big box" of wine has a convenient tap which is connected to a polyethylene bag that keeps wine fresh up to 6 weeks after opening. Each box equals 4 bottles and even if the box gets soaked or damaged, the wine in the bag stays fresh. Tetra pack wines hold 3 glasses. The aseptic lined portable packages are like "adult juice" boxes. Light and air are the enemies of wine. Once a bottle is exposed to either, the wine begins to fade in flavor and structure. Box and tetra packages keep the juice in a dark, concentrated space giving the drinker more time to enjoy the juice inside. Who doesn't need one less thing to worry about these days? Give box and tetra a try.
Jill A. Ditmire is an Omnimedia wine specialist, AWS certified wine judge, freelance broadcast journalist and 20+ year home owner in the Warfleigh neighborhood of Broad Ripple. Send your questions and comments to Jill at
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