Forgive me if this has been discussed recently, but I've been absent from SE Talk for nearly a year (I'm the SE'er formerly known as LoCo)...

Now that my husband is living overseas, I've been faced more than once with an opened bottle of wine getting away from me and spoiling. I have no problem with the concept of boxed wine. Actually, I love the idea of both the economy and the long shelf-life, and I know it's becoming very popular outside of the USA. The selection is slowly improving, but mostly, finding REAL wine in a box is not yet that easy here in the States (sorry... no... I do not consider Almaden or Sutter Home to be real wines).

I've tried out a few over the past few months. At least one or two have been adequate, but the rest were, quite literally, can't-spit-it-out-fast-enough undrinkable. And I hate too many experiments that run over $25 apiece...

So I'm wondering if an brave SeriousEaters have been experimenting. And if so, have you found a box wine that's better than decent that you'd actually recommend?

Thanks in advance for your always interesting feedback!