Comments on: Buying Oil and Wine http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/08/25/buying-oil-and-wine/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Hola Valencia http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/08/25/buying-oil-and-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Hola Valencia Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:25:54 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=763#comment-2905 Great post - really enjoyed reading it. This makes me want to go on a wine hunt as well. Great post - really enjoyed reading it. This makes me want to go on a wine hunt as well.

]]> By: jane http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/08/25/buying-oil-and-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 jane Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:59:43 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=763#comment-2904 I heard the music from Fractured Fairy Tales playing in the background the whole time I was reading the wine part. I heard the music from Fractured Fairy Tales playing in the background the whole time I was reading the wine part.

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/08/25/buying-oil-and-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Erik R. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:05:16 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=763#comment-2903 In the small town bars in Extremadura, when you order a glass of wine, they serve you from a <a href="http://www.dyc.es/" rel="nofollow">DYC</a> whiskey bottle, never trying to hide the fact that they buy in bulk. I believe that the "bag in a cardboard box" will soon become the standard for buying unbottled wine. The winery in the photos has already switched to boxes. It's the most efficient volume usage (a 5L cube is really pretty small: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=cube+root+5000+cm+in+inches" rel="nofollow">6.7"<sup>3</sup></a>), stackable, and come with a handle and serving spigot. Ideal. In the small town bars in Extremadura, when you order a glass of wine, they serve you from a DYC whiskey bottle, never trying to hide the fact that they buy in bulk.

I believe that the “bag in a cardboard box” will soon become the standard for buying unbottled wine. The winery in the photos has already switched to boxes. It’s the most efficient volume usage (a 5L cube is really pretty small: 6.7″3), stackable, and come with a handle and serving spigot. Ideal.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/08/25/buying-oil-and-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-2902 sgazzetti Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:55:52 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=763#comment-2902 By the time we left Slovenia we had a 'go-to' winery that we would visit every couple of months to lay in some bottled wine in cases, but before we found that place I used to have Sunday afternoon wine-hunts similar to the one you describe. There is something immensely satisfying about buying wine by the five-liter jerrycan. By the time we left Slovenia we had a ‘go-to’ winery that we would visit every couple of months to lay in some bottled wine in cases, but before we found that place I used to have Sunday afternoon wine-hunts similar to the one you describe. There is something immensely satisfying about buying wine by the five-liter jerrycan.

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