Juice boxes for grown-ups

OK, it's no secret that every now and again I like to get those single-serving aseptic boxes of organic chocolate milk. Or even vanilla.

And my friend recently got some juice boxes in anticipation of a visit from a toddler, who happened to prefer fizzy water.

In the end, I drank all the juice boxes myself. It was apple juice and it was really pretty delicious. Why is that so funny? So when my lovely ex-wife found these single-serving boxes of pinot grigio at the store the other day, she brought them home for me. Of course I had to try them, and you know what? They're not that bad. Refreshing and quite pleasant.

My only real complaint is that the folks behind this marketing idea apparently expect the end-user to pour the product into a wineglass or some such. I had to provide my own bendy straw to drink it right out of the carton. Fortunately I had a lovely pink one handy and was able to enjoy the mini-box of wine quite effectively. You can click on the picture above to verify that I actually did make an effort to drink it.

So far I've only seen the pinot grigio in four-packs in the store. I secretly hope they come out with a couple more flavors -- only the kinds that are good cold though. I don't think that they'd be all that great at room temperature.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my hunch. They make a big deal on the label about how cheap this packaging is -- they say they take money away from the packaging and put it into the wine. I'm just not sure I buy that claim. Comments on that, anybody?

Also, I want to thank my neighbor JD for taking the pics of me. She's in the hospital today having a hideous operation to remove some cancerous parts of her body. I'm really tired of people getting cancer.