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Boxed Wine for Gift Baskets

April 16th, 2007 at 10:38am Lorie Obernauer

If you are able to pack wine in your gift baskets, take a look at some of the new boxed wine varieties that are now available in the marketplace. According to an article in the Cinncinnati Enquirer, “box wine is now the fastest growing wine category….With better wine varieties now available in boxes, wineries are attempting to give the category a new identity far from the rowdy boating trips and drunken fraternity parties that gave box vino its cheap, low-quality image.” And you can even buy wine in plastic bottles and cans.

This is great news if you’re concerned about using bottled products in your gift baskets. Certainly there are lots of issues about packing and shipping any bottles in a gift basket. But more importantly, you need to check out the rules in your state about selling alcohol and make sure you’re not breaking any laws.

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