The Main Event: Bota Box 2010 vs. Black Box 2011
$4.99 ea. @ Miller's Grocery Store
Brian sez: The Black Box is everything I don't like about cheap Chardonnay: sloppy oak, vague butter. The Bota Box tastes like white wine-flavored water. Definitely cleaner than the Black Box, but nothing really interesting as far as flavor is concerned. I'm not going to lie to you: if I had to pick a winner between these two, I'd probably opt for a beer.
Julia sez: Black Box tastes like what you expect cheap Chardonnay to taste like. Not much flavor in the Bota Box. Somehow, though, we managed to finish both of them.
Binary rating: 0 and 0. No knockouts here, but the judges give the Black Box the win by decision for actually tasting like something.