Yellow + Blue Update

Remember the natty packaging on the Yellow + Blue 2007 Malbec that I mentioned a few posts ago? (No? Well read about it here.) Well I did go back to the Wine Source. As Yellow + Blue's Matthew Cain mentioned in a comment to my previous post, he contacted the folks there and let them know what was up with the bottle. Turns out the Wine Source has quite the generous return policy, ranking about even with Home Depot. So even had Mr. Cain not contacted them (though it did help), they probably would've exchanged it.

I tried opening the exchange package, and lucky me, it opened and closed just fine, no leakage. And I'm happy to say I am once again convinced that this is a good buy. No, not a good bye, a good buy!

Get this wine - but I DARE you to close it back up!

I was impressed with the new cardboard-with-a-screw-top environmentally-friendly liter package of red wine I saw at the Wine Source a few months back. The Yellow + Blue 2007 Malbec comes in "1L TetraPac" packaging. It's sitting in my recycle bin right now.

This is a tasty, tangy red wine, one of a few reds that I can actually stomach (not a big red wine fan here). I confess, however, that I did not get through the whole thing. You see, not long after I opened and, yes, closed it back up, I found this happening to the top of the "TetraPac":


Note the bubbles coming out the side of the base of the fully closed screw cap. No, I did not violently open the screw cap, nor violently close it either. And it's not even normal wear and tear, as this happened the moment I opened it up. So really this has been sitting, sort of "open" and yet "not open" for days in my fridge.

Now I REALLY love the idea of alternatives to glass wine bottles that have to be stopped with a cork, especially in environmentally friendly and freshness-saving packaging. But it's gotta not leak, you know? It left this hateful ring of red wine underneath it in the fridge - at least I had the foresight to put a paper towel underneath it.

Someone convince me to buy this again because I don't feel like wasting another $10 of wine.

UPDATE - You know, it just doesn't seem worth it to buy this wine, unless, as Kitt suggested, you do indeed transfer it to another, more re-sealable vessel. And apparently it isn't even recyclable after all! (Hence, not "green" as I thought.)

UPDATE II - I just got a very helpful and informative comment from Matthew Cain, owner/importer of Yellow+Blue Malbec. I am impressed! Go to comments to read it.