Sangria and Box/Jug Wine

[hdblair]

We are having a party for over 150 people and will be serving Sangria. Can anyone recommend a good (inexpensive) dry red box/jug wine for this purpose? It will probably need to be a widely distributed name since we do not live near a really large city. Thanks, Harold

[Innkeeper]

An inexpensive Spaniard such as widely distributed Bodegas Borsao will work fine.

[donnaclif]

I just visited the website of Bodegas Borsao,it seems to be beautiful,i dont think it would be dirt cheap but yes could be slightly inexpensive.It seems to be
really a good wine which could be easily served in parties

[Innkeeper]

It runs between $6 & $9 around here.

[donnaclif]

thanks for the information it seems to be pretty affordable.out of curiosity i googled for more on the spanish wines, here is the link i found, which seems to mention lots of spanish wines, http://www.vivino.com/search.php?q=Bodegas+Borsao&x=20&y=11
and one common trait i found in most of them.Their name starts with Bodegas. can you please enlighten me what is this Bodegas? is it a grape or name of the place?

[dananne]

Literally, it's the Spanish term for a warehouse that stores wine for aging, usually at the winery. In practical terms, it's used much in the same way as the French use "Chateau." It's not the name of the grape (there are many, many grapes in Spain, though it can be narrowed down a bit by region). The Borsao above is an 80%/20% blend of Garnacha (also known as Grenache) and the noble Spanish grape Tempranillo.

[donnaclif]

Okay thanks for educating on this ,i could have never though that it could mean ware house.I did some quick google on Tempranillo and found that it is being grown and used by the wine makers in US,Chile and other countries also apart from spain.
here is the link to an interesting article on this: http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=841
and here is the link to some of the good wines made from Tempranillo from across the world: http://www.vivino.com/grapes/tempranillo/


Well that seems to be happening with every popular grape,they are being grown by every major wine growing country in the world.