That's the debate that sprung up in the comment thread of a recent post. We've all seen the boxed beverage labeled as wine sitting on retailer shelves, but the issue is whether it actually qualifies as wine. CV readers decided that an experiment needed to be performed to settle the issue. This is a science blog, afterall. Being a theorist, I already had my favorite model to describe the outcome of this experiment - namely, wine does not come in boxes. So I was disqualified from participating in the analysis. Luckily, one brave CV reader, Elliot, stepped up to the challenge. Here are the results, in his own words:
Before I share the results of the wine tasting experiment with boxed wine, I should do a bit of level setting on the experimental apparatus. (me) I am by no means a wine expert. However I have developed (over many years) ...