Goon sack, goon bag or, simply, goon. Cask wine is deeply ingrained in the Australian ethos and vernacular (it’s also an Australian invention), long associated with “two-buck chuck”, cheap wine for cooking or uni students on a budget. But its negative reception usually has nothing to do with the wine itself and more to do with the mistaken belief that price is an indicator of quality.
Now don’t mistake me, there are a lot of nondescript or terrible-tasting cask wines out there. But with the spotlight on the sustainability and carbon footprint of wineries, the appeal of boxed wine over glass bottles is becoming more prevalent.
