Chateau Cardboard, noun phrase
- Origin:
- Pseudo-FrenchShow more Pseudo-French formation, a play on names typically given to wines.
A nickname given to wines sold in 2-litre or 5-litre bag-in-a-box packages. Also attributive. See also happy box.
1988 D. Hughes et al. Complete Bk of S. Afr. Wine 81‘Chateau Cardboard’ swept the country in the early eighties, with sales of almost nine million boxes annually.., about 30 per cent of all wine made in South Africa.
1994 ‘T. Cobbleigh’ in Sunday Times 24 July 17I can drink Chateau Cardboard and orange juice and listen to operamaniacs arguing in the foyer.
A nickname given to wines sold in 2-litre or 5-litre bag-in-a-box packages. Also attributive.
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