Food & Wine magazine's Ray Isle shows TODAY's Hoda Kotb and guest cohost Kris Jenner a variety of boxed and bottled wines and discusses which kind is the best.
“It used to be that all boxed wine was bad,” says Ray Isle, executive wine editor of Food & Wine magazine. “Now a number of producers are actually putting good wine—and sometimes really good wine—into boxes.” But can box wine actually be better than bottled wine? Isle leads Hoda and Kris Jenner through a blind taste test to decide in a battle between box wine vs. bottle wine. Here's what they sampled -- try it on your own and see what you like best!
1. Sauvignon Blanc
The bottle costs almost the same amount as the 3 liter box, which means you're getting four times the wine for the same price if you like the box better.
Box: 2010 Target California Sauvignon Blanc (3 liter box - $15)
Bottle: 2010 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc ($14)
2. Chardonnay
These two Chardonnays are from the same region, the Monterey, Calif. area.
Box: 2010 Black Box Monterey Chardonnay (3 liter box - $22)
Bottle: 2009 J Lohr Riverstone Chardonnay ($12)
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3. Italian Red
The box wine here is a tasty Italian red from the Veneto area and when you do the math, the $21 box breaks down to about $5 per bottle. The bottled wine is a classic Chianti from Tuscany, which actually costs $22-for one bottle-a dollar more than the box wine.
Box: NV Cantina Valpantena Corvina (3 liter box - $21)
Bottle: 2007 Villa Sant’Anna Chianti ($22)
4. Malbec from Argentina
Malbec is one of the huge successes in wine over the past couple of years; it's become enormously popular, because it offers such great quality for the price.
Box: 2010 Maipe Malbec (3 liter box - $27, might sound high but that’s only $7 a bottle!)
Bottle: 2009 Don David Malbec ($15)
Tell us, do you drink box wine? Do you have a favorite? Let us know in the comments.

