Nice package!

I get a lot of booze and booze-related swag in the mail, which is nice since I'm always writing about it. Generally speaking, the more expensive the product the fancier the packaging and press kit that it comes with. I have to say I enjoy a good press kit (as long as they're not unwieldy- 10 Cane you're pushing it) since I keep them around for future reference, but usually the box the booze comes in just takes up space and I need to throw it away.

The St. Germain elderflower liqueur that arrived in the mail today sells for under 40 bucks, but totally wins the prize for impressive packaging. Given that most everybody is raving about how good the stuff is they could have sent it in a brown paper bag with "Yer Booze" written on it, but they decided to go all-out. The case is a faux cloth-covered box like you might have around a collector's set of books, with a leather pull-tab at the end. Inside the bottle rests on a satiny pillow like... I don't know, a fancy tea set you get as a wedding gift? (I tend not to own breakable things so I don't have much experience here. Also note if I ever get married I don't want a fancy tea set.)

Anyway, the press kit is nice too, so I'm happy about that. The box, as lovely as it is, isn't really convenient to keep around. I searched the house for something large and tubular it might hold, but it's too small for the Dust Buster and too big for the cordless phone.