Packaging is great, seems very stable. I've only drank one bottle so far and it was pretty decent. It was a pretty normal Sake. I'm a Sake newbie, other than some I drank at Epcot at the japan pavillian, I haven't had a lot. I'm looking forward to some interesting ones. I know there is draft sake, flavored sake, etc. that I'm looking forward to trying. I hope they don't all taste the same :) The deal for 2 boxes was really good, so I purchased that and will probably write another review after I've had both sets to fully qualify if the subscription was worth it.