[Phantom Lord]

Two Buck Chuck is one of the best wines I have ever had. They did a tasting on one of the morning shows a few months back. Two Buck Chuck vs some pretty high dollar stuff. 2 of the 3 wine tasters (professionals!) picked Two Buck Chuck as the best of the bunch!

[CatoRenasci]

I remember the early Trader Joe's in Los Angeles when I was in graduate school and law school, they had amazing bargains on wines that hadn't sold (sometimes 'cause they were bad, sometimes 'cause of overproduction or other reasons unrelated to quality), and drank literally hundreds of cases of excellent wines at prices around $1 a bottle. I remember his private label stuff then, too, and it was decent, very decent. On the other hand, I was recently given some Two Buck Chuck and found it truly excreble.

[Semper Paratus]

"I believe we're returning to the climate of the late Middle Ages,"

In the absence of any reliable proof of GW I'll believe this too.

[DentsRun]

There's another reason Trader Joe's does so well (beyond the cheap wine). Far from the sullen, indifferent and just plain dumb clerks you encounter in so many stores, Trader Joe's people are friendly and intelligent.

[BunnySlippers]

I used to love Trader Joe's before it expanded outside of Southern California.

[FeliciaCat]

Count me as the 10% of the population that drinks wine. I find this hard to believe only 10% of Americans are wine drinkers. ALL of my girlfriends and many of the women in my family drink wine almost exclusively.

[Khurkris]

Trader Joes is my neighborhood market. Fortunately there is a fresh vegatble store almost next door to it. If I could get a good butcher shop to open close I would have everything in one place.

TJ's also has some of the best quality/prices on nutritional supplements. They buy in MASSIVE quantity from high quality manufacturers. And they honestly do pass the savings along to their customers. People in the supplement/health food store talk derisively of TJ, but they refuse to meet their prices.

I highly reccomend their "VERY GREEN" product if you do green foods.

[SF Republican]

Great store and very good wine selections; we do about 1/2 of our grocery shopping and 100% of our wine shopping there. I will have to disagree with the Charles Shaw (2 buck chuck)analysis, IMHO it is good but it is very basic.

[Tribune7]

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[wtc911]

Distillation of spirits for whiskey and its Celtic precursor is widely acknowledged to have begun in ancient times, not following some climatic change in the 1400s as the article states. In fact a written record from the middle of that century details the delivery of 1500 bottles of aquavitae (whiskey) to a certain Monk.

Touted for its varied medicinal uses, whisky was even said to cure lisping. One can assume from this that were professional wine tasters around even then. I have tested this anti-lisping theory my self for 35 years and will, after a bit more study, be ready to pronounce it true.

[ValerieUSA]

Joe Coloumbe's ancestors came from Normandy to Quebec in 1665 to escape the cold and were surprised to find that area even colder. Their ancestors eventually made their way to warmed climates; Coloumbe lives in Southern California.

I think it should say, "Their descendants eventually made their way to warmed climates; Coloumbe lives in Southern California."

[KingNo155]

Why wine? When u can cry in your beer? Besides suicide is quicker with liquer. Ask ozzy or black sabbath

[BlessedBeGod]

Wow! I was just there today after not shopping there for a while. They have the best kippers: they taste better than the ones in the grocery store, the cans are bigger, and they're cheaper. :-)

[SunkenCiv]

‘Two-Buck Chuck’ Wins Wine Competition
North County Times/The Californian | Friday, June 29, 2007
Bradley J. Fikes - Staff Writer
Posted on 06/30/2007 5:05:16 PM EDT by DogByte6RER
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1858923/posts

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