Beer, as in wine is a matter of taste, personal preference, and the ability to pay.
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Posted on 06/30/2007 7:34:35 PM PDT by John Jorsett
How much Chuck
Could Two Buck Chuck
If Two Buck Could Chuck Chuck
Ever notice, you never hear these stories about good whisky and rotgut?
I will give him alot of credit by taking Napa Ridge, sticking the label of a small winery he bought out a fews years back on the bottle, and getting Trader Joe's to distribute the stuff nationwide, turning it into a cult phenomenon. I must admit that Charles Shaw's Sav Blanc is a good "emergency" pairing for shrimp, while the Chardonney makes outstanding cooking wine. Not a fan of their reds, but will admit that most Two Buck Chuck Cab or Merlot tastes not worse than alot of the $15-$25 dreck that comes with a Napa or Sonoma label.
Why do I always get the tough questions?
Most of the Trader Joe $2 buck chuck is not blended wine but wines from little known wineries that cannot command the aisle space in larger grocery stores. A couple of years ago a $2 wine from Woodbridge, California (Near Lodi and Stockton) won the highest prize in the American wine world in San Francisco...
"The Talus Collection 2003 Pinot Grigio was awarded Best of Show & Double Gold at the 2004 San Francisco International Wine Competition. Best of Show is only awarded to a wine that the entire judging panel selects as the best in each category.The San Franscisco International Wine Competition is the largest and most prestigious wine competition in America, judged by a nationally recognized panel of wine experts. In 2004, 946 wineries submitted wines from 21 countries. The judging is based on a blind, consensual procedure thereby ensuring the competition's integrity.
The month before the competition, I bought a case of the Talus 2003 Pinot Grigio at Trader Joes for $2 a bottle. Now, its a LOT more expensive...
The DollarTree Stores often have ONE Buck Chuck... which is not too bad. I suspect the bottle and cork cost more than the wine in the bottle.
....box wine drinkin’ schmuck here.
I never buy anything but boxed wine. It tastes good to me. I’d like to see beer sold the same way. Well, sort of. It would have to be somewhat different since beer is pressurized. But a small box shaped disposable plastic beer keg would be a cool idea.
I will admit that I once bought a "wine cube" at Target when I lived in Seattle (NJ bans the sale of alcohol outside of licensed "package" stores and wineries), and did not care for it. I must admit, however, that it is probably the surest way of keeping wine fresh for a long period of time, and you don't have to worry about infected corks.
Methinks the Gallo's were ahead of their time when they put the screwcap on T-Bird back in the 1950s.
....box wine drinkin’ schmuck here.
Yep, and here’s another one!! My favorite is Franzia’s Refreshing White. Soft, easy drinkin, man I love it. Hate Chardonnay, can’t for the life of me understand its popularity. Really unpleasant taste (they tell me it’s the oak, I don’t know, but whatever it is I can always tell when someone brings me the wrong wine by mistake.) When I still lived in Boston there was a Trader Joe’s not far from me, and they had an awesome Piesporter Michelsberg for 3.99!
I have the finest box of wine that $10 will buy in my kitchen.
Sometimes, you just want the “Budweiser” of wines, ya know?
Yes, I have other better wines in my kitchen, but for an after-work drink, why bother?
Beer, as in wine is a matter of taste, personal preference, and the ability to pay.
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BTW, kids these days don’t know what “mad dog” is. When I was a kid, MD 2020 was called mad dog. If Im not mistaken, MD stands for Mad Dog.
That sir, is the bottom line.
You do realize Clem, that sooner or later you are going to have to capitulate your stance on 'Roo Juice,' nyuk.
Often, the cure is worse than the disease. ;-)
As I have said on several related threads, New Zealand is where one should look for New World Savignon Blanc. Hard to find Jackson Estate Sav Blanc on the East Coast, but I still have a case left over from my Seattle sojourn.
I agree, I’m not into the wine snobbery, kinda of like coffee. I know beer, I like beer, I can choose different beers per the occasion. But I haven’t a clue when it comes to wine, so I drink beer.
That’s what WE found.....after the first year we noticed a definite change in the cab we were buying....
As I happen to be enjoying a glass of Shaw 2002 California Chardonnay at this very moment, this news pleases me.
THUNDERBIRD!
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