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To: John Jorsett
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?
To: John Jorsett
But I never expected to read that Charles Shaw has won the California State Fair's Commercial Wine Competition as the best Chardonnay in California. As I happen to be enjoying a glass of Shaw 2002 California Chardonnay at this very moment, this news pleases me.
To: John Jorsett
"What's the word?"
THUNDERBIRD!
40 posted on
06/30/2007 9:25:04 PM PDT by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: John Jorsett
BS ... I drink more than my share of wine. I’ve visited wineries all over the world ... Napa Valley, Australia, New Zealand, and more recently South Africa. I can tell you from personal experience that ‘two buck chuck sucks’ ... period the end. Anyone trying to pass this abysmal wine off as a great find doesn’t know crap about wine.
41 posted on
06/30/2007 9:27:08 PM PDT by
BluH2o
To: John Jorsett
'Two-buck Chuck' wins wine competition It will now be renamed "Forty-buck Chuck".
46 posted on
06/30/2007 9:47:57 PM PDT by
Polybius
To: John Jorsett
“Three Buck Chuck” in Washington State.
Useful, at least in the Cab varietal. Never tried the Chard. A good “drinker”, as opposed to having to match with a meal. Something hearty to have with cheese and other appetizers.
God Bless America.
50 posted on
07/01/2007 2:14:41 AM PDT by
IslandJeff
(Bird bird bird, bird is the word)
To: John Jorsett
like a Michelin's Red Guide giving three stars to a roadside hamburger stand I've eaten at some 4-star roadside hamburger stands; this is about snobbery, not quality.
53 posted on
07/01/2007 3:20:56 AM PDT by
Bernard
(The Fairness Doctrine should be applied to people who follow the rules to come to America legally.)
To: John Jorsett
pays more than $2 a bottle for glass, corkage, and bottling costs, before we even begin to pay for the wine itself. If you buy the Frazia or Vella 6 litter cardboard box, it is spectacularly cheap.
To: John Jorsett
...way too much Chardonnay on the market has been subjected to too much aging in young oak barrels, imparting an oaky flavor. Chardonnay became quite a fad some years ago, only to see consumers get somewhat tired of it and move on to other more interesting varietals,...
This writer nailed it, on both counts. I hate oaky flavors and I've moved on. I've been on a French and Italian white kick for a while and I'm loving it.
63 posted on
07/01/2007 6:19:24 AM PDT by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(I buy gas for my SUV with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!)
To: John Jorsett
"Second, way too much Chardonnay on the market has been subjected to too much aging in young oak barrels, imparting an oaky flavor."
The only possible reason to store wine in oak casks {IMHO}is to prepare the casks for aging Scotch. Try Glenmorangie.
73 posted on
07/01/2007 7:41:22 AM PDT by
SKI NOW
To: John Jorsett
TWO BUCK CHUCK is our house wine and has been since it came out.
To: John Jorsett
Pink Truck Blows! Two Buck Chuck is bottled swill!
78 posted on
07/01/2007 4:00:41 PM PDT by
Doc Savage
("You couldn't tame me, but you taught me.................")
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80 posted on
07/01/2007 6:55:04 PM PDT by
Bob J
(Rightalk.com...a conservative alternative to NPR! Check out nat synd "Rightalk with Terri and Lynn")
To: John Jorsett
Well, FINALLY, I know what “Two-buck Chuck” is. I’ve seen it referenced on FR for years.
Our Trader Joe’s in Annapolis doesn’t sell any alcoholic beverages, as far as I can tell.
82 posted on
07/02/2007 3:30:51 AM PDT by
Renfield
To: John Jorsett
Dang!!! Look for the price to go up now...
83 posted on
07/02/2007 11:13:32 AM PDT by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: John Jorsett
By the last breath of the four winds that blow
I'll have revenge upon Fortunato.
Smile in his face, I'll say, "Come, let us go.
I've a cask of Two-buck Chuck's Merlot."You who are rich and whose troubles are few
May come around to see my point of view
What price the crown of a king on his throne
When he's buying wine from Trader Joe?
86 posted on
07/02/2007 12:02:16 PM PDT by
Ignatz
(Did you know that before the internal combustion engine, there was no weather at all?)
To: John Jorsett
My daughter picked up some this week and tells us it is a good as any $30 bottle she has tried.
I’m a beer drinker, so it means nothing to me.
88 posted on
07/04/2007 12:23:49 PM PDT by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: John Jorsett
Two Buck UpChuck bump!
99 posted on
11/29/2007 1:25:37 PM PST by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: John Jorsett
To: John Jorsett
There's no one "best" wine, but rather lots of interesting approaches to making this ancient and honorable beverage, including the approach of Bill Franzia, whom I enthusiastically salute.Yes, there is. It's called Zenfendel Port.
101 posted on
11/29/2007 1:37:21 PM PST by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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