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Wine: My New Pastime I quite smoking weed (a year ago July 4th), I drink. Just about every day. Only after five o'clock though; sometimes not till six or seven. Since I was 14 years old, beer has been my drink of choice. No more. Too heavy and too expensive compared to cheap wine that is just fine with me. I can't drink Bud instead of Heineken, but I can easily trade in a fifteen dollar bottle of wine for "two buck Chuck" and be just fine. I used to think finishing off a whole bottle in one night was problem
Why do we buy? Because we like it. Remember all that stuff you?ve heard about those blind VODKA taste tests and how Bankers Club beat Belvedere or some crap like that? Well, here we go again, except with WINE . Check out this NY Times article Basically, it says that the more people think a wine is worth, the better it tastes. In fact, they found this is true for all consumer goods! So then, why bother buying the more expensive bottle? Well, why wear a T-Shirt that say ?Armani Exchange? when you could wear a similar shirt em
How the Other Half Lives the Other Half Lives The Boston Globe looks at specialty food stores, while Slate decries high gourmet prices. In a piece that must be catnip for a certain trade association, the Boston Globe looks at Boston food shoppers who eschew their local megalomarts for specialty food stores. The piece profiles a couple of different shoppers, like ?[Brookline resident Jason] Humblias [who] is shopping the European way, in which consumers make multiple stops for different ingredients and wouldn?t c
Practice Post Pastiche Standing within the rocking hell of a fluorescently-lit pseudo-happy-pirate-ship-type-...I work at *that* grocery store, where we get to wear the ohsoverycool Hawaiin t-shirts, and the bells, don?t forget the fucking bells), I?m grateful to be on cleaning for the hour before lunch. I welcome any task that allows me to keep to myself, especially on the heels of register time, but my much-needed chance at some introversion is sullied by the presence of a certain manager whose IQ is inv
two buck chuck So I?ve become a partial fan of Trader Joe?s lately. Partial because some of their stuff really suck, so you have to pick and choose to find high quality stuff at low prices. Overall, it?s a good place, and the people (customers and employees) are so nice. Maybe it?s the food, or maybe it?s just the low prices, that makes everyone happy. Trader Joe?s is also the exclusive distributor of the award-winning Charles Shaw wine company based in Napa. It is more affectionately referred to as ?tw
Beer vs. Wine Fridays vs. Wine Fridays Posted on April 11, 2008 by cupblog Is it a moot debate? A recent informal poll of Cambridge?s US marketing department shows a dead heat, with many baffled by the question right off the bat. Someone sneaks up behind your desk and says ?Wine or beer, GO!? What would you say? Most were taken aback, with baffled responses like ?Well, my favorite beer is?? or ?In the wintertime, I drink red wine but?? Does this point to the enlightenment of publishing-types? That we have
2005 Crane Lake Cabernet Sauvignon : Can a Sub-$4 Cab Cut It? I overheard a guy talking about these $3.49 bottles of wine in the HyVee liquor store a couple of weeks ago. Apparently the guy?s barber was recommending them. He was talking to one of the store employees who was so surprised by the price that she went back to verify the price! We were at HyVee Thursday night because Sherry was teaching a class on skin care in the club house. We did a quick run of groceries? Sherry wanted to try another fruit wine for our Easter visit to my mom?s and I wanted
Two Buck Chuck Buck Chuck costs at least a dollar more after you leave California. But it?s still a wine value to be reckoned with. Even renamed as Four Buck Chuck after shipping costs. In a few weeks (and one more surgery) we?ll be headed uphill again to Minnesota, where Three Buck Chuck is available across town. The Mystery Woman is not what you would call a wine snob. Or any other kind of snob, for that matter. But in retirement, she is cultivating a taste for the grape. And she knows what she likes:
Broken Teeth in the Big Apple ? and Thank Goodness for Cheap Wine What a whirlwind of a weekend/Monday and Tuesday! Let?s start at the beginning, shall we? In case I have yet to mention it, my fiancé Dan, is a dancer. Please spare him (and me!) the jokes about the tutus and twirling ? we?ve heard them all. (: Anyway, it is currently audition season and Dan has been spending a lot of time auditioning for dance companies across the country, so he can get one of those little things called . . . a job. So, when we found out he would be going to New York City
Martha Stewart wine? DISCUSSION TOPIC: Nielsen: Celebrity Drives Wine Sales TOPIC SUMMARY: With established lines from film director Francis Ford Coppola, former NFL coach Mike Ditka and professional golfer Greg Norman recently joined by new releases from Martha Stewart and Paul Newman, celebrity-endorsed wines appear ripe for growth. Discussion questions: Why do you think celebrity endorsements are working so well in the wine category? Is the dynamic different in wines than with other celebrity-endorsed produ
In Vino Veritas: Fresh & Easy Store Brand Wines Win Two Silvers and Lots of Bronze Medals; Trader Joe's 'Two-Buck Chuck' Chardonnay Wins a Double-Gold Seven of Tesco Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market's Fresh & Easy store brand wines recently have been awarded medals at the San Francisco Chronicle and California State Fair Wine Competitions. The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition is the largest judging of U.S-produced wines in the nation. Entered wines are judged by a panel of wine experts from all sectors of the industry--wine writers, buyers, vintners and others--over a period of days according to international wine judging rule
Dollar Decline Increases Exports of Wine to Europe - What's Next Deux Euros by the Two Buck Chuck Guys It's no surprise that the major newspapers today declared 2007 a banner year for marketing California produced wines overseas. While the trade deficit in this category is still way upside down (no surprise at that!), the decline of the dollar might just be the kicker to move the needle in a big way on the export of our glorious juice abroad. The article states that the leaders in this game are E.J. Gallo and Two Broncos - makers of Two Buck Chuck. Given the horrible state of our currency, thei
No Two Buck Chuck: Screwy Maryland Alcohol Sale Laws was reminded of a Maryland law the other day that grocery stores cannot sell beer or wine except those grandfathered in. This means Trader Joes cannot sell two buck chuck and that I have to go to another store to purchase beer. I guess the side benefit is that there are lots of mom and pop corner stores that sell beer and wine. Some of these places are interesting like the one a few blocks away with Ethiopian dry goods, although the one on my block is basically a glorified keno (video bingo) p
why I like TJ?s The reason why I like Trader Joe?s is because I could walk in, buy a pack of frozen lemongrass and chicken taquitos and a bottle of Two Buck Chuck chardonnay and later that day, stick the frozen rolls in the oven for 12 minutes, pop open the wine and viola! I can now officially tell my friends I ?made? Thai crispy spring rolls with a glass of wine for dinner.
CalTech and Stanford prove Fred Franzia was right all along about the price of wine 14, 2008 10:55 AM PST Study: $90 wine tastes better than the same wine at $10 Posted by Stephen Shankland | This graph shows the activity in the brain's pleasure center; there's more activity with wine subjects think costs $90 a bottle (top line) than the same wine priced at $10. The arrow shows the moment when the subjects started tasting the wine.(Credit: CalTech, Stanford) In a study that could make marketing managers and salespeople rub their hands with glee, scientists have use
You never know quite what you'll get in a Charles Shaw bottling. A bottle of Two Buck Chuck is a crapshoot, but it may contain some gems... the words of chief judge G.M. Pucilowski, "Since we judge all wines totally by variety without different brackets for price, this ... achievement by the Bronco winemakers is astounding." Nothing short of astounding to those of us who have sampled this wine and those of us who are not terribly big fans of the Bronco Winery, the makers of Charles Shaw. It's not because Bronco owns vineyard land in the steamy, bulk-wine area called Central Valley (even more than Gallo). No, it's because owner
New and notable wine headlines, including tales of ?juiced? wine tourists Click photo for larger image Wine Photo of the Day by Kables Handpicked wine stories from across the Web? Getting juiced at wine tastings ?California vintners aim to cork the problem of limos and tour buses bringing partyers to their venues.? Australian wines sell for $130,000 Barossa Valley Ares Shiraz, Aphrodite Cabernet Sauvignon and Aerope Grenache ? that?s right, just three bottles ? from Australia?s Two Hands Wines. Two-Buck Chuck ain?t that bad Another wine reviewer discov
Two Buck Chuck fuels urban legends... its debut in 2003, the insanely inexpensive Charles Shaw wine, better known as Two Buck Chuck, has fueled urban legends. The fables persist because no one can image how a bottle of wine could cost $2 or $3. Charles Shaw's bitter divorce, one story holds, ordered him to split winery profits with his ex. He responded by selling the wine at a loss, denying his wife a penny. Another tale holds that bankrupt airlines sold warehouses of wine at a discount to pay the bills. The truth is l
When people find out that I enjoy cheap wine enough to devote a website to it, they usually ask me if I have been to Trader Joe’s. My response, until last week, has always been “No, not yet”.
Well, I finally caved and took a trip to Detroit, the nearest Trader Joe’s location for me here in Lansing. Ann Arbor might actually be closer, but as an MSU Spartan, I try to stay out of there.
I’d like to preface this review of Charles Shaw Cabernet with a synopsis of Trader Joe’s. If you have one near you, go there. If not for the wine, then for the thousands of food items that pack the small market. I spent 80 dollars, which sounds like a bit much especially for me. I ended up leaving with 2 cases of wine and enough food for a week. Fresh mozzarella, fresh gnocchi, fresh salsa (notice a pattern?), Guacamole chips, Trader Joe’s Marinara, soups, veggies…. I was in heaven. They have got all kinds of cheeses, breads, meats, micro-brewed beers, and their wine selection was out of this world. What a great store!
Trader Joe’s is the exclusive retailer of Charles Shaw Wines, better known to most as “Two-buck Chuck”. In California these wines sell for $1.99, which is just amazing. Here in Michigan, though, the price was $2.99.
Did we like it? Was it worth the trip?
Hell yes it was! For 3 dollars, I don’t think it could have been any better. The Cabernet was great. At first, I found it to be a little sweet, but looking back, I was actually enjoying the salsa with the wine, which probably wasn’t a great combination. Along with the Cab, I also purchased some of the Shiraz, Merlot, and Chardonnay (reviews coming soon).
Congrats to Two-Buck-Chuck and Trader Joe’s for achieving the highest rating available here on Cheap Wine Reviews. Hats off to you!
Rating: 10/10 Price: $2.99 Place of PurchaseTrader Joe’s
When people find out that I enjoy cheap wine enough to devote a website to it, they usually ask me if I have been to Trader Joe’s. My response, until last week, has always been “No, not yet”.
Well, I finally caved and took a trip to Detroit, the nearest Trader Joe’s location for me here in Lansing. Ann Arbor might actually be closer, but as an MSU Spartan, I try to stay out of there.
I’d like to preface this review of Charles Shaw Cabernet with a synopsis of Trader Joe’s. If you have one near you, go there. If not for the wine, then for the thousands of food items that pack the small market. I spent 80 dollars, which sounds like a bit much especially for me. I ended up leaving with 2 cases of wine and enough food for a week. Fresh mozzarella, fresh gnocchi, fresh salsa (notice a pattern?), Guacamole chips, Trader Joe’s Marinara, soups, veggies…. I was in heaven. They have got all kinds of cheeses, breads, meats, micro-brewed beers, and their wine selection was out of this world. What a great store!
Trader Joe’s is the exclusive retailer of Charles Shaw Wines, better known to most as “Two-buck Chuck”. In California these wines sell for $1.99, which is just amazing. Here in Michigan, though, the price was $2.99.
Did we like it? Was it worth the trip?
Hell yes it was! For 3 dollars, I don’t think it could have been any better. The Cabernet was great. At first, I found it to be a little sweet, but looking back, I was actually enjoying the salsa with the wine, which probably wasn’t a great combination. Along with the Cab, I also purchased some of the Shiraz, Merlot, and Chardonnay (reviews coming soon).
Congrats to Two-Buck-Chuck and Trader Joe’s for achieving the highest rating available here on Cheap Wine Reviews. Hats off to you!
Rating: 10/10 Price: $2.99 Place of PurchaseTrader Joe’s
I picked up a nice bottle of good cheap wine: Purple Moon Shiraz from Trader Joe’s. This wine, made in Manteca California, was a pretty typical Shiraz with an atypical price tag. For only $3.99, this turned out to be one of many fantastic selections I made at Trader Joe’s.
I enjoyed this Shiraz with some Trader Joe’s Mild Fresh Salsa… boy! What a match!
It was dark plum in color and lots of fruit, the “dry Shiraz” fans that sampled this wine with me loved it. I enjoyed it at a perfect 54 degrees F, so that may have enhanced my enjoyment of this cheap wine. Now, when I usually write a post I research it on the internet. Aside from some web-spam, this cheap wine didn’t show up at all. Well, I feel this wine deserves some more publicity, so here it is!
Would buy again, without doubt. Stay tuned for my full tribute to Trader Joe’s (and Charles Shaw AKA Two-Buck Chuck)!
Has anyone else tried this? Has anyone been able to get it from places other than Trader Joe’s? Rating: 8/10 Price: $3.99 Place of purchase:Trader Joe’s
I picked up a nice bottle of good cheap wine: Purple Moon Shiraz from Trader Joe’s. This wine, made in Manteca California, was a pretty typical Shiraz with an atypical price tag. For only $3.99, this turned out to be one of many fantastic selections I made at Trader Joe’s.
I enjoyed this Shiraz with some Trader Joe’s Mild Fresh Salsa… boy! What a match!
It was dark plum in color and lots of fruit, the “dry Shiraz” fans that sampled this wine with me loved it. I enjoyed it at a perfect 54 degrees F, so that may have enhanced my enjoyment of this cheap wine. Now, when I usually write a post I research it on the internet. Aside from some web-spam, this cheap wine didn’t show up at all. Well, I feel this wine deserves some more publicity, so here it is!
Would buy again, without doubt. Stay tuned for my full tribute to Trader Joe’s (and Charles Shaw AKA Two-Buck Chuck)!
Has anyone else tried this? Has anyone been able to get it from places other than Trader Joe’s? Rating: 8/10 Price: $3.99 Place of purchase:Trader Joe’s
A magnificent Malbec! It picked up a trophy at the inaugural Wines of Argentina Awards held in Mendoza in 2007, having wowed the international panel of judges - included among them wine expert Jancis Robinson, who gave it an impressive 17 out of 20. This mulberry and spice-flavoured red wine was made by Herve Fabre, who was originally involved in the Bordeaux wine trade, before he and his wife fell in love with Argentina and moved there to establish a boutique winery. Herve's experience in producing top quality wines shines through in this tremendously rich, silky-smooth wine. Ripe blackberry and bramble aromas merge seamlessly with spicy oak and vanilla flavours. Full bodied, yet seriously smooth and warming. This 89 Parker point wine is sure to survive for many years to come. Definitely a wine to enjoy with fine food ... try it with rare roast beef or a juicy steak.
"Wonderfully succulent, rich berry fruit with hints of spice box." (Parker). A must-have wine from this superb estate, once provider of the second wine of Cos d'Estournel. "Blackberries ... herbs ... hints of spices." (Wine Spectator)
As fans of this famed winery will know, Cheval Blanc is the benchmark in great St Emilion. Awarded a near-perfect score of 99 points by Wine Magazine, this 2001 vintage doesn't disappoint. A wealth of concentrated fruit and a subtle use of oak make this a wine of accomplishment that will continue to evolve for years to come. "Silky, pure-fruited and smoothly (violet) perfumed with high ripe, silky tannins. Fabulously serious wine that grows on the palate." Wine Magazine
As fans of this famed winery will know, Cheval Blanc is the benchmark in great St Emilion. Awarded a near-perfect score of 99 points by Wine Magazine, this 2001 vintage doesn't disappoint. A wealth of concentrated fruit and a subtle use of oak make this a wine of accomplishment that will continue to evolve for years to come. "Silky, pure-fruited and smoothly (violet) perfumed with high ripe, silky tannins. Fabulously serious wine that grows on the palate." Wine Magazine
Awarded a perfect 100 points by both Robert Parker and the Wine Spectator, this is a rare opportunity to possess a wine that would top any wish list! Benefiting from a stellar vintage and the majestic touch of Lafite, this is the epitome of perfection. "Subtle aromas of currants, leather, tobacco and cedar. Classic cigar box nose, with fruit. Full-bodied, with an amazing texture of silky, ripe tannins. This wine completely coats your palate, but caresses it at the same time. A triumph." James Suckling, Wine Spectator
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