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Trader Joe's Two Buck Chuck, the real story.
On 2014-08-07, ImStillMags > wrote:
> I haven't bought any Charles Shaw at TJ's for years..... Then how do you know if it's still any good. Fact: 2$CHK won double gold at 2007 CA State Fair. It has also won several other wine awards, most recently in Orange County, CA: http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go...&dataid=118518 I've been drinking 2$CHK since it came out ....well not in last 6 yrs, as CO has no TJ's. The quality of 2$CHK, when it first came out, was quite good. This from a person that has drank enough wine to know a good wine when I taste it and is not above pouring an entire bottle of $40 chard down the drain cuz it's crap. Charles Shaw wine was introduced when there was a near industry destroying grape glut in CA. It saved a lotta grapes from being plowed under. 2$CHK has been up and down in quality ever since, jes like all wines that are subject to seasonal weather fluctuations. As for Franzia, it's been around for decades and probably DOES own more grape vineyards than Gallo cuz Gallo has historically bought it's grapes from independent growers. In fact, I have "box" of Franzia Chillable Red in the fridge, right now. I also have a $20 bottle of CA old vine Zinfandel. So what! The entire article is mostly nonsense and misleading information. nb |
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On 2014-08-07 4:04 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-08-07, ImStillMags > wrote: > >> I haven't bought any Charles Shaw at TJ's for years..... > > Then how do you know if it's still any good. Fact: 2$CHK won double > gold at 2007 CA State Fair. It has also won several other wine > awards, most recently in Orange County, CA: I can't comment on that particular event, but I will say that there are so many competitions and so many categories in the wine business that it is amazing what sort of cheap crap can wine gold. There was one local wine that used to wine all sorts of awards many years ago and it always made me wonder about the validity of those events. |
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On Thursday, August 7, 2014 1:04:21 PM UTC-7, notbob wrote:
> The entire article is mostly nonsense and misleading information. > > I also posted an article from the New Yorker that is more complimentary and discusses some of the good qualities as well. Here's a list of the Bronco Brands. The Bronco Wine Company maintains over 60 brands of wine, including:[9][10] Albertoni Vineyards Alexander and Fitch Almond Creek Bad Dog Ranch Bears' Lair Black Mountain CC Vineyards Cedar Brook Charles Shaw, AKA Two Buck Chuck Chateau California Coastal Ridge Coastal Vines Congress Springs Crane Lake Domaine Laurier Domaine Napa Dona Sol Douglass Hill Down Under Estrella Fat Cat Forest Glen Forest Hill ForestVille Foxbrook FoxHollow Grand Cru Green Fin Green Truck Grove Ridge Hacienda Harlow Ridge JW Morris JFJ Winery Laurier Mongo Wine Montpellier Napa Creek Napa Crossing Napa Landing Napa Ridge Napa River Oak Vineyards Pacific Oasis Pink Truck Quail Creek Quail Ridge Raymond Hill Red Truck Redwood Rock Brook Rutherford Vintners Salmon Creek Santa Barbara Crossing Santa Barbara Landing Sea Ridge Silver Ridge The California Winery Thousand Oaks Three Knights Vineyards Trellis White Truck |
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On Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:39:53 PM UTC-7, notbob wrote:
> > 7 Deadly Zins, which hasn't been all that great the last couple yrs. > Also, damn pricey here in the CO boonies. 8| > > I've bought Ravenswood Zin for as little as $18 in CA. Obviously, not > the really good stuff. ;) Oh, but the 7 Deadly Zins comes from LODI, in the des-pie-zed CENTRAL VALLEY. Can anything good come from Naza -- I mean Lodi? |
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On 2014-08-08, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> My daughter turned me on to 7 Deadly Zins. Very drinkable. About $9 a > bottle here. Ackkk!.... Don't tell me that kinda stuff. I've seen it as high as $24 bottle, here. 8| nb |
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On 2014-08-08 9:38 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-08-08, Janet Wilder > wrote: > >> My daughter turned me on to 7 Deadly Zins. Very drinkable. About $9 a >> bottle here. > > Ackkk!.... > > Don't tell me that kinda stuff. I've seen it as high as $24 bottle, > here. 8| > Curious about booze prices in Colorado. When I was there in 2002 and our loonie was only worth about 68 cents US, 26 oz bottles that sell for $21 Cdn here were $26 US. Beer was about 50% more than here. I was unsure of the wines because they were mostly brands we don't get here so nothing to compare them to. Selection sure sucked. |
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On 8 Aug 2014 13:38:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> On 2014-08-08, Janet Wilder > wrote: > > > My daughter turned me on to 7 Deadly Zins. Very drinkable. About $9 a > > bottle here. > > Ackkk!.... > > Don't tell me that kinda stuff. I've seen it as high as $24 bottle, > here. 8| > Really? It's your basic $10 wine. -- Never trust a dog to watch your food. |
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:09:12 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote: > Curious about booze prices in Colorado. When I was there in 2002 and our > loonie was only worth about 68 cents US, 26 oz bottles that sell for $21 > Cdn here were $26 US. Beer was about 50% more than here. I was unsure > of the wines because they were mostly brands we don't get here so > nothing to compare them to. Selection sure sucked. I'm guessing the price is so much higher there because of additional taxes, That's how Calif treats cigarette sales. . You smoke, you pay a fortune for them. -- Never trust a dog to watch your food. |
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On 8/10/2014 2:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>> >> Gotta check with the state... some places they are allowed to ship >> wine and other alcohol. Other places still have to adhere to >> antiquated blue laws. > > Yes. I was looking into sending a beer of the month thing to someone > but they couldn't ship to their state. http://www.thewire.com/technology/20...-amazon/58832/ http://www.winesandvines.com/templat...7§ion=news The information applies to wineries with full licenses, in California Type 02. It generally doesn’t apply to retailers or “virtual wineries” that hold only Type 17 and 20 licenses. They don’t hold Federal Basic Permits as wineries. Other states have similar “custom crush” or “negoçiant” licensees that are also considered retailers. Retailers can ship to fewer states than wineries. With restrictions, their legal states currently include AK, CA*, DC, ID*, LA, MO*, ND, NE, NH, NM*, NV, OR, VA, WV, WY (* states with reciprocal privilege only.) Read more at: http://www.winesandvines.com/templat...02427§ion=news Copyright © Wines & Vines |
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