Here in North Carolina, $2 buck Chuck is $2.99 (Trader Joe's just opened
in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh). I agree, it's an OK wine. I have used it
to blend and that works well. I had a Shiraz that was kinda weak, so I
added 18% Two Buck Chuck's Cab Sauv. And now it's real nice. It took a
week after blending to clear up. But I am really liking this blend. And
I got some bottles added to my inventory. smile.

As far as Better Bottles - I have one, use it more often than my heavy
glass ones. I did have an oxidized wine from bulk aging, and I had it in
the BB for 5 months. Not sure it was the bottle or something I did,
though. So this is anecdotal and fyi. It drank OK early, but now I'm
stuck with 9 bottles of vinegar.

DAve


Joe Sallustio wrote:
>>> Take a look at the year on 'Two Buck Chuck'.
>>>
>> SInce the closest place to get Three Buck Chuck that I know for
>> certain (ie there could be closer) is a full days drive in the summer,
>> I won't be doing that anytime soon.
>>
> It's 3 bucks here now too and it's not that special. It's ok wine and
> you get a bottle to reuse.
>
> As to the long term storage if we had a local supplier I would try one.
> I looked them up and they aren't much more than glass. I rarely go
> over a year in glass, I'm not making artisan wine.
>
> Joe
>