posted on January 19, 2004 02:38:10 PM new
Sorry ya can't sell it on e bay. Therefore it's now Official and an E bay related Topic.
Well I found a Trader Joe's!
Right as you walk in the Store there is a Huge display. Had trai not posted the pictures of the Charles Shaw I'd still be asking the clerk where is 2 buck Chuck?
Hmmmmm, ALL red,,,,yuck! MY stomache HATES red wine.
A young women,,,25 ish,,,,is there too. We're checking it out. Where is the White wine? She ponts and says over there. WOW!!!!! the whole wall was made of 2 buck Chuck!
I find the Chardonnay,,,,,,Hoist a case off the stack......get in line...I see the young woman is dragging a case to the check out too. hahahahaa......she suddenly has some kind of change of mind??? dragging it BACK! I'm thinking,,,,,,,I am buying a WHOLE case?
Hahahahaah. I take mine back too. We were both thinking the same thing,,,,,Shoot we just want to TRY,,,,,,, a bottle.....We both left with ONE bottle.
Well,,,it's been chilled and I am on my 6th shot glass! Nice.
One more shot and,,,,,,,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
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Annnnnnd,,,,,,The beat goes on...yeah the beat goes on,,,,,
posted on January 19, 2004 04:14:01 PM new
Drinking it out of a shot glass, jack? LOLOL!!
I have never heard of 2 Buck Chuck before it was mentioned here, so Googled - and found an interesting article! I believe here it's called "Three Buck Chuck" LOL - Guess I will be out looking for it tomorrow!
June 3, 2003 17:45:02 'Two Buck Chuck' Wine Cult
LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2003
(CBS) It's the California wine with the cult following.
"Charles Shaw is known in local circles as "Two Buck Chuck," said shopper Mercy Malick.
Humble Two Buck Chuck. The $1.99 nectar of the gods that is sinfully cheap and good.
"Better than the box wines we drank in college for the same prices," another shopper told CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen.
A full year after flooding the market largely on the west coast, it's still being sold by the case to wine lovers who can't get enough.
"How long can it last? A buck 99 you know? Every time I'm here I go, 'Thank God!' it's here," said another shopper.
Even the New York Times wine critic sees it as a sort of blessing.
"It's okay. It certainly rates as well as any other $2 bottles of wine. Of which there are almost none," said wine critic Frank Prial.
And now, between toasts, "Two Buck Chuck" has become the stuff of urban legend, including the story that an airline that had gone out of business by over-purchasing the wine for its first class passengers.
There's also the story that Charles Shaw is a bighearted billionaire who wanted to expose the proletariat to the finer things in life.
Actually, it's an over-abundance of grapes that's made Charles Shaw cheap to bottle -- an estimated 5 million cases so far. It's easily outselling more famous brands like Mondavi and Gallo in California.
And Charles Shaw?
It's a wine label owned by Fred Franzia, a distant relative on the Gallo family vine. He's a reclusive businessman considered a pain in the neck to California's wine establishment.
Franzia controls scores of brands and labels including Charles Shaw that under-sell the prestige vineyards. And "Two Buck Chuck" is just his latest broadside: "We have others up our sleeve we think are even better coming out."
He also controls more than 30 square miles of California vineyards. And he thinks big. Next he plans to take on invading Australian wine makers.
"We're going to take 'em on. Slap 'em around as hard as we can!" he said.
In the meantime he's trying to make one of those urban legends a reality. Remember the one about the billionaire?
"Interesting legend. We don't have any billionaires around here -- yet," Franzia said with a smile.
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posted on January 19, 2004 04:23:57 PM new
Great, just great - just when I thought I had a new source for Merlot....I find out that it's not even sold anywhere near here! I want to move out west!!
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"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to the people who sleep under the very blanket of freedom I provide, and then question the manner in which I provide it. I'd rather you just said 'thank you' and went on your way." - A Few Good Men
posted on January 19, 2004 04:27:06 PM new
It'ssssssaaaaaa Martin Luther King (not too be confuuuuuused with Rodney King) day here today. I respectfully take Every,,,,,,,,,Holiday OFF!
Hic,,,,,,downto the bottom,,,,,,NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I shoulda bought the case!!!!
Not to warry,I 'ave my nightly BACK up.
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Annnnnnd,,,,,,The beat goes on...yeah the beat goes on,,,,,
posted on January 19, 2004 05:52:29 PM new
You are all SO SILLY!!!
Seriously, Two-Buck-Chuck is pretty darn good wine. My only problem is the case is heavy. The nice man at the store puts it in the trunk and I bring it in six bottles at a time, in my canvas Trader Joe's bag, of course.
Here's a link to Trader Joe's locations. They do have stores in a lot of states.
It's a pretty cool place to shop - lots of neat stuff. Not your average market. If you want Heinz catsup you'll have to brave Albertson's.
posted on January 19, 2004 07:06:18 PM new
OMG!! Here I am sitting & sipping on my "2 buck chiuck" after a great spaghatti dinner. Ya, I buy it by the case!! Sorry, Jack, but I am a merlot drinker, none of that sissy white wine. Lucy, just call me & I will be glad to carry in the case for you!! LOL
posted on January 19, 2004 07:33:00 PM new
Isn't it fun to just sit back & give out with some absolute nonsense?? Once in a while we have to forget about all of the trials & tribulations. LOL
[ edited by sanmar on Jan 19, 2004 08:21 PM ]
posted on January 19, 2004 09:15:58 PM new
yes it is sanmar and enjoy reading these threads. It breaks up the monotony. I wonder if they sell that in the midwest. No I don't drink but my husband likes a sip of wine now and then. I will have to have him look the next time he goes to the liquor store. Now is that the real name of the wine?
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posted on January 20, 2004 10:00:54 AM new
$2 Buck Chuck was just a popular reference to Charles Shaw's $1.99 wine. He never registered the name and the label does not reference that name. A California company, BEVERAGES & MORE, contracted with a different winery and actually produced a wine labeled "Two Buck Chuck". Charles Shaw was not happy and law suits were threatened. Demand for the "Two Buck...." label went through the roof. I bought a case of white and a case of red. LOVE the label....still have the Cabernet. My understanding is that Beverages & More agreed that they were not use the name after the original bottles were sold.
posted on January 20, 2004 10:45:48 AM new
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posted on January 20, 2004 04:51:17 PM new
FYI You can only buy "Charles Shaw" wine at Trader Joe's. They have contracted for ALL production for 5 years. In reallity, this is made from surplus grapes from all over CA's wine country. The past two years, there was an over production of wine grapes due to ideal conditions. This may not last as 2003 was not a great year for wine grape growth.
[ edited by sanmar on Jan 20, 2004 07:46 PM ]
