Comments on: Budget Wine Smackdown: Two-Buck Chuck vs. Fresh & Easy Wines http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/ For Your Fix on L.A. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew Hubbard http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-829560 Matthew Hubbard Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:18:48 +0000 http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/#comment-829560 Vista Point is now selling 1.5 liter bottles at TJ's for $2.99. When Two Buck Chuck is no longer an option because of cost, get knocked on your ass for 25% less. Who says the economy is going in the wrong direction? Vista Point is now selling 1.5 liter bottles at TJ’s for $2.99. When Two Buck Chuck is no longer an option because of cost, get knocked on your ass for 25% less. Who says the economy is going in the wrong direction?

]]> By: Caroline on Crack | Plonk Wine Merchants: Primo Vino for Under $30 http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-794569 Caroline on Crack | Plonk Wine Merchants: Primo Vino for Under $30 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/#comment-794569 [...] take your value wine-buying to the next level? I’m talking beyond Two Buck Chuck and Fresh & Easy wines. Maybe even more than $10 but still affordable, everyday vino. Fortunately for you a new online [...] [...] take your value wine-buying to the next level? I’m talking beyond Two Buck Chuck and Fresh & Easy wines. Maybe even more than $10 but still affordable, everyday vino. Fortunately for you a new online [...]

]]> By: Jesse Porter http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-684798 Jesse Porter Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:20:08 +0000 http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/#comment-684798 Hey Caroline... might be helpful to your readers to know that it was the 2005 vintage of Charles Shaw Chardonnay that won a Double Gold at the California State Fair. No previous vintages since then have earned any significant accolades, and besides, Charles Shaw does such huge production that no two bottles are ever really guaranteed to be very consistent, even within the same vintage. Two-Buck Chuck is a good bottle to have on hand once your guests are so sloshed that they won't care what you pour next. With only a few exceptions, though, it's never very good wine. (Case in point: you said it tasted slightly sweet? Chardonnays are never supposed to be sweet. Fruity, maybe, but any sweetness is considered a fault.) That said, Trader Joe's is a great destination for amazing wines in the sub-$5 category. Have you tried the Epicuro wines from Italy? The Vermentino (white) and the Aglianico (red) are both extremely well-made, and are both only $4.99. Hey Caroline… might be helpful to your readers to know that it was the 2005 vintage of Charles Shaw Chardonnay that won a Double Gold at the California State Fair. No previous vintages since then have earned any significant accolades, and besides, Charles Shaw does such huge production that no two bottles are ever really guaranteed to be very consistent, even within the same vintage.

Two-Buck Chuck is a good bottle to have on hand once your guests are so sloshed that they won’t care what you pour next. With only a few exceptions, though, it’s never very good wine. (Case in point: you said it tasted slightly sweet? Chardonnays are never supposed to be sweet. Fruity, maybe, but any sweetness is considered a fault.)

That said, Trader Joe’s is a great destination for amazing wines in the sub-$5 category. Have you tried the Epicuro wines from Italy? The Vermentino (white) and the Aglianico (red) are both extremely well-made, and are both only $4.99.

]]> By: Phil http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-496426 Phil Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:13:16 +0000 http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/#comment-496426 Great article and sounds like a good time! We actually just reviewed the Searidge Chardonnay and on our blog and found it to be pretty good! I think it's actually on sale at the local grocery (Vons) for under $3. Great article and sounds like a good time! We actually just reviewed the Searidge Chardonnay and on our blog and found it to be pretty good! I think it’s actually on sale at the local grocery (Vons) for under $3.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-404871 Margaret Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:55:48 +0000 http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2009/04/17/budget-wine-smackdown-two-buck-chuck-vs-fresh-easy-wines/#comment-404871 i'm miffed 99cent store wine was not included in this tasting. pshaw! i’m miffed 99cent store wine was not included in this tasting. pshaw!

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