A Blow to Wine Snobs ['Two-buck Chuck' wins wine competition]

American Thinker ^ | June 30, 2007

[BluH2o]

BS ... I drink more than my share of wine. I’ve visited wineries all over the world ... Napa Valley, Australia, New Zealand, and more recently South Africa. I can tell you from personal experience that ‘two buck chuck sucks’ ... period the end. Anyone trying to pass this abysmal wine off as a great find doesn’t know crap about wine.

[ccmay]

I like the oaky, buttery flavor of some chardonnays, it does need to be balanced and I suppose there are some wines made in this style that overpower the taste buds with those flavors.

For me it depends on what I'm eating.

If it's fish or chicken in a creamy sauce, or lobster or crab, then I prefer the more buttery, toasty taste of a Chardonnay that has undergone malolactic fermentation and moderate time in oak.

For fish or chicken that is not in a creamy sauce, or with oysters or clams, I like a cleaner Chard without malolactic fermentation and a lesser degree of oak. Or a sauvignon blanc.

-ccm

[Suzy Quzy]

The cabernet is good?

[snowsislander]

BTW, kids these days don’t know what “mad dog” is. When I was a kid, MD 2020 was called mad dog. If Im not mistaken, MD stands for Mad Dog.

The Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD_20/20 gives M.D. as the initials of the producing company "Mogen David", and "Mad Dog" as a nickname.

[pissant]

I agree. Good cooking wine.

[Polybius]

'Two-buck Chuck' wins wine competition

It will now be renamed "Forty-buck Chuck".

[uglybiker]

New Zealand is where one should look for New World Savignon Blanc.

Are you sure?

[biff]

E...yeaaaaup, I enjoy a taste of the good stuff from time to time. Just remember, ‘With Ripple Wine, The Party Is Fine’!!!!!
And when ya cain’t find a six of Rip, there is always MD2020 around. A little too fruity for us coinasures but it’ll do when in a pinch.
HeHe.

[SIDENET]

I picked up a couple of bottles of Black Mountain 2005 Malbec this week at Trader Joe's based on a friends recommendation and I must say this is my new favorite. Although at $5.99 a bottle it's a bit pricey for me ; )

I love Malbec. Thanks for the tip.

[IslandJeff]

“Three Buck Chuck” in Washington State.

Useful, at least in the Cab varietal. Never tried the Chard. A good “drinker”, as opposed to having to match with a meal. Something hearty to have with cheese and other appetizers.

God Bless America.

[xzins]

Having traveled extensively through many parts of the world with the military, I’ve had opportunity to taste lots of different beers.

Heaven help me, but, if I really pick the beer I like best just to sit down and drink, I’ll pick a Shoenling Little King Cream Ale every single time. Sick, I know. But I l love the flavor.

[MacDorcha]

The system in place makes sense if your local government is a bunch of money grubbing slobs.

[Bernard]

like a Michelin's Red Guide giving three stars to a roadside hamburger stand

I've eaten at some 4-star roadside hamburger stands; this is about snobbery, not quality.

[FreedomPoster]

I like the Old Moon zinfandel TJ’s carries. Also at about that same price point. It’s one of my standard daily drinkers, I keep a case around.

[MacDorcha]

The problem with the plasitc beer keg idea is that the beer would lose ALOT of its flavor stored like that. The plasctic bottles they are now starting to use for “public” consumption (ie., and Busch Gardens) are treated special. Hell, so are the cans. This would cost even MORE money, and even though beer is cheaper at resteraunts, it’s still often priced favorably to Coke or Pepsi in many supermarkets (in Georgia for example).

The only real way to enjoy a beer is from glass (ceramic will do). Whether a headier mug, or a brisk bottle neck.

And I wouldn’t confuse a Bud with a Speckled Hen, but sometimes (like a Coke) only a Bud will do!

[FreedomPoster]

Here in GA, the liquor distributors have a lot of legislators in their pockets. Our laws on getting direct shipments from wineries are pretty arcane, but they’re better than they were. I can only join a wine club A) if I’m physically present at the winery to sign up and B) if they don’t have distribution in GA. It stinks, but at least it’s possible, which it didn’t used to be, until quite recently.

TJ’s came in a year ago or so, and was selling Chuck for $3. Because TJ’s was forced to sell it though distributors, other stores picked it up, and sold it for less. Now it sells at TJ’s for about $2.50, which, when you consider transportation costs from CA, is still pretty amazing.

[dearolddad]

How much Chuck Could Two Buck Chuck If Two Buck Could Chuck Chuck

I know the answer, however, I am sworn to secrecy.

[cgbg]

I haven't a clue when it comes to wine, so I drink beer

As the article says--the restaurant prices make that decision an easy one.

I am a cigar fanatic, and nothing irritates me more than the idiots with their noses up high insisting that only the expensive cigars can be good ones.

(If anyone cares, check out http://www.top25cigars.com to see how folks on the web rate cigars. They do a reasonable job imho.)

[Tenniel2]

I could tell you, but then I’d have to drown you in a butt of malmsey.

[AmericaUnited]

pays more than $2 a bottle for glass, corkage, and bottling costs, before we even begin to pay for the wine itself.

If you buy the Frazia or Vella 6 litter cardboard box, it is spectacularly cheap.