'Two-Buck Chuck' Wins Wine Competition

North County Times/The Californian ^ | Friday, June 29, 2007 | BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer

[DogByte6RER]

Cheap wine tastes fine to me. In fact...I have a hard telling tasting the difference between a cheap table wine and an upscale chardonnay or merlot.

Hell...I've mixed a variety of wines together and drunk them out of old mayonaise/jelly jars (much to the chagrin of my wife and her wine sipping friends.)

When it comes to beer though...my taste is very refined. I really like Guinness, Bass, Harps, Heinecken, etc.

[DogByte6RER]

Fred Franzia, president of Bronco Wine Co., holds a bottle of his 2005 California Chardonney. The wine won a double gold medal at the California State Fair Wine Competition. LAURA L. KOSTELAC For the North County Times

[DogByte6RER]

Lifestyles of the not so rich and the not so famous...

[DogByte6RER]

[America needs to wakeup]

"When it comes to beer though...my taste is very refined. I really like Guinness, Bass, Harps, Heinecken, etc."

Try Dog Fish Head, you won't be disappointed.

[martin_fierro]

Hey, the merlot ain’t bad at all! IMHO

[kinoxi]

The last “inexpensive” bottle of wine I bought and expected more out of was 97 points, was cabernet, and was quite good. That was a few years ago of course but I was suprised how well the point system worked.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I will have to try this, I am a Beringer fan, but have been buying the $2 bottles of Foxbrook of late.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Pilsner Urquil. Best beer in the world, bar none.

[America needs to wakeup]

"Pilsner Urquil. Best beer in the world, bar none."

I don't think they carry that around here, how much for a six?

[DogByte6RER]

CHEAP WINE RULES!

[mcshot]

Ah some upscale flavors available since my college days several decades ago.

[jdub]

‘bout $7.50 at Kroger. My favorite beer as well.

[DogByte6RER]

Cheap wine for the rest of us everyday Joes...

[SoftballMominVA]

2 buck Chuck is actually closer to $3 in NoVa, and surprisingly good! We’ve been drinking this for quite a while, ever since my SIL turned us on to it!

[WildWeasel]

Red Red Wine by UB40 seems appropriate here.

[joe fonebone]

my favorite wine.............

[Stultis]

When it comes to beer though...my taste is very refined. I really like Guinness, Bass, Harps, Heinecken, etc.

If you haven't done so yet, try the "European Budweiser" recently (within the last couple years?) available here in the United States under the name "Czechvar". (They can't sell it under the real name here for obvious reasons.)

As good a lager as I've ever tasted.

Like wheat beer? Try the one from Paulaner.

[Slings and Arrows]

http://www.bumwine.com/

[pops88]

I got spoiled when I lived in NZ. I could get a fantastic bottle of wine for about $3 USD. The NZ and AU wines were mostly very good. I was skeptical of “2 buck chuck” and was pleasantly surprised how good the Shaw wines are.