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recs for Airport to Disney area
, but my cst stomach will want to call it dinner I think. Thanks again for all the help! Oh yeah. We’ve been hearing about that good (and cheap!) $2 / bottle Charles Shaw wine. Is it still available?
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cheap vs. expensive wine tasteoff
. Then the next day I had a “private-wine-cellar-bottle-aged” 2002 Charles Shaw “2 buck chuck” cabernet. Oh, my, the parallels were unmistakable. If anything, I liked the chuckie better – so what if...
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Trader Joe's to Open in New York
more than a third of its merchandise is fresh, but also packaged. It is also known for selling cheap Charles Shaw wine, known as Two-Buck Chuck because it sold for $2 a bottle when it was first offered. The company, which has 250...
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Salmon Creek
A rose by any other name . . . Salmon Creek is one of the many labels owned by the Bronco Wine Co., producers of Charles Shaw (aka Two Buck Chuck). I’d pass and pay corkage, but that’s me.
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Cooking with wine - does quality matter?
If it tastes bad, it’ll make the dish taste bad. The Charles Shaw cabernet sauvignon I’ve had isn’t bad, it’s just bland. I’d use it to deglaze a pan. I have done. However, for a classic coq au vin,...
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In honor of "bernardo" ... how about a MOST OVERRATED list?
a good analogy is Two-Buck Chuck. I’ve tried Charles Shaw wines at Trader Joe’s. Now.... if there was ever a canditate for ‘overrated’ Two-Buck Chuck is one!! Millions of cases are sold and people...
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where to get good wine in a...in a... box
of my regular places in town have any boxed wine to speak of so I recently stopped in Mall Discount Liquours in Fresh Pond and the ones they had looked too scary to buy even for someone like me who’s nearly satisfied with...
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$2.99 wine recommendation at Trader Joe's
Why? This wine was advertised in the TJs mailer and while an ostensible bargain, I believe you are falling into the hype that is grabbing a lot of TJs customers whom I see piling their cart with the $1.99 Charles Shaw = falling...
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Bernardus chardonnay at BevMo
Mo and the Wine Club. Sometimes BevMo will put it on sale for about $4. Do not get seduced by the Charles Shaw label which is selling for $2/bottle at TJ. Very insipid.
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ISO - Fresh Pomegranates
I think, heck I know, that I have just missed the season. I am looking for a few pomegranates. I’m up on the North Shore and my local Shaw's and the Whole Foods are devoid of pomegranates. Anyone seen any around town? (I...
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Two Golds For 'Two-Buck'
Two Golds For 'Two-Buck' Charles Shaw's $1.99 chardonnay wins top prize at Cal Expo competition By BLEYS W. ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT “Two-Buck Chuck” is used to beating competitors in price, but now it appears it has...
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Why is Two Buck Chuck so revered?
I did a blind tasting for friends of 7-Eleven’s “Yosemite Road” table wine ($3.99 a bottle) vs. Trader Joe’s "Charles Shaw" table wine ($2.00 a bottle) and then wrote the synopsis up (http://blogs.ocweekly
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$1.20 wine at Trader Joe's
Like Charles Shaw it’s equal to or better than many of the 4-6 dollar, bottom line bottles you’d find in a regular supermarket.
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Whole Foods coming to Swampscott?
If Whole Foods had been more savvy, they would have taken over the old Purity/Star/now Shaws site next to Target on Lynn Fells Pkwy in Saugus right off Rte 1.
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When is a wine too good to cook with?
of wine that will only be used as a braising liquid. For deglazing I tend to use the Charles Shaw sauvignon blanc with good results, so I figured I would just buy the Charles Shaw pinot noir and it would be ok. HUGE mistake. I...
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