Slog - Comments on Holy Crap! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2 As ABC News reports, "Trader Joe's 'Two Buck Chuck' Named Best Chardonnay at Prestigious State Fair."... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:56:48 -0800 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:01:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Chris That stuff tastes like ass. And I've tasted ass.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762927 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:10:49 -0800 Comment by bitch on heels @1: But did you like it?

]]> bitch on heels http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762931 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:12:36 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit @1 And did the other ass win any awards at the State Fair?

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762933 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762933 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:13:58 -0800 Comment by Little Red Ryan Hood "Prestigious State Fair" sounds funny to me. I'm sure this pairs great with Aunt Sally's famous apple brown betty. Will the name change to Charles Shaw Blue Ribbon?

]]> Little Red Ryan Hood http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762935 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:18:21 -0800 Comment by adrian! i knew it! i knew it! i've been secretly refilling empty bottles of expensive chardonay with that crap for years! dinner party guests---HA! joke's on you! (don't ask me the terrible secret of my famous "chateaubriand". really.)

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762938 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762938 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:20:44 -0800 Comment by chuck Celebrities drink it.

]]> chuck http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762940 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:25:27 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie That wine is nasty. It's served at so many parties in town that I've tried to like it, but it's just bad. Ripe, overly sweet, and with a horrible cardboard aftertaste. This "award" sounds like marketing to me.

(And it's one more reason not to accept an invitation to dinner at Adrian's.)

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762941 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:25:59 -0800 Comment by tsm Man, you guys need to learn to hat tip.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762947 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762947 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:31:27 -0800 Comment by David Schmader ABC deserved the hat tip and got it, not the commenter I didn't know about until I was directed to his comment above.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762951 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762951 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:36:12 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Who cares. Chardonnay sucks.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762952 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:38:48 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Amen.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762953 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762953 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:41:16 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus Won't be selling for two bucks much longer winning awards. That's what happened to some California wines in the '70s. They started winning awards and all of a sudden a great $3 or $4 wine was selling for $12 or $14.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762957 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:51:18 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Was it a blind taste test, or did the tasters simply go blind after drinking it?

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762962 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:56:41 -0800 Comment by spencer I'm with Doug @10. Award winning Chardonnay is still Chardonnay.

]]> spencer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762992 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c762992 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:24:28 -0800 Comment by monkey Nothing says "classy" like $2 wine.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763013 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:35:16 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Chardonnay doesn't "suck" of its own accord. There are some very terrific white Burgundies, and white Burgundy is Chardonnay.

What sucks is California Chardonnay, which is thick with vanilla (too much oak, often dumped in as sawdust or even liquid extract) and butter (incomplete malolactic fermentation). The tasters obviously LOVE butter and vanilla, which is what you get with Chuck. It's barely wine at all. The only food that goes well with it is raw chocolate chip cookie dough.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763024 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:43:58 -0800 Comment by grumpypants What you all seem to be forgetting is that Two (or Three) Buck Chuck is not an actual wine. Charles Shaw buys surplus wines from other vintners and bottles them under the Charles Shaw name. So it's entirely possible to get a high quality bottle of Chuck, because it may be a quality wine. Or, it might be total shite. Chuck is a crapshoot, so if you taste a bottle that's good, you should go buy a bunch from the same case. Otherwise, you'll be disappointed next time. I don't buy Chuck for that reason.

Oh, and I agree with other posters that oaked chardonnay is for the birds. blech. What's funny is that American wineries brag about how they import French oak for their chardonnay, but the French have moved away from oaking their chards altogether.


]]> grumpypants http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763040 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:01:43 -0800 Comment by paris h can you snort it?

]]> paris h http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763157 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:51:59 -0800 Comment by Tiz Chuck doesn't make the _best_ wines, sure. But they are drinkable, and they are great party wines, because they come close to pleasing everyone. Winning awards at a State Fair? Well, who's it judged by?

Someday I will be a wine snob, and shudder at the thought of anything less than amazing, but for now, $3 Chuck has improved my life.

]]> Tiz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/holy_crap_2#c763166 Chow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:01:15 -0800