February 22nd, 2012

News February 22, 2012

10 Years of Two Buck Chuck, and Fred Franzia’s Opinion on Wine Snobs.

2012 year marks the 10th anniversary of Charles Shaw, better known as 2-Buck Chuck, which made its debut in a Trader Joe’s store 2002. According to Fred Franzia (NB: he’s the multi-millionaire, standing in a vineyard, wearing the unironed trousers in the photo on the left), the $2 bottling has made your “average wine snob” think twice. “We have won the battle with snobs and other elites who didn’t believe we could provide excellent wines at…

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Facts February 22, 2012

The Art of Toasting – My Top 10 Favorite Wine Toasts

I truly do think it’s unfortunate that the art of reciting a proper “toast” is a lost tradition. Only at weddings do we hear the occasional “Cheers!” but a toast (when it’s done right) can make an otherwise forgettable “clink” of glasses that ever-the-more memorable. For this reason, if you’re going to attempt a toast, I recommend it be short, witty and appropriate to the situation (NB: you may want to skip toast #10 in…

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