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bluecuracao · 09-12-2005, 11:16 PM

Love Sterling cabernet! Gotta have it with a seared steak.

Coolest label I've seen lately--Papio wines. Has a funky illustration of monkeys playing latin jazz. I bought a bottle, but I can't tell you how it was because my fiance guzzled it, dammit.

Katkeeper · 09-17-2005, 01:28 PM

I'm back.

One of the best buys in wine right now is Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais Villages 2003. 2003 was a fabulous year for Beaujolais; in fact, DuBoeuf calls it the Vintage of the Sun and has attached a special extra label saying so on the bottle near the neck. Remember that hot Summer when people died from the heat in France? It concentrated the flavors in the grapes so that the wine has wonderful fruit. I have paid as little as $7.99 for it on sale in Pennsylvania where it is normailly $9.99. I saw it in Tennessee last week for $12.49 which was still a bargain.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-07-2005, 08:19 PM

I'll have to look for that stuff, Kat, I'm very fond of Beaujolais. Something I haven't seen here yet is a Central Coastal Californian: Mirassou. They make a lively, lovely, quite sweet white. I suppose it would be lovely for marinating dessert ingredients in but so far I just couldn't bear doing anything with it but drinking it.

Currently, we're cooking with Two-Buck Chuck, white or red -- Charles Shaw, available at Trader Joe's all over the country, gets its name from its rock-bottom price of $2 per 750ml. Vin très ordinaire, but pleasant, and superb value for money.

wolf · 10-08-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Currently, we're cooking with Two-Buck Chuck, white or red -- Charles Shaw, available at Trader Joe's all over the country*

* Except in Pennsylavnia.

LabRat · 06-13-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Two-Buck Chuck, white or red -- Charles Shaw, available at Trader Joe's all over the country, gets its name from its rock-bottom price of $2 per 750ml. Vin très ordinaire, but pleasant, and superb value for money.

Was just in Chi-town this weekend, and visited my first Trader Joe's. LOVED IT. Wish they'd get one here in Cedar Rapids. Anyway, my in-laws heard about $2-Chuck wine from some friends, and wanted some. They bought a case. Note,it's now $3 Chuck. 2.99/bottle. If I remember to post, I'll let you know what they think. They have really gotten into wine the last few years.

I love sweet wines. White: Moscato D'Asti and late harvest Gewürztraminer. Red: Lambrusco. (I have been known to drink entire bottles of this at a sitting.

) Most Zins are OK too.

I don't drink a whole lot, but I do prefer wine to beer.

glatt · 06-13-2006, 03:51 PM

Trader Joe's is cool, but only for supplemental stuff. I wouldn't shop there for staples. I've only ever been on the weekends, and it's too much of a hassle to deal with the crowds. The aisles are always very tight and crowded. I hate that.

But my wife goes during the week and gets stuff there. Wine, Olive oil, pizza dough, etc. Good stuff.

Beestie · 10-08-2005, 01:57 AM

Anything that unites French and Germans should be viewed with suspicion. :-)

I'll take CA reds (Bordeaux primarily with Berringer vinyards being at or near the top) and German whites (dry is my favorite). CA has figured out how to engineer what the French leave up to mother nature. And the Germans, like the Californians, leave nothing to chance.

The Aussie have also shown that they know how to produce a good red but there are some imposters piggybacking on that success.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-09-2005, 03:27 AM

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* Except in Pennsylvania.

Where you have to go to the ABC store instead. I get a mite spoiled in California with its one-stop shopping for groceries and beer and wine and liquor, in the grocery stores.

BigV · 10-09-2005, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

--snip-- I get a mite spoiled in California with its one-stop shopping for groceries and beer and wine and liquor, in the grocery stores.

We can tell. I just wouldn't use the word "spoiled", exactly.

elSicomoro · 10-09-2005, 10:51 AM

MO and IL are the same as CA when it comes to beer and liquor. But for whatever reasons, Walgreens no longer carries beer and liquor here in MO. And they used to have the best selection and prices.

ABC is Virginia...and one or two other states, IIRC. In PA, they're officially called Wine & Spirits Shoppes...most folks generally refer to them as "state liquor stores."

wolf · 10-09-2005, 12:49 PM

Missouri boy, they are called "State Stores".

This "Wine & Spirits Shoppe" is a new innovation where they're trying to pretend that they aren't state-owned businesses and also trying to make us forget that the booze is twice as expensive as that across our southern borders.

Oh, and beer, incidentally, isn't sold in a State Store. Beer is sold by a "distributor."

On the upside, for the first time ever, you can buy beer by the case in a distributor on Sundays. It's quite exciting. (before last month you had to go to a restaurant bar that had sunday sales and you couldn't buy more than two six packs per visit. The turnaround from taking two six packs out to your car trunk counts as a new visit).

elSicomoro · 10-09-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Missouri boy, they are called "State Stores".

Yeah...my bad.

zippyt · 10-09-2005, 10:24 PM

hell Syc the CRAP wine you drink can be found at 7 11 , or Mapco Express !!!!

elSicomoro · 10-09-2005, 10:28 PM

Or my local Mobil.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-10-2005, 02:07 AM

Okay, with all this superb local knowledge, here's a question for the ages that may braid this thread together with the one about what foods you're addicted to:

Philly Cheese Steak: best wine to accompany? And best beer?

10-07-2005, 08:19 PM	#3
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I'll have to look for that stuff, Kat, I'm very fond of Beaujolais. Something I haven't seen here yet is a Central Coastal Californian: Mirassou. They make a lively, lovely, quite sweet white. I suppose it would be lovely for marinating dessert ingredients in but so far I just couldn't bear doing anything with it but drinking it. Currently, we're cooking with Two-Buck Chuck, white or red -- Charles Shaw, available at Trader Joe's all over the country, gets its name from its rock-bottom price of $2 per 750ml. Vin très ordinaire, but pleasant, and superb value for money. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-08-2005, 01:57 AM	#7
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Anything that unites French and Germans should be viewed with suspicion. :-) I'll take CA reds (Bordeaux primarily with Berringer vinyards being at or near the top) and German whites (dry is my favorite). CA has figured out how to engineer what the French leave up to mother nature. And the Germans, like the Californians, leave nothing to chance. The Aussie have also shown that they know how to produce a good red but there are some imposters piggybacking on that success. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

10-09-2005, 12:49 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Missouri boy, they are called "State Stores". This "Wine & Spirits Shoppe" is a new innovation where they're trying to pretend that they aren't state-owned businesses and also trying to make us forget that the booze is twice as expensive as that across our southern borders. Oh, and beer, incidentally, isn't sold in a State Store. Beer is sold by a "distributor." On the upside, for the first time ever, you can buy beer by the case in a distributor on Sundays. It's quite exciting. (before last month you had to go to a restaurant bar that had sunday sales and you couldn't buy more than two six packs per visit. The turnaround from taking two six packs out to your car trunk counts as a new visit). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-09-2005, 10:24 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	hell Syc the CRAP wine you drink can be found at 7 11 , or Mapco Express !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-10-2005, 02:07 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Okay, with all this superb local knowledge, here's a question for the ages that may braid this thread together with the one about what foods you're addicted to: Philly Cheese Steak: best wine to accompany? And best beer? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-12-2005, 11:16 PM	#1
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Love Sterling cabernet! Gotta have it with a seared steak. Coolest label I've seen lately--Papio wines. Has a funky illustration of monkeys playing latin jazz. I bought a bottle, but I can't tell you how it was because my fiance guzzled it, dammit.

09-17-2005, 01:28 PM	#2
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I'm back. One of the best buys in wine right now is Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolais Villages 2003. 2003 was a fabulous year for Beaujolais; in fact, DuBoeuf calls it the Vintage of the Sun and has attached a special extra label saying so on the bottle near the neck. Remember that hot Summer when people died from the heat in France? It concentrated the flavors in the grapes so that the wine has wonderful fruit. I have paid as little as $7.99 for it on sale in Pennsylvania where it is normailly $9.99. I saw it in Tennessee last week for $12.49 which was still a bargain.

06-13-2006, 03:51 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Trader Joe's is cool, but only for supplemental stuff. I wouldn't shop there for staples. I've only ever been on the weekends, and it's too much of a hassle to deal with the crowds. The aisles are always very tight and crowded. I hate that. But my wife goes during the week and gets stuff there. Wine, Olive oil, pizza dough, etc. Good stuff.

10-09-2005, 10:51 AM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	MO and IL are the same as CA when it comes to beer and liquor. But for whatever reasons, Walgreens no longer carries beer and liquor here in MO. And they used to have the best selection and prices. ABC is Virginia...and one or two other states, IIRC. In PA, they're officially called Wine & Spirits Shoppes...most folks generally refer to them as "state liquor stores."

10-09-2005, 10:28 PM	#14
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Or my local Mobil.

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