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macsauce13 · 03-03-2011, 10:26 AM

I've gotten into red wines lately, and while I can't afford to spend much on the bottles, I've found a couple that are VERY cheap I really enjoy. Barefoot Merlot ($7.99) is probably my favorite.

Any of you enjoy cheap, quality red wines? What are they?

BigO · 03-03-2011, 10:29 AM

Charles Shaw. Have a Merlot, a Cab, and a Shiraz. $3.49/bottle. Used to be known as "Two Buck Chuck". Beats a lot of wines five times the price.

KatDad · 03-03-2011, 10:41 AM

I'm pretty sure Charles Shaw is only available at Trader Joe's, who owns the rights to that name. The wine is produced by Bronco Wine Company of Ceres, California. In other areas where there aren't Trader Joes, like where I live, they sell the same wine as Crane Lake. Jason is correct. It is as good as wine several times the price. Around here, Crane Lake goes for $3.99 a bottle. So I guess it is now Four Buck Chuck.

flipflop · 03-03-2011, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KatDad

I'm pretty sure Charles Shaw is only available at Trader Joe's...

Jason and I get ours at a local store called Bulloch's. Another local, Sherlock's, also carries it.

Distribution was expanded several years ago to meet demand.

KatDad · 03-03-2011, 11:30 AM

Thanks! That's good to know.

If you don't have access to Charles Shaw, look for Crane Lake.

pogophiles · 03-03-2011, 03:20 PM

I like the 3 liter Octavin (box) version of Big House Red. Good red at a very good price in that format!

03-03-2011, 10:26 AM	#1
macsauce13 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,194	Good, cheap Reds I've gotten into red wines lately, and while I can't afford to spend much on the bottles, I've found a couple that are VERY cheap I really enjoy. Barefoot Merlot ($7.99) is probably my favorite. Any of you enjoy cheap, quality red wines? What are they?

03-03-2011, 10:29 AM	#2
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 56,320	Charles Shaw. Have a Merlot, a Cab, and a Shiraz. $3.49/bottle. Used to be known as "Two Buck Chuck". Beats a lot of wines five times the price. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

03-03-2011, 10:41 AM	#3
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,740	I'm pretty sure Charles Shaw is only available at Trader Joe's, who owns the rights to that name. The wine is produced by Bronco Wine Company of Ceres, California. In other areas where there aren't Trader Joes, like where I live, they sell the same wine as Crane Lake. Jason is correct. It is as good as wine several times the price. Around here, Crane Lake goes for $3.99 a bottle. So I guess it is now Four Buck Chuck. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

03-03-2011, 11:30 AM	#5
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,740	Thanks! That's good to know. If you don't have access to Charles Shaw, look for Crane Lake. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave Last edited by KatDad; 03-03-2011 at 11:37 AM.

03-03-2011, 03:20 PM	#6
pogophiles World Cup Champion Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Okefenokee Nashville, TN Posts: 7,636	I like the 3 liter Octavin (box) version of Big House Red. Good red at a very good price in that format! __________________ Time marches on, you say? Ah, but no, It is not time, But we, who go. Last edited by pogophiles; 03-03-2011 at 03:23 PM.

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