The Story of Two Buck Chuck

Well, over the past couple weeks we have been desperately trying to find wines under $5 that are worthy of pouring down our throats instead of pouring down the sink, and inevidtably we have landed at... 2 Buck Chuck.

Now, I could continue here with a breakdown of my tasting notes on the whites & reds; but I would honestly rather just dive into the much more interesting story behind the fabled 2 Buck Chuck, so I will insert my mother's notes on the Sauvingnon Blanc I recieved via email instead:

" Light straw color, not a leg to stand on*.

Hint of apricot/pear on the nose but it is brief

but if you can taste it your good as it is very brief-over before you even swallow

short sharp finish and the whole time you are thinking this is wine because I am drinking it in a glass with a stem."

 

hahaha. I love my Mama...

 

....Now onto the Ledgend of Charles Shaw...

 

Charles and his lovely wife, who for the sake of this fable will be called Sue, owned a beautiful vinyard in California and enjoyed the wonderful winery lifestyle together for many years and in so doing made a rather large fortune. However, their beautiful happy rich days were numbered and eventually the pair filed for divorce. Both Sue & Charles wanted to maintain ownership of their beloved winery; however when the divorce dust settled Charles came out with the win, only with one annoying little caveat - he had to split the profits fo the winery with his now ex-wife.

 

Charles, an apparently spiteful man, decided he had made enough in his married tenor to live happily for the remainder of this life, and made the fateful choice in which we all now benefit - he decided to sell the wine at cost.

 

Yes, thats right - no profits for him, no profits for her, and cheap wine for the rest of us :) 

 

Unfortunately, this is no longer the case as when the winery was sold in 1990 to Bronco Wine Company when the Shaw Estate went belly up (wonder why that was...) and profits once again entered the picture.

 

But the reputation for great wine for a great price remains - just don't get the Sauvingnon Blanc. right Mama??

 

 

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*Note: Legs hardly ever signify quality, but we will dive deeper into that another day.