# Two Buck Chuck (Charles Shaw Wine) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926 "2003-08-18T06:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homer\_J.Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a698b9/32.png) [@Homer\_J.Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J.Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/1 "2003-08-18T06:44:07Z")
What is everyone opinion on Two Buck Chuck? Is it worth the $2.99 price tag at Trader Joe’s? Is it a good wine? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/2 "2003-08-18T06:51:45Z")
I’m hardly a wine expert, but I think it’s pretty good; very good considering the price. Definitely worth picking up a bottle or two to try it out to see if you like it. I’ve been meaning to pick up a case, just to have some around the house. Oh, and I believe it’s actually $1.99, not $2.99. At least I think it has been the few times I bought it. ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J.Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a698b9/32.png) [@Homer\_J.Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J.Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/3 "2003-08-18T06:57:23Z")
I just looked this up it is only $1.99 in CA, $2.99 most other places and higher in some areas. By the way the way, I think you can return anything to Trader Joe’s you don’t like. I asked about a wine once and the guy working there gave me his opinion and that of course if I didn’t like I could return it. [http://www.traderjoes.com/new/chuckshaw.asp](http://www.traderjoes.com/new/chuckshaw.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/4 "2003-08-18T07:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer J. Simpson \* > \*\*What is everyone opinion on Two Buck Chuck? Is it worth the $2.99 price tag at Trader Joe’s? Is it a good wine? \*\* I had a glass of the Chardonnay at a friend’s house last weekend, and it’s great! > **[NBC Bay Area](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/)** > > Bay Area News, Local News, Weather, Traffic, Entertainment, Breaking News > [@](#): > > The infamous “Two-Buck Chuck” is gaining a large following of fans, but a recent blind tasting by Wine Country Living indicates the Chardonnay may offer the best taste bang for wine drinkers’ two bucks… > > The truth behind “Two-Buck Chuck” lies in simple economics. An abundance of grapes in California are flooding the market and driving the cost of the fruit to all time lows. Cheers! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Geoduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Geoduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geoduck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/5 "2003-08-18T08:04:11Z")
I finally got around to having a couple of glasses of the merlot at a friend’s. It was drinkable. I guess if I had only three bucks to spend on wine it would do, but if I had six bucks to spend on wine I could do a whole lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/6 "2003-08-18T10:32:52Z")
I like it a lot. (I pay 3 bucks here in Jersey.) It’s not a “fine wine.” It’s a “table wine,” and should be judged as such. I like it better than the Trader Joe’s brand table wines, which are 4 or 5 dollars. I find that because of it, I’ve been drinking more wine instead of beer lately. Also, I like it to make sangria. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-buck-chuck-charles-shaw-wine/195926/7 "2003-08-18T11:34:26Z")
I agree with everyone who has posted so far. (BTW: I pay $1.99 for it – hence “Two Buck”.) Except for **Geoduck**. I like “Two Buck Chuck” better than many of the more expensive wines I’ve had. I tried an excellent Merlot at dinner several months ago. I liked it enough to buy a bottle ($13). But when I got around to drinking it, it wasn’t as good as the glass I had had at dinner. In this case, I liked the Charles Shaw better.