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Why Not Wine: Where’s Our Two Buck Chuck?

We admit it, we felt the sting of Tennessee’s current alcohol legislation a little harsher than usual when Trader Joe’s opened across the street from the Nashvillest HQ, painfully vacant of that 8th-wonder-of-the-world, Two Buck Chuck, and we know that many of our readers felt the same bitter pain. While it’s fun to sit around and whine about it on the internet, there are some other options that are more fun AND productive. Today is Red White and Food Blog Day, so if you’re passionate about bringing wine to grocery stores in Tennessee, jump on board! Red White and Food has a bunch of fun things happening on ye olde internets, and they make it easy to get involved in the campaign.

Of course, we know that not everyone thinks that wine in grocery stores is a good idea. Check out the major opposition and make your own call. And even if legislation changes to allow wine into grocery stores, we always encourage our readers to support local businesses. The experts at the Wine Shoppe At Green Hills and Grace’s Plaza Wine & Spirits are our favorites, and they can sure pick out a heckuva bottle of wine. No grocery store in town could ever fill that special wine-y place in our hearts quite like they do.

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Comments

  • The TWSRA is a pretty clear case of not wanting to have to deal with any competition.

    The StopTeenDrinkingTN.org site claims "...studies show that more minors experiment with wine than beer", but neglects to mention which study that was. I've never seen any teenage wine connoisseurs, but I've seen plenty of teens wanting to get their hands on beer or liquor.

    What's troubling to me is the way they are getting people to sign their petition. It has 2 issues that have at least a halfway decent argument regarding the effect on teen drinking. I may not ultimately agree with them, but at least they make you stop and think for a minute. The wine argument is absurd, but I'm willing to bet they have a lot of people who signed based solely on the first 2 and that calls into question the validity of the entire petition.
  • Marshall W
    I'm just happy to be able to buy beer. Having lived most of my life in Pennsylvania, not only where you can not buy any alcohol in the grocery store but have to go to one store to buy beer and another to get wine/liquor, I'm just glad I can get beer just about anywhere down here. Oh also in Pennsylvania you couldn't just walk into a beer outlet and purchase a single or a six pack, you had to buy it by a case. You could get six packs from some bars but that will cost ya.
  • UrbanCowgirl
    We have the same problem with wine/grocery here in NYC, but the TJs that opened up in Union Square a few years ago simply opened a Trader Joe's Wine Store next door. It's a completely separate brick and mortar store. Y'all should look into this because there's nothing like running into Trader Joe's on a Friday after work and grabbing 6 bottles for less than $30 (and this isn't even limited to Chuck!).

    As for wine in general grocery, we don't have that here either. However, I was in Chicago for work last week and learned that Target sells both wine AND hard liquor there. I have no issue with this other than the fact that it's just weird!
  • Make It Yourself!
    Here's what you're looking for - the instructions to make Two Buck Chuck at home! Step 1: Buy a 5-lliter box of Chardonnay from the cheapest supplier available, Step 2: Find an empty Chardonnay bottle. Step 3: (This is the mort important part, so pay attention) Fill the empty bottle with the wine from the box. Step 4: Put a cork in it.

    That's all you have to do!
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