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

By: Make It Yourself!

Make It Yourself! — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:55:28 +0000

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!

By: Make It Yourself!

Make It Yourself! — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:55:28 +0000

That's all you have to do!

By: UrbanCowgirl

UrbanCowgirl — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:01:54 +0000

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!

By: Marshall W

Marshall W — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:07:52 +0000

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.

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:44:30 +0000

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.