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BYE BYE BIG KAHUNA
Geez, no sooner did I post my article on the Big Kahuna wines (to read that article click here) than I pick up the morning paper (yes, I still read our local paper) and see the following headline: “Checking out: Fresh & Easy parent may shutter stores”. Yikes! No more Big Kahuna. It seems the […]
Click here to read entire article »THE BIG KAHUNA LINE UP
The Fresh and Easy chain of neighborhood markets has a line of wines named Big Kahuna that are priced at the same level as Trader Joe’s Two Buck Chuck. Recently I came across this notice: “Our exclusive Fresh & Easy wines win a lot of awards – 600 so far – and our […]
Click here to read entire article »THE BLENDING GAME – IS IT TIME FOR THREE BUCK CHUCK?
THE BLENDING MAN KNOWS! I have been buying wine and food from Trader Joe’s for over 40 years. Joe Coulombe founded Trader Joe’s in 1958. The first store was in South Pasadena and was called Pronto Market. The larger Trader Joe’s stores followed in 1967. Back in those olden days, I knew […]
Click here to read entire article »DO WINE AND TOILET PAPER HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON?
I can sometimes have a vivid imagination, but I did not make this up. This is something that came out of a CNBC special “The Costco Craze: Inside the Warehouse Giant.” In that program there was an interview with Annette Alvarez Peters who is Costco’s principal wine buyer. She said “Is (wine) more […]
Click here to read entire article »BLENDING GAME — BLENDING MAN TO THE RESCUE
While shopping at Trader Joe’s as I often do, something caught my eye. It was a 2010 VINTJS Pinot Gris Willamette Valley, Oregon for $5.99. Why not? I love Pinot Gris and this wine, produced and bottled by Joe, Dundee Oregon, had Trader Joe’s stamped all over it. So I plucks down my bucks and […]
Click here to read entire article »The Dueling Inexpensive Red Wine Line-Ups — Which Ones Went To The Drinking Round And Which Ones Went Down The Drain?
I have always been curious. In all of my endeavors, I have referred to this trait as “turning over rocks.” You have to turn over rocks to see what is underneath. That takes some effort. Many people do not care. But for those that do, there is no assurance of what you will find. Maybe it will be a gold nugget or maybe it will be a rattle snake! Or, even more likely, it will be something in between. So it is with wine.
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