Mistake or intentional 2 Buck Chuck on WS NOVEMBER Cover

Its a little known fact that 2 buck chuck merlot will gain incredible depth and complexity with 10-20 years in the cellar. The 1899 Shaw is still drinking well today.

A bottle of Yellow Tail Reserve can be seen if you turn off all the lights and repeat YTR three times in a row while holding the issue in front of a mirror.

I received a $2 Chuck as a gift from a neighbor, not knowing what $2 Chuck was, I popped it, poured it and took a sip and didn't drink wine for two weeks.

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Originally posted by profiler54:
Did anyone notice on the cover of the latest issue of Wine Specatator Cover Story Wine Collecting shows a realy nice Cellar of fine wines.. Right beside Magnum of Roederer Cristal is a bottle 2 Buck chuck Merlot.. I laughed when I saw it.Hilarious!!.. What do you thinK ?

Umm, do we subscribe to the same magazine?

Oct 31st issue - no wine on the cover
Nov 15th issue - one bottle of wine on the cover

eh?

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Originally posted by profiler54:
Did anyone notice on the cover of the latest issue of Wine Specatator Cover Story Wine Collecting shows a realy nice Cellar of fine wines.. Right beside Magnum of Roederer Cristal is a bottle 2 Buck chuck Merlot.. I laughed when I saw it.Hilarious!!.. What do you thinK ?

You bet. I see it too "Charles Shaw Merlot"

So confused, which issue are we discussing here?

Nov. 15th?

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Originally posted by Natester:
So confused, which issue are we discussing here?

Nov. 15th?

Nov 30th - wine collecting issue and argentina

probably tongue in cheek i'll bet

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Originally posted by zblang:

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Originally posted by Natester:
So confused, which issue are we discussing here?

Nov. 15th?

Nov 30th - wine collecting issue and argentina

I wonder if mine is at the post office right now.... Haven't seen it yet but looking forward to a good laugh.

whats up with the 2 buck chuck, by the way what is below it and the second bottle on the right.
The should have replaced the bottle with either Ch Montelena or BV george de latour

I cannot see WS making light of Two Buck Chuck, based on their otherwise fair and honest reporting on Bronco wine and its owner.

A 40oz of old english

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Originally posted by Crusher:
whats up with the 2 buck chuck, by the way what is below it and the second bottle on the right.
The should have replaced the bottle with either Ch Montelena or BV george de latour

Maybe they were going to have a contest: What
doesn't fit in the picture? but you were so fast to point that out and they cancelled that idea.
oritz

The wine cellar featured on the cover of the Nov. 30 issue belongs to Julien LeCraw of Atlanta, GA. Mr. LeCraw and his 25,000 bottle collection were featured in a profile in the Dec. 31, 2005, issue of Wine Spectator. Mr. LeCraw has all the trophy wines you might imagine; he also has a sense of humor, which leads him to spotlight not only Cristal and Yquem, but also "Two Buck Chuck" and Marilyn Merlot in his "wall of fame." We applaud wine lovers who combine passion for great wine with the understanding that wine collecting doesn't have to be too serious or solemn.

I have a bottle or "Cheap Red Wine" (that's the name on the label!) & Boone's Farm on display in my cellar! Both were gifts, but I think they probably recieve the most comments by anyone who looks at my cellar.

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Originally posted by Natester:
Umm, do we subscribe to the same magazine?

Oct 31st issue - no wine on the cover
Nov 15th issue - one bottle of wine on the cover

eh?

Sometimes WS uses different covers depending on whether the mag was at the stand or via mail.

I keep copies of Wine Spectator in my cellar to show people I'm not serious about wine.

ZINGER!!!

I don't know if this is planned, but the Nov 15 WS issue had a big article on Fred Franzia, the maker of 2 buck chuck. I think WS has a sense of humor.

Crusher (and others curious as to the identity of the bottle below the Charles Shaw),

That is a bottle of Four Emus, an Australian wine bottled under screw cap and available for $10 to $12. It has also received very good scores from Harvey Steiman. The large-format bottle to its right, with the fire-breathing bear, is Toasted Head, another consistent good value wine, made by R.H. Philips in California. To the left of the large-format Beaucastel, on the bottom shelf, is a bottle of Lucas & Lewellen Queen of Hearts, which is usually priced at about $12.

And I'm sure I haven't spotted all of the value wines on the shelves. Anyone else spot any others?

Rob

latour67,

We need to get together as I also have a "gift" bottle of cheap red wine that is aging nicely in my cellar.

Add me to the list of people who have some cheap gift wine aging. I have 2 bottles of 2 buck chuck in my winerack right now. I think they've been there for the last 2 years. I'll never open them.

“In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.”

-- William S. Burroughs

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Originally posted by Ania:
Add me to the list of people who have some cheap gift wine aging. I have 2 bottles of 2 buck chuck in my winerack right now. I think they've been there for the last 2 years. I'll never open them.

Smart decision Ania. I opened my dad's cheap gift wine recently out of curiousity... a 1996 Turning Leaf Chardonnay. I don't think I suffered any dain bramage, though.

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I have a bottle or "Cheap Red Wine" (that's the name on the label!) & Boone's Farm on display in my cellar! Both were gifts, but I think they probably recieve the most comments by anyone who looks at my cellar.

Years ago my wife gave me a wonderful piece of art that says "Life is too short to drink cheap wine." It sits on one of the racks in my wine room, flanked by a bottle of "Cheap Red Wine" and "Cheap White Wine" that were a gift from my father who loves to tweak me about my wine collection. (He doesn't mind drinking from it when I go home for the holidays however.)

Anyone who can't have a sense of humor about collecting wine just doesn't understand.