Conversation from the front porch
Brother Bim: Would you like a glass of Trader Joe's shiraz?
Me: No.
Brother Bim (reading the label): It's a very interesting vintage. March.
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Richard Gorelick was appointed The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic in September 2010. Before joining the paper staff fulltime, he contributed freelance criticism and features articles about food to area and regional publications. Along the way, he dispatched for short-distance trucking companies, shilled for cultural non-profits, and assisted in cognitive neurology research – never the subject, always the control.
He takes restaurants seriously but not himself, and his favorite restaurant is the one you love, too.
He takes restaurants seriously but not himself, and his favorite restaurant is the one you love, too.
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I'm sorry, I can not relate. I live in a state where grocery stores are forbidden from selling wine.
I imagine if grocery stores could offer such products, things would get pretty ugly. Fortunately, here in the free state, we have a host of antiquated laws to keep us safe. Oh, and an entrenched industry with many lobbyists to make sure that never changes.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 3, 2009 10:04 AM
Gee, although 2 buck chuck or 3 buck if you buy it in Virginia isn't up there on a Parker scale it isn't all that bad. The New Yorker article actually discussed some pretty good grapes that go into making the SHAW label. If I remember one of the wines even won an award. I've had some wine at 3 times the cost that wasn't as good!
Posted by: Earl | July 3, 2009 2:59 PM
Earl, while I'm willing to believe that drinkable 3-buck Chuck is theoretically possible, the stuff I tried was awful.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | July 3, 2009 4:38 PM