james laube's blog

No Passing the Buck: Here's My Take

Posted: Jun 29, 2007 11:58am ET

OK, so how good is Two-Buck Chuck Chardonnay, the reigning champion , and low-price leader of California Chardonnay? It didn’t take my staff long to buy a bottle from Trader Joe’s (and a second bottle was sent to my office in Napa) and slip it into yesterday’s blind tasting of Sonoma Chardonnays (even though Two Buck carries a California appellation and the appellation was not disclosed in my tasting).

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