Hi Mark,

> No quite, Dave. As Larry said, 2BC is made by Bronco (owned by Fred
> Franzia, whose family sold the rights to their own name, now the bête
> noir of the CA wine business) and sold exclusively through Trader Joe's.
> My experience with it is that it's highly variable. Because Bronco
> buys up surplus wine and bottles it under the Charles Shaw name, it
> changes rapidly even within the same vintage. Most recently, I had a 2BC
> Syrah that was one of the weirdest and most flawed wines I've had in
> some time.

Ah, thanks for the correction Bronco.

Of course it's variable. It's nothing I would collect or cellar, but in
a pinch, it can get the job done. Trader Joe's own reviews speak of it
as an "easy drinking table wine", hence the very low price -- and
subsequently, the expectations those drinking it should have.
http://www.traderjoes.com/new/chuckshaw.asp

My point this thread is that I wouldn't typify it as "plonk" --
that's all...

David