In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:04:42 GMT, "Paul M. Cook"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> In article <wHbpi.3395$7w.1456@trnddc05>,
> >> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:

> >> > Wine contests are all classified into varietals and price. You do not
> >see a
> >> > 2 dollar wine competing with a 20 dollar wine. The TJs wine was
> >probably in
> >> > the "under 5 dollar" category.
> >>
> >> It was the California State Fair.
> >>
> >> It was a blind tasting.
> >>
> >> There were no price categories.
> >>
> >> The wine was bottled by Charles Shaw, which sells mostly through TJs but
> >> isn't part of it.
> >>
> >> It was a chardonnay, competing against other chardonnays.
> >
> >I'd have to see the lineup. The Charles Shaw Chardonnay is something I
> >drink often and cook with. It's no where close to Sutter Home's offering at
> >about 3.50 a bottle. Smoking Loon is great at 4.95 on average. BV makes a
> >jug wine offering for about 9 bucks (1.50 liters) and it is night and day
> >better than CS.

> hey, paul, what happened to 'i guess i was wrong - they weren't all
> under five dollars'? then we can get back to discussing cabbages and
> kings.


Paul is never wrong. There are many people like this. I tend to avoid
them. I ran into many where I used to work. I just went to their
bosses and explained the facts. This didn't make me popular.

Here is a URL:

http://apps.calexpo.com/fair/WhatsNe...asp?PRelId=157