Wal-Mart wine....

[Bigmack]

OK... it's an email joke.... but it's funny and soooo true-to-life!
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Great news! Some Wal-Mart customers soon will be able to sample a new
discount item:

Wal-Mart's own brand of wine.

The world's largest retail chain is teaming up with E&J Gallo Winery
of Modesto, California, to produce the spirits at an affordable price,
in the $2-5 range.

While wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to throw a bottle of
Wal-Mart brand wine into their shopping carts, there is a market for
cheap wine, said Kathy Micken, professor of marketing at Roger
Williams University in Bristol, R.I.

She said: "The right name is important. Look at what Trader Joe's has done with "Charles Shaw."

The top 13 suggested names for Wal-Mart Wine:
Chateau Traileur Parc
White Trashfindel
Big Red Gulp
Grape Expectations
Domaine Wal-Mart "Merde du Pays"
NASCAR bernet
Chef Boyardeaux
Peanut Noir
Chateau des Moines
I Can't Believe It's Not Vinegar!
World Championship Riesling
Sam's Shiraz

And the number 1 name for Wal-Mart Wine ..

1. Nasti Spumante

The beauty of Wal-Mart wine is that it can be served with both white
meat (Possum) and red meat (squirrel).
Make sure to vote on your favorite name at a Wal-Mart near you.

[Fleshdancer]

1. I'll be emailing this to everyone I know

especially my husband...a wine lover and fellow Walmart hater. lol!

[cattleman22]

2. RE: White Trashfindel

Isn't it interesting how some racist comments are very acceptable here at DU?

[Ian David]

6. Oh, fine. White Trashfindel and Ghetto Brut

Is that better?

[Merrick]

8. I see being 'White Trash' as a state of mind...

not a congenital condition like being black or Polish or whatever and therefore don't condemn its use. Just my opinion.

[hfojvt]

10. I see that as being more "anti-poor" than racist

Nice to see the Iowa bash in there too. It was picked for its Frenchness, but is also meant to be an insult to the entire midwest.

[cruadin]

3. I Can't Believe It's Not Vinegar!---LOL

[Squatch]

4. I found a great bottle of Penfold's Grange ('98) at Sam's for $45

Needless to say, I bought an entire case. This wine retails for about $200.

[yinkaafrica]

12. Is there any left :)

That is one of the few Shiraz (Syrah) varietals I truly love.
And at that age it's already good to go.

[Squatch]

13. Next time you go, look under the wine display case.

I found this Penfolds under the display. The clerks had not shelved it yet...

[teenagebambam]

5. Remeber K-Marto?

K-Mart's own brand of wine, from those carefree days of the 70's?

[paineinthearse]

7. Possum is white meat?

I must lead a sheltered life! I'll call Possum Lodge and get the members' opinion.

[CarpeVeritas]

9. Two-buck up-Chuck...

[flygal]

11. HA! I've never heard that one!

[CarpeVeritas]

16. are you familiar with the Charles Shaw wines at Trader Joe's??

they're the "Two-buck Chuck" stuff that has some of the napa-types worried.

[Deja Q]

14. E&J Gallo Winery, so what will they do when wally demands they lower costs

Outsource grape farming to China?

[Squatch]

15. It's called "viticulture" not "grape farming"

and, Gallo is way ahead of you or Wal Mart:

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-gallo19jan19,1,6781330.story?coll=la-headlines-food&ctrack=1&cset=true