Can't get much more Mundane than this

I have recently discovered that everyone has not been introduced to Two Buck Chuck, and in the interest of budding alcoholics everywhere I really should say a few words about this very cheap, but acceptable wine that has become a true urban legend. That would be unlike the rumored urban legends we know and love. Charles Shaw is the name brand of a wine that I first found for $1.99 on a visit to the west coast. It is only available at Trader Joe's, and cost slightly more on the east coast, a whopping $3.49. The cabernet is dry, fairly full bodied, and eminately drinkable, especially after you’ve had a few bottles. You can actually serve it with dinner, even to guests without apology, but you might want to decant it and hide the bottle from your friends with more sophisticated tastes. In its favor it comes in a real bottle with a semi-real cork and in many uh, flavors, none of them with a lot of depth, but neither are they cloyingly sweet. The price is a function of over production of wine grapes in California, not necessarily grown in Napa valley, but near enough that they translate into a decent wine for the masses, sort of the Model T of wines. There is no way to make yourself believe you are drinking a $25.00 bottle, but hell, who can afford that with any frequency? I have one suggestion before you dash out to Trader Joe's over the weekend. There are aficionados who go into the store, open a case, pull out a bottle, and take it to the parking lot to sample. Upon deciding that the case is a good one, they go back inside and buy the rest of the lot. This would let you know that quality control is not perfect in Chuck’s bottling facility, but once again, $3.49, what do you want for next to nothing? I have never done this because while I have found the rare case to be slightly off, I have found none undrinkable. The wine connoisseur among us have already left this site in disgust and gone off to talk about the soft tannins, the exploding palates, the approachable rich blackberry and red current undertones, the opulent bouquet, the velvet firm persistence of cassis, and the long finish with an aftertaste of vanilla. Personally, I think think they might not be getting enough, but to each his own. I’m going to go make sure my husband has taken his meds and open a bottle of chuck’s finest. Night all.