The original Charles Shaw winery — famous for the low-priced Two Buck Chuck wines first introduced at Trader Joe’s in 2002 — once stood where beautiful, upscale Benessere Vineyards is ...

He filed for bankruptcy and ended up selling the vineyard and trade name to Fred Franzia, owner of Franzia and Bronco wines, for $27,000. The irony is, Charles Shaw didn’t even set the price ...

In early 2020, just before The Plague, I wrote a piece for The Register in which I reviewed seven wines from Charles Shaw. Very popular column…maybe the tops in reader feedback. So three years ...

It's also competed with pricier wines and come out on top. In 2004, the 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz won a prestigious double gold medal at the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition among ...

By Eric Asimov Mention Two-Buck Chuck, the nickname for the famously cheap Charles Shaw wines made by Bronco Wine Company, and you are likely to get two completely different reactions from wine ...

Besides Charles Shaw, the Bronco Wine Co. portfolio includes Rosenblum Cellars, Carmenet, Picket Fence, Crane Lake Cellars and Longevity Wines. Fred Franzia, the California winemaker who created ...

Bronco began buying bankrupt vineyards in the '80s and acquired the Charles Shaw name in 1995 for just $25,000, Wine Spectator reported. That led to Bronco Wines launching the Charles Shaw wine ...

His forward-thinking approach allows the legacy of Charles Shaw's cheap, delicious wines to continue today. Read more: 14 Cheap But Delicious Beers You'll Wish You Tried Sooner Fred Franzia's ...