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- We asked a sommelier what food she would pair with Trader Joe’s budget Charles Shaw organic wines.
- These wines cost $3.99.
Trader Joe’s is famous for its Charles Shaw wines, which it first started selling in 2002 for $2. These wines later became known as "Two-Buck Chuck." To date, it has sold nearly a billion bottles.
Read more: THE REAL ‘2-BUCK CHUCK’: The true story of Charles Shaw, a Napa wine pioneer who started the brand but never earned a penny from the Trader Joe’s phenomenon
Last summer, Trader Joe’s launched a new organic Charles Shaw collection, which costs $3.99 per bottle.
We asked a sommelier who also specializes in wine education and food pairing to taste three of these Charles Shaw organic wines — a cabernet sauvignon, a pinot grigio, and a rosé — and give her recommendations of food to pair with them.
Here’s what she recommended:
First, meet our sommelier, Sara Lehman, a wine expert and teacher who also specializes in pairing food with wine.
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Charles Shaw organic cabernet sauvignon
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Lehman found this to be lighter than a typical cabernet sauvignon so recommended pairing it with something "tangy," or a heavier dish such as roasted pork shoulder, pulled pork, or barbecued meat to bring out the flavor.
Charles Shaw organic pinot grigio
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Lehman said that the Charles Shaw pinot grigio tasted a bit like apple juice.
"Stick a straw in it and I think it would be really good," she said.
While there was some acidity at first, this faded out to have a creamier taste.
With this in mind, she recommended pairing it with grilled fish topped with lemon and dill and a side of sweet potato fries.
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Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Mary Hanbury)