98.7 WFGR Classic Hits » Wine http://wfgr.com Sat, 25 May 2013 15:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Angry Comsumers Complain when $2 Wine Goes up to $2.50 http://wfgr.com/angry-comsumers-complain-when-2-wine-goes-up-to-2-50/ http://wfgr.com/angry-comsumers-complain-when-2-wine-goes-up-to-2-50/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:15:57 +0000 Matt Hendricks http://wfgr.com/?p=110883 Shoppers at a Trader Joe's store said they were annoyed when the wine in the "Two-Buck Chuck" area went up in price 50 cents!

The Charles Shaw shiraz  which has been $1.99 - has now gone up in price to $2.49 per bottle, putting its "Two-Buck Chuck" name at risk!

]]> http://wfgr.com/angry-comsumers-complain-when-2-wine-goes-up-to-2-50/feed/ 0 flickr image Forklift Destroys $1 Million in Wine! http://wfgr.com/forklift-destroys-1-million-in-wine/ http://wfgr.com/forklift-destroys-1-million-in-wine/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:25:12 +0000 Matt Hendricks http://wfgr.com/?p=12591 From the "Ooops, Sorry" Department:

A forklift loading cartons on an Australian dock dropped 462 cases of wine, sending $1 million worth of shiraz down the drain, Only one carton survived intact!  NOOOOOOOOO!

The cases of  Mollydooker Velvet Glove shiraz fell more than 18 feet Thursday as they were being loaded for export to the United States - NOOOOOOOO!

The Wine was valued at $185 a bottle, was to be formally launched in the United States in September

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In an alcohol factory the regular taster died and the director started looking for a new one to hire. A drunkard with ragged, dirty look came to apply for the position. The director of the factory wondered how to send him away. They tested him. They gave him a glass with a drink. He tried it and said, "It's red wine, a muscat, three years old, 

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A minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis he said, 'If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river.' 

With even greater emphasis he said, 'And if I had
 all the wine in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river.'

 

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