Two Buck Chuck is made by Charles Shaw and is exclusive to Trader Joe’s.

According to Trader Joe’s website “Two Buck Chuck” has become the nation’s best selling wines.  I love it. There’s always a case in my house.

Unfortunately, Lou Merloni’s home town of Framingham Massaschusetts is the closest location for Connecticut residents to purchase this nectar of the gods.

Why are Connecticut residents deprived of two buck chuck? Because in Connecticut grocery stores are only permitted to sell beer. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 30-20.

The legislature should immediately amend section 30-20 to allow supermarkets to sell wine. Doing so would allow Trader Joe’s to stock their shelves with two buck chuck.

Come on legislature, free the grapes!

In these tough economic times, Connecticut residents are scrutinizing every dollar they spend. Even on important things like wine.

Representative Fleischmann is once again proposing legislation for the people.

It’s reasonable to want to taste wine before you buy a bottle. What tastes good to one person may not to another. It’s also reasonable for package store owners not to want to give away their wines. Especially, their expensive wines.

A happy medium would be to allow package store owners to charge for wine tastings and classes. 

Enter Proposed Bill No. 522 introduced by Representative Fleischmann which would allow package stores to charge for wine tastings and classes.

You may be saying that package stores can presently offer tastings at no charge and this bill is a bad thing. I’ll argue that you get what you pay for and allowing package stores to charge a fee for wine tastings may allow them to expand their offerings.

More wine tastings and classes with better wines will help expand the palate of Connecticut residents and help local package store owners.  It’s a win-win situation.