'Fresh from the vinyards of aisle #6'

15 years ago

My wine drinking friends are drinking me out of house and home....and they don't seem to be discriminating at all....so after the 2nd night in a row where I put 4 bottles in the recycling bin, I bought soem of that Oak Leaf from Wal-Mart. I bought I think a chablis a pinot grigio, a merlot and a dark red....think they called it a cabernet sauvignon.

I figured they couldn't be so bad that I couldn't use them to marinate a big roast could they?

I first opened the chablis....thin watery...I poured it for a friend after the good stuff was gone....and she never blinked and refilled her glass.

Then I opened the cab to pour over a chuck roast as it was potroasting....took a little and it was very drinkable. Finished that bottle byt he glass....after the good stuff was gone! LOL!

The Merlot is also not bad...pretty good, very drinkable.

I opened the Pinot Grigio to make some risotto and tasted it and it was really OK...but again thin. I refrigerated it for about a week and one of my fussy friends didn't like the red wine I was serving ( can't remember what it was....a $10 bottle or something australian I expect) she asked if I had any white opened and I poured her a glass of the Wal_Mart special....she smacked her lips and finished the bottle.

Anyone else tried it? What did you think?: I think it's about on a par with "Two Buck Chuck".

Linda C

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centralcacyclist
15 years ago
I saw it last night but didn't. So, it's passable?

Honestly I watch for wine to show up at the local dollar store. It does every few months or so and is usually 8-13 buck stuff retail. It arrives at the dollar store because of labeling issues or some other packaging issue from what I can tell. The wine is fine. I buy several cases when I see some.
lindac
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15 years ago
I've had a lot worse wines costing a lot more!
Linda C
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pkramer60
15 years ago
Linda, the Winking Owl from Aldi's is not bad either.....
annie1992
15 years ago
elery also drinks the Barefoot Cellars stuff, often on sale here for $4.99 a bottle and he says it's pretty good for every day wine.

Linda, you've got to find friends that will bring a bottle of wine with them as a "hostess gift". LOL

I don't think I've seen "Oak Leaf" but I've seen something like "Turning Leaf", maybe. I wonder if it's the same stuff...

Annie
riverrat1
15 years ago
I've had my fair share of Oak Leaf Cabernet and Pinot Grigo. It's really good for an everyday wine which is what I like...everyday! LOL! No really, it's good!. I'm sure it's the equivalent of "two buck chuck" at TJ'S.
triciae
15 years ago
You can purchase wine at Wal-mart?

Here, you may buy beer at the convenience stores & grocery stores but not wine. Wine & all other alcoholic beverages are sold at "package stores". Their hours are limited also...must be closed before 9:00 p.m. & no alcohol, including beer, may be sold on Sunday. Also, you can't pop a can of beer in the package store...no open bottles.

It's quite amusing during the summer. At least every weekend we'll see some poor tourist wandering around on Sunday trying to find beer. lol SOL! I'm amazed you can buy wine in Wally World. Maybe, that's why we have so few Trader Joe's in CT...they can't sell their wine.

/tricia
annie1992
15 years ago
Tricia, here you can buy wine nearly anywhere, the convenience stores, gas stations, WalMart, even my little independent grocer has a "wine and liquor" section and yes, they also sell beer and hard liquor. I like to buy it directly from the Michigan wineries because then I can taste it first, but in a pinch I'll go to Grand Rapids to G.B. Russo's (one of Ann T's favorite shopping spots when she lived in Grand Rapids), home of 5,000 wines. They have at least that many!

Annie
Terri_PacNW
15 years ago
We can buy everything in the stores but the hard stuff..that has to be purchased at the Liquor store.
Our Walmart is not the Super..and they just got their liquor license and are now carrying a small selection of wine, coolers and beer. But Kmart's been carrying it for a while, as do the groceries and the drug stores too..
lindac
Original Author
15 years ago
LOL!! Well I remember what this Jersey girl thought when she went to college in Massachusetts and saw "package stores"...
Packages of WHAT??? LOL!
And in Minnesota they have "on off" stores....and just off stores! LOL!
Iowa had state owned liquor stores until about 33 years ago. One store per county, had to have a book to buy and the book had to be stamped and that book cost money.
Then the state legislators threw us to the wolves and OKayed beer in grocery stores....and now even Wally-World sells booze!
I find that all liquors at Wal mart are over priced as compared to independent stores....but only they sell that $3 stuff!
And Annie, Oak leaf is NOT Turning leaf....there is a difference of about $6 a bottle....and frankly I think the Oak leaf is better.
Linda C
centralcacyclist
15 years ago
I worked in the creative department at Gallo when Turning Leaf was launched. It's been a very successful brand. The label design spawned a lawsuit. Kendall-Jackson claimed that Gallo tried to copy its Vinter's Reserve label. I was never privy to the creative brief on that project but I do know that for each label, dozens of label designs and numerous permutations of each are considered. The designer/illustrator for that label was a quiet and very talented Japanese man who was probably offended at the accusation that he copied anything.

The wine is okay. I always liked the Chardonnay and I think the Merlot is a big seller.

Here is a link that might be useful: Lawsuit.
centralcacyclist
15 years ago
...but haven't tried is Five Oaks. Has anyone tasted this one?

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1476306}}
trudy_gw
15 years ago
Has anyone tried Trinity Oaks Pinot Nior?

We had a glass with dinner. Was really nice, smooth wine.
Looked online and cost around $8-10.

Like your story Linda.

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