Word: franzia
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...reason some regions have trouble building up their wine cred is that Europeans, and now Californians, contend that the specific soil their vineyards sit on makes their wine good, that the flinty rock or dusty earth imparts a distinctive flavor. But Fred Franzia, maker of the popular $2-a-bottle Charles Shaw, told me that terroir--a French term embracing all things regional, from soil to climate to topography--is a concept winemakers use to overcharge. "Anything will grow with sun and water. We can grow on asphalt," he said. "Terroir don't mean...
...waiting for it to catch on. Even the businessman behind the wildly successful $2 Charles Shaw wines is wary. Despite the fact that the bottle is the most expensive component of the super-cheapo wine sold exclusively at crunchy consumer haven Trader Joe's, Two Buck Chuck maker Fred Franzia says he'd never abandon the romance of glass and cork...
Maxïmo Park are a study in modern musical identity crisis. Critics adored the Newcastle, England quintet’s 2005 debut, but there was confusion: was this new wave or post pop? Was Maxïmo closer to Franzia or the Futureheads? The band posed aggressively in publicity photos but oozed modesty in interviews. Ultimately, their pop punk fell between the established polarities for an acceptable post-millennium 80s throwback British band. Now they’re back, and the video for “Our Velocity,” the single from upcoming...
...things like “Mr. Right” and “Main Man.” Upon returning home from work each day, I would make tuna for supper and share it with the cats. After dinner, I’d have a coffee mug of boxed Franzia as a treat and then fall asleep, alone—except for my cats, which would scamper back and forth across my twin cot throughout the lonely night...
Dave G. Mainland ’05 is turning 21 this weekend. To celebrate the occasion, Mainland’s roommates purchased a rather feminine assemblage of drinks, including a case of Mike’s Hard Lemonade, 5 boxes of Franzia, a magnum of Peach Schnapps, and no less than 12 handles of Malibu. Says Mainland of his roommate’s generosity, “I really appreciate their efforts, but I’m more of whiskey man myself…[pause]…but, my [16 year-old] sister Becky?...