The Food & Wine Office Tries 20 Year Old Charles Shaw

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What happens when the Food & Wine office uncorks a 20-year-old bottle of Charles Shaw—a.k.a. “Two Buck Chuck”? In this video, editors sip and react to the budget wine that’s been aging (questionably) for two decades. Is it surprisingly good or totally undrinkable?

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00:00Time to torture my colleagues.

00:01If I have to suffer, everyone should suffer.

00:0320-year-old Tupac Jack, let's see what you think.

00:07Tastes like aged and kind of like this raisiny, but not in a pleasant way flavor.

00:12It's not good.

00:12I don't like the color at all.

00:14Mmm, iced tea.

00:15She's shaking.

00:17Mmm-mm.

00:18Uh-uh.

00:21Honestly, it's not as bad as I was expecting.

00:23This isn't the worst thing I've ever tasted.

00:25Not great.

00:26I mean, for $2, though, to get the job done.

00:30Oh, God.

00:33That's bad.

00:34That wasn't what I expected, but it also reminds me of college.

00:37Like, distinct college flavor there.

00:40Don't age.

00:41You're Tupac Chuck.

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