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The Donald Trump of Wine?

Larry Leigon's Secret Life of Wine Newsletter #84

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Sep 18, 2022
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Fred Franzia in 2007 with a bottle of his inexpensive Charles Shaw wine. When asked how he could sell wine for less than a bottle of water, he replied, “They’re overcharging for the water — don’t you get it?”

“Fred Franzia in 2007 with a bottle of his inexpensive Charles Shaw wine. When asked how he could sell wine for less than a bottle of water, he replied, ‘They’re overcharging for the water — don’t you get it?’ “Credit...Eric Risberg/Associated Press

photo from the New York Times, September 15, 2022

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