Fred Franzia, the creator of the affordable wine brand “Two Buck Chuck,” purchased the Charles Shaw name from a defunct winery for $27,000. When inquired about his wine’s lower price compared to water, Franzia humorously responded, “They’re overcharging for the water. Don’t you get it?”
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What happened to all the other pages? Is there any ways to still access them?
At this time, unfortunately, there is no way to access them. I messed up the database and decided to build the website from scratch. Since 2008, I was updating this website with the new facts. 15k facts are in the old database. I can retrieve them, but I don’t think its worth the time spend. Ad revenue is like less than 5 cents a day. I’m doing this for fun.
I’ve been reading since 2010 and have been through every page a few times over. I read every night before bed. Thank you for the response and doing what you do!