Attention Wine-LoversCourtesy of Ken G.For all you wine lovers out there, this is note-worthy!!!! Wal-Mart announced that, sometime in 2007, it will begin offering customers a new discount item ---- Wal-Mart's own brand of wine. The world's largest retail chain is teaming up with Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery of California to produce the spirits at an affordable price, in the $2 - $5 range. Wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to put a bottle of Wal-Mart brand into their shopping carts, but "there is a market for inexpensive wine," said Kathy Micken, professor of marketing at University of Arkansas , Bentonville. "But the right name is important." Customer surveys were contacted to determine the most attractive name for the Wal-Mart wine brand. The top surveyed names in order of popularity were:
The beauty of Wal-Mart wine is that it can be served with either white meat (Possum) or red meat (Squirrel).
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