Re Post # 15: Not inflation, but Michigan state taxes, additional shipping and a less competitive market--for wine at least. It was three bucks in Chicago the last time I looked, two bucks in California.
for a review raving about the Chard see:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3372578
"The connoisseurs may cringe, the snobs may even sob, but the judges have spoken: California's best chardonnay costs less than $3.
Charles Shaw Chardonnay, better known as "Two Buck Chuck," beat hundreds of other wines and was named the top prize in a prestigious tasting competition in California. ..."