The Substance Cs Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a wine I found selling for $13.99 it is sourced from the Goose Ridge, Painted Hills, Badger Mountain, and the Sportfisher vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. This is a wine brand from The House of Smith wines (Charles Smith) whose stated goal for this wine…
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Kono Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023- A Conversation With Kono Winemaker Bruce Taylor Talking NZ Sauv Blanc and Much, Much, More! Ok, You like New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, why wouldn't you? But what do you know about those wines? Well, let Bruce Taylor tell you about the usual NZ offerings and the esoteric. Check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of…
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Along with a PODCAST interview with Kono winemaker Bruce Taylor talking about New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and much more. The Kono Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is a wine I found at a local wine shop selling for $13.99. Kono is Mauri owned. The Wakatū Incorporation comprises 250 Mauri families who descended from the original land…
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Aldi's California Heritage Pinot Noir-Aldi's New $4.95 Wine Brand! I expected nothing from this $5 wine and I got more than I bargained for. Is this a great wine? No. But is it well worth the price? Yes I would not normally choose a non-vintage Pinot Noir, for a variety of reasons, but this $4.95…
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The Aldi’s California Heritage Pinot Noir is a $4.95 non-vintage wine sourced, at least for now, from California’s Central Coast AVA. This brand is produced by International Wine Merchants who make Burlwood and Moiselle wines for Aldi. They are a division of E & J Gallo make Winking Owl and Hwy 5 Aldi wines. All…
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Kirkland Signature Sancerre 2022-Sincerely Good Sancerre I called Henri Bourgeois John in the Podcast. This Costco wine is excellent, It is $14.99 and it is a French Sauvignon Blanc! This is an elite Sauvignon Blanc at a bargain price. Sancerre can get much more expensive, but good is good. For more info check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and…
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The Kirkland Signature Sancerre 2022 is a $14.99 Costco exclusive. Sancerre is a town in the Loire Valley of France and the grape is Sauvignon Blanc. The White wine of the Loire Valley is Sauvignon Blanc, the regular affordable wines are a spring day in a bottle, pure joy to drink. The best Sauvignon Blanc…
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Rolling Mist Cabernet Sauvignon-A New $9 Wine From Aldi This is a non-vintage California wine that was made by some part of E & J Gallo for Aldi. Why is it a non-vintage wine? They do not explain, they do not offer any information. So check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the PODCAST to see what CWF…
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The Rolling Mist Cabernet Sauvignon is a non-vintage $8.99 ALdi exclusive made by some division of E & J Gallo of Modesto, California. Neither Aldi nor Gallo offer any information concerning this wine. The back label mentions blackberry, which is a flavor characteristic of Cabernet Sauvignon, and oak spice and vanilla which are oak influences…
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Magistrate Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021-If Your In A Kroger Store This is a custom-brand wine from the Kroger Family of grocery stores. When you think of custom, exclusive brands you think of Trader Joe's, Aldi, and Costco, but custom wines are everywhere. This is a very drinkable Chardonnay from Santa Barbara County. For all the…
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I found the Magistrate Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021 selling for $11.99 at Mariano’s one of Kroger’s family of supermarkets. This seems to be a wine sold exclusively at Kroger stores. You store exclusive wine brands at Trader Joe’s, Aldi, and Costco, but many grocery stores, restaurants, and large liquor, beer, and wine shops often have…
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Aldi Specially Selected Gavi DOCG 2022-What Is Gavi-It's Real Good! Aldi Europe offered around 60 Specially Selected brand wines last year, they were all from top-growing regions around the world. Italy has over 350 White wine grapes and each one is unique. The only one Americans know is Pinot Grigio and that is a shame…
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The Aldi Specially Selected Gavi DOCG 2022 is an exclusive $9.99 Aldi import. Gavi White wines are from the Provence of Alexandria in the southeast corner of Piedmont in Italy. Gavi is produced from the Cortese grape and is typically 100% Cortese. Gavi is considered THE White wine of Piedmont with Barolo made from the…
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Kirkland Signature Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021-$13 Excellent Pinot! This Pinot is produced by Precept Wine and Spirits, the largest family-owned winery in the northwest, but more importantly, this is a wine made by Sarah Cabot a boutique Oregon winemaker. She is known for producing small-batch wines that sell for $65 plus. This is a…
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The Kirkland Signature Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021 is a $12.99 Costco Exclusive. This is a wine produced for Costco by Precept Wine and Spirits, a large northwest wine company that controls 4,000 acres of vineyards and has an excellent brand and retail wine portfolio. The winemaker is Sarah Cabot who is the head winemaker…
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Belhara Estate Single Vineyard Malbec 2021-Interesting Story-Cheap Price This wine was the Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Single Vineyard Uco Valley Malbec 2019 in 2021. Then it was selling for $12.99, in 2024 under its label it is selling for $8.99. In Europe, this Malbec is selling for $15 to $30. This wine is now 1/3…
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The Aldi Hwy 5 Chardonnay 2021 is a $4.99 Aldi exclusive made by a company from Modesto, California which means some entity of E & J Gallo produced this brand. This is Aldi’s answer to Charles Shaw wine (2 Buck Chuck) from Trader Joe’s. Last summer we did a cheap Chardonnay shoot-out, Charles Shaw, Hwy…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Wahluke Slope Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from certified organic grapes grown in the Wahluke Slope AVA of the Columbia Valley in Washington State. This Cab Sauv was produced for Trader Joe’s by DNA Vineyards an independent winery that has produced many wines for TJ’s both Reserve wines…
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The Belhara Estate Single Vineyard Malbec 2021 is an $8.99 Trader Joe’s import wine. Belhara Estate is a family-owned winery in the Uco Valley inside Mendoza in Argentina. They own three vineyards and this wine is sourced from one of them. This wine seems to be the same or very close to Trader Joe’s Grand…
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Trader Joe's Reserve Wahluke Slope Cabernet Sauvignon 2022-$10 and Delicious The Wahluke Slope is an interesting AVA, you have to check out the website and listen to the podcast for the reasons why. This wine was made for Trader Joe's by DNA Vineyards who have made some of TJ's better offerings, again you have to…
Read MoreAldi Hwy 5 Chardonnay 2021- $4.99-Drink Like The French, No!, I am Serious! I recently talked to a French winemaker that the average French family spent about 5 dollars on their daily bottle of wine. They drink wine with the meal, not at night as an alcoholic beverage. We Americans, as a whole, have a…
Read MoreTrader Joe's DOC Prosecco- $9- Real Cheap-Real Good This is a Trader Joe's labeled Prosecco as opposed to the other Prosecco brands they sell with Trader Joe's only names. This is a Prosecco made by Zonin an excellent family-owned producer. It is delicious, it is well-balanced and well-made. Need I say more? For all the…
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The Trader Joe’s DOC Prosecco is an $8.99 import exclusive for a Sparkling wine from the Prosecco region of Veneto in Northern Italy. The back label says a branch of Zonin, a large and excellent Italian wine producer produced it. If you are new to Prosecco, this Bubbly is made from the Glera grape which…
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Trader Joe's Coastal Merlot 2022-The Perfect $5 Taco Tuesday Wine The Trader Joe's Castal brand has been made by the same winery for at least 10 years and has always sold for $4.99. How they kept the same price for ten years, I don't know. The winery involved is an excellent producer that was started…
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The Trader Joe’s Coastal Merlot 2022 is a $4.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The winery of record on the back label is Castoro Cellars from Paso Robles, California. The label says “vinted and bottled by” which does not mean that much anymore. A winery and its equipment may be organized into one entity or LLC, the…
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