The Segura Viudas Brut Cava is a blend of three local grapes, 50% Macabeo, 30% Parellada, and 20% Xarel-lo sourced from vineyards in the Catalunya region of the Penedes DO in eastern Spain. This is their entry-level Cava but does not have entry-level production specifications. Cava is a Sparkling wine made in the Champagne style….
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Scarlet Path Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2020-A $8.99 Aldi Bargain Nine bucks of goodness! This is a dry, balanced, kind of classy Zinfandel, which ain't what you expect from a nine-buck supermarket wine. Why old vines and why Lodi? Well, that is in the review and podcast. So check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the…
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The Scarlet Path Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2020 is an $8.99 Aldi exclusive, it used to be $7.99, but things cost more now. This wine is made for Aldi by a wine company in Greenfield, California, inside the Monterey AVA in the Central Coast AVA. A family-owned winery in Greenfield produces many of the California…
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Angeline California Pinot Noir 2020-A 91 Point $10 Pinot Noir! Angeline is the second label from Martin Ray Winery, a top-notch winery located in the Russian River AVA. The 2020 vintage was a horrible year for wine, fires, and hot and cold temps, this was not an ideal year. James Suckling the top wine critic…
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The Angeline California Pinot Noir 2020 is the second brand of wine from the Martin Ray Winery of the Russian River AVA in Sonoma. While the Martin Ray brand wines are expressions of the AVA or a single vineyard or two, the Angeline wines are more about the varietal. Martin Ray Winery was originally in…
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Beauty In Chaos Pinot Grigio 2019-A Beauty Of A Target Exclusive Wine This is a wine that Target had Chateau Ste Michelle of Columbia Valley make exclusively for them. It sells for $12.99. It is not exactly like the Italian Pinot Grigio, with different temperatures, and different soil climates. But with all the flavor you…
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The Beauty In Chaos Pinot Grigio 2019 is a $12.99 wine made exclusively for Target by Chateau Ste. Michelle in the Columbia Valley of Wahington. Chateau Ste Michelle is the largest winery in Washington and at one time accounted for half of the wine produced. There is not any technical information for the Beauty In…
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The La Burgondie Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Rosé is an $11.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive, maybe. I say maybe because this Bubbly is made by Bailly Lapierre and they have a Bubbly that is very similar under their label that can be found in the $16 to $20 range. Bailly is the village in Burgundy,…
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La Burgondie Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Rosé-Trader Joe's Excellent French Bubbly This is a quality Bubbly from Burgundy, France. It is from a producer that has been making Cremant (Sparkling wine/Bubbly) in Burgundy since 1972. They make a similar wine under their own wine that sells for between $16 and $20 on the internet. I…
Read MoreTrader Joe's Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Lot 225-Are TJ's Reserve Wines The Best Values In Wine ? This is a $9.99 Cabernet Sauvignon from the same growing region as Ridge, Simi, Coppola, and Ferrari-Carano. It is a tasty, enjoyable, reasonably complex, and balanced Cab Sauv, all for a penny less than ten bucks….
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Lot 225 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. This is a wine produced for Trader Joe’s by Precision Wine Company which makes custom wines and several of its own brands from Napa Valley grapes. The Alexander Valley is about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast along…
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The Pale Rosé 2021-A Great Rosé For A Hot Summer's Day (Or Night) This is an IGP Rosé from the maker of Whispering Angel, Rock Angel, and the Beach, all popular and excellent Provence Rosé wines. The Pale is an IGP wine, meaning it is cheaper to produce, but not a lesser Rosé. It is…
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The Pale Rosé 2021 is a Rosé blend of mainly Grenache, Cinsault, and Syrah from Chateau d´Estaing which produces the very popular Whispering Angel Rosé. Provence in the south of France is divided into 9 growing regions or AOCs, but this is an IGP-designated wine. In France, an IGP wine is a wine that does…
Read MoreJosh Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2020-Everything You Need To Know About Value Sauv Blanc Yup, We cover the basics. Sauvignon Blanc tastes like where the grapes were grown. That is because the typical value-price Sauv Blanc is produced the same way. Yes, there are variations, but these are young wines, simply made, with only a little…
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The Josh Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is a wine from the negotiant branch of Joesph Carr Wines from Napa, California. Joseph Carr was a sommelier in New York City who decided to make his own wines. He named his wine company after himself and the negociant branch after his dad, Josh. Here is a wine…
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Coppola Diamond Collection Chardonnay- A Tasty Classic California Chardonnay Every California winery and Washington too for that matter, have their own take on the classic New World Chardonnay. No 2 are the same. The Coppola Diamond Collection Chard is a crowd-pleasing Chardonnay with ripe tasty fruit flavors and a well-balanced French oak influence. Great tasting….
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The Coppola Diamond Collection Chardonnay 2019 is sourced from grapes grown in coastal vineyards. It may be confusing but there seem to be three Diamond Collection Chardonnays, a black-label Sonoma Coast Chardonnay, a Monterey Chardonnay, and a California Chardonnay. The last two both have an orange label. This Chardonnay lists for $16 on the Coppola…
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Trader Joe's Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229-Try It You'll Like It I like Trader Joe's Reserve wines from the Petit Reserve to the Platinum Reserve. They source grapes from elite-growing regions where wine can sell for hundreds of dollars and sell them to us for as much as $19.99 and as…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The Sta. Rita Hills AVA (pronounced Santa Rita Hills) is located inside the Santa Ynez Valley AVA which is inside the Santa Barbara County AVA which is part of the Central Coast AVA. It is called the…
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Pleiades White Blend 2019-Most Interesting & Unique Wine You Never Had Ancient texts and lost knowledge. Well not so lost. Sean Thackery read books from 2,400 years ago and books from Renaissance France and Italy on how to make wine. He never learned the standard modern methods. His wines were never the same old, same…
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The Pleiades White Blend 2019 is a wine from a recently formed wine company that is an extension of Sean Thackery Wines. Who is or sadly was Sean Thackery (he passed away in May 2022)? Well, that is a long and exciting story. Sean Thackery was an art dealer and curator (he collected ancient books)…
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Bear Bros Rosé 2021-An Enjoyable-Cheap Rosé From Aldi This could very well be the cheap Rosé of the summer. An Aldi wine selling for $7.99. It reminds me of a Provence Rosé. It is good, cheap and very tasty!!! For more information check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com…
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The Bear Bros Rosé 2021 is a $7.99 Aldi exclusive sourced from vineyards in California, but probably most, if not all, from the Monterey AVA. Bear Bros’ line of wines is made for Aldi by Scheid Family Vineyards which have multiple vineyards spread out over 70 miles of the Salinas Valley. Scheid is known for…
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Josephine Pays D'Oc Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 A $6.99 Red wine from the Languedoc region in France. How can it be any good? A $6.99 California wine just needs a truck ride to get to your local TJs. A French wine needs a French wine needs a truck ride to the docks, an Atlantic boat ride,…
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The Josephine Pays D’Oc Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $6.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive sourced from vineyards in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southwest France located between the Mediterranean Ocean and the Pyrenees and the Black Mountains. It is a region known for single-varietal wines, though blends are also allowed. The Josephine Pays D’Oc Cabernet Sauvignon…
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