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Kirkland Signature Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021-$13 Excellent Pinot!

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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Kirkland Signature Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021

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

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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Aldi Hwy 5 Chardonnay 2021

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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Trader Joe’s Reserve Wahluke Slope Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

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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Trader Joe's Reserve Wahluke Slope Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
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Belhara Estate Single Vineyard Malbec 2021

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

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…

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Aldi Hwy 5 Chardonnay 2021- $4.99-Drink Like The French-No!, I am Serious!

Aldi 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…

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Trader Joe’s DOC Prosecco- $9- Real Cheap-Real Good

Trader 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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Trader Joe’s DOC Prosecco

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

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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Trader Joe’s Coastal Merlot 2022

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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Kidia Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023-Trader Joe’s Excellent $6 Sauv Blanc estate wine!

Kidia Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023- Trader Joe's Excellent $6 Sauv Blanc estate wine! This is a Trader Joe's exclusive import wine from a family-owned winery that has been in business for 200 years. Six dollars gets you an excellent Chillean   Sauvignon Blanc! Cheap wine is awesome! Check out  https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the BEST VALUE…

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Kidia Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023

The Kidia Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is a $5.99 wine, at Trader Joe’s it sells for $5.99, it seems to be a $10 wine elsewhere. It is an Estate wine produced by Vina del Pedregal (VDP), a family-owned winery located in Loncomilla Valley in the Maule Valley of Chile. They were founded in 1825 with…

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Cuy Natural Malbec 2022-Trader Joe’s-$10-Organic-Vegan Friendly-Low Sulfite-Delicious Wine

Cuy Natural Malbec 2022-Trader Joe's-$10-Organic-Vegan Friendly-Low Sulfite-Delicious Wine This is a wine from Santa Julia which is part of the Zuccardi Family of wines. They make very good wine. This may be a Trader Joe's only wine, I am not sure. It is certified organic, estate-grown, and produced,  Vegan Friendly, and low Sulfites, $9.99 wine….

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Cuy Natural Malbec 2022

The Cuy Natural Malbec 2022 is a $9.99 wine at Trader Joe’s. Santa Julia Winery, part of the Zuccardi Wines family of brands, makes it. Zuccardi and Santa Julia are top-notch wine producers who make excellent quality wine. One of their wines may not be made in your style, but the vineyards and the production…

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Aldi Specially Selected Cremant de Bordeaux Brut Rosé-$12 AOP Bordeaux Cremant

Aldi Specially Selected Cremant de Bordeaux Brut Rosé-$12 AOP Bordeaux Cremant Aldi wines were virtually stagnant during 2023. In Aldi Europe, there were more than 50 Specially Selected wines released in the last portion of 2023, but most did not make it to the US. They offered 8 different French Cremant wines and now the…

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Aldi Specially Selected Cremant de Bordeaux Brut Rosé

The Aldi Specially Selected Cremant de Bordeaux Brut Rosé is a $11.99 Aldi import exclusive. The Aldi Specially Selected brand includes at least 55 wines in Europe, my local Ald’s never had more than 5 or 6. They had Cremant wines from France’s (8) Cremant AOP areas. Cremant translates to “creamy” but it stands for…

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Aldi Specially Selected Cremant de Bordeaux Brut Rosé
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Chronic Cellars Suite Petite Petite Sirah 2021- Juicy and Delicious

Chronic Cellars Suite Petite Petite Sirah 2021- Juicy and Delicious This is a wine brand started by the Beckett Brothers who are the sons of Doug Beckett of Peachy Canyon fame. This is a brand of wine that makes quality wines but does not take itself too seriously. This Petite Sirah is delicious and balanced….

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Chronic Cellars Suite Petite Petite Sirah 2021

The Chronic Cellars Suite Petite Petite Sirah 2021 is sourced from vineyards in Paso Robles in California’s Central Coast AVA. It is 90% Petite Sirah and 10% Syrah. This brand was founded (in 2004) by the Beckett Brothers, the sons of Doug Beckett who was the owner of Peachy Canyon Wines, one of the folks…

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Butternut Chardonnay 2021- A reasonably oaked Chardonnay

Butternut Chardonnay 2021- A reasonably oaked Chardonnay This is a Chardonnay I found for $11.99. Butternut is part of the Miller Family Line of wines, they are located in Paso Robles, but the Butternut Chardonnay is from grapes all over California. This is a good-tasting Chardonnay if you like a little oak influence. This makes…

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Butternut Chardonnay 2021

The Butternut Chardonnay 2021 is a wine I found for $11.99, the label says the grapes came from California. Butternut is one of the brands in the Miller Family Wines line of wines. The Miller Family Wines also own Central Coast Wine Warehouse, a custom wine producer, who ten years ago was a major producer…

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Chateau de Gretels Prestige Cahors 2021-Costco $8 bucks-90 Points!

Chateau de Gretels Prestige Cahors 2021-Costco $8 bucks-90 Points! This is a $7.99 Costco wine from Cahors in France. It is 70% Malbec (Cahors is known for Malbec) and 30% Merlot. It is an estate wine, grown from vineyards located in some of the best Terrior in Cahors. And did I tell you it sells…

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Chateau de Gretels Prestige Cahors 2021

The Chateau de Gretels Prestige Cahors 2021 is a $7.99 Costco import wine and it seems to sell for about $12 in places that Costco does not serve. Cahors is a village in southwest France, the surrounding vineyards are known for growing the Malbec grape. In recent years Malbec from Argentina has become a trendy…

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Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur 2021-A $6,89 Costco Bargain

Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur 2021-A $6,89 Costco Bargain Half of the wines from Bordeaux sell for under twenty bucks, in Napa about 2% of the wines sell for under $20. Ok, I wasn't taking into account all the store brands that sell for $19.99. In that case, 1% of Napa wines are affordably priced. In…

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