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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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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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