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Ronan By Clinet Bordeaux Merlot 2016-Expensive Merlot for $10 Chateau Clinet is THE Pomerol estate. Ronan is the name of their managing director. Pomerol does Merlot. This is 100% Merlot, not from vineyards in Pomerol, but made by the same team that makes the $150 to $350  wines.  And I found it for $8.99; this…

Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019-NZ Isn't Just Sauvignon Blanc Excellent Affordable Pinot Noir is a joy, and that is precisely what New Zealand Pinot  Noir offers. I found this single-vineyard Central Otago Pinot for $15, and it is a real bargain. Central Otago is on the southern half of New Zealand's South Island,…

Cheapwinefinder Drinks The Aldi 7 Days of New Years Import Bubbly Collection 2021 Chateau Quake and Domaine Dave sample 7 Aldi imported Bubbly. We liked some better than others but enjoyed giving them all a try. It turns out that cheap Aldi imported Bubbly can be very good. Check out the podcast and find out…

Lovely You Chardonnay NV 2021-Low Calorie and Low Alcohol There was a time when inexpensive wine was probably horrible. But not anymore; cheap wine typically rocks. And “diet” healthy wine was a wine to be endured, not enjoyed. Again, not anymore! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast for all the details. Check us…

Ernest Rapeneau Champagne-Trader Joe's Real Deal Excellent Bubbly Cheap Bubbly equals Good Bubbly? Yes! This is a real deal Champagne from a Champagne House that has been in Champagne since 1901. And you can buy a half bottle at TJ's for $11 to check it out for yourself. No need to drink fancy Champagne, just…

Ile de Conas Le Rosé 2020-$7.99 TJ's- A taste of Summer in Winter Ile de Conas is Paul Mas first Estate in the Languedoc region of France. Wine Enthusiast Magazine awarded Paul Mas winery French winery of the year 2021. The packaging for this Rosé is exceptional, the bottle has silk-screened flowers that grow on…

Ugly Sweater Red Blend 2021 Edition- But My Favorite Aunt Knitted It! I am no fan of Holiday Bottle wine. It sells for only one month but lasts for years. Who would put a decent wine in a bottle that only sells in December? Usually, they put sweet German Red wine in the Holiday bottles…

Louis Pommery Brut NV-$20-Thinking French-Drinking California I was about to buy a $14.99 Trader Joe's Reserve Sonoma Sparkling wine when I remembered there are Napa/Sonoma outposts of celebrated Champagne Houses. The Louis Pommery sells for $20, and it's Champagne big brother is CHampagne Pommery, the creator of Brut Champagne. I do not know a damn…

Bortolomiol 70th Anniversary DOCG Brut Nature Prosecco 2017-Try Vintage Prosecco Prosecco is the number 1 selling Sparkling wine in the world! Champagne makes more money. Is non-vintage supermarket Prosecco the best they can do? Nope, check out the vintage-dated Prosecco's; they can be single-vineyard, extremely high-end wines that do not sell for an extravagant price. …

Buttery Barrel Chardonnay 2020-$7 Aldi-Buttery But Not Too Buttery Ok, I said I was going to go into why I bought this wine and then got distracted (look a squirrel). But no problem, the things I did talk about did describe this Chardonnay, and I didn't forget to explain my purchase in the www.cheapwinefinder.com review…

Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut Rosé Sparkling Wine Will a Champagne by another name taste just as sweet? Tell Willie the Shake that modern Bubbly rocks. Making good Bubbly was difficult back in the day, and the folks in Champagne figured out the key to the puzzle. Today the technology even things out, and…

Seghesio Sonoma County Zinfandel 2019-Affordable Luxury In the last six weeks of the year, we at Cheapwinefinder start to go upscale. Tuesday night bargain wines are not as important, Something nice to open for friends and family is the way to go. And of course, we can not pop the top on a $65 wine;…

Upper Eden Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2019-$12.99 Of Pinot Noir Goodness Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast for all the details!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]