Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Paso Robles Syrah 2019-It Sure Don't Taste Like A $10 Wine I like a wine bargain. You like a wine bargain. We like a wine bargain. I think this is a wine bargain! Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for all the details. Check us out…
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The J Lohr Riverstone Chardonnay 2019 is a sustainably farmed wine from J Lohr Estate, family-owned vineyards, and winery in operation since the 1970s. This Chardonnay is sourced from their estate Arroyo Seco vineyards. They have been making the Riverstone Chardonnay for over 30 years. The Arroyo Seco AVA is located in the foothills of…
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Send us Fan Mail J Lohr Riverstone Chardonnay 2019-A Wine Well Worth Drinking!! We at CheapWineFinder.com sometimes focus too much on store brands. Yes, they do provide excellent value, but they can not be counted on vintage after vintage. There are family-owned wineries that make excellent value=priced wine and they should be applauded. The J…
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Chateau Quake and Domaine Dave love New Orleans, the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, and Frenchman Street, so in honor of Mardi gras we decided to do CheapWineFinder Makes a Hurricane Cocktail For Mardi Gras. Pat O’Brien’s Bar on Bourbon Street has been on Bourbon since 1933 and is one of the most iconic bars in…
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Send us Fan Mail CheapWineFinder Makes a Hurricane Cocktail For Mardi Gras Chateau Quake and Domaine Dave make Pat O'Brien's Hurricane Cocktail using the official bottle of mix and some rum we hand on hand. We came pretty close to the real Bourbon Street cocktail but found something was missing. What was missing? New Orleans…
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The William Wright Monterey Chardonnay 2019 is a $6.99 Aldi exclusive, produced for them by Scheid Vineyards located in Greenfield, Monterey County in the California Central Coast AVA. Scheid is a large family-owned winery and this wine does show up in their portfolio on their website. The back label says “This classic Chardonnay was sourced…
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Send us Fan Mail William Wright Monterey Chardonnay 2019-Aldi's $6.99 Total Bargain Chardonnay!!! If you don't know, now you know. Store brands are fair less expensive than retail wine shop brands. Are retail wine shop brands better than store brands ? Not when you factor in competing costs, Store brands usually wine. Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com…
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The Trader Joe’s Grower’s Reserve Paso Robles Organic Zinfandel 2020 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. This is a wine that seems to be available every year, most Trader Joe’s Reserve wines are one-off wines. TJ’s does not offer information concerning the vineyard selection or the production techniques but there are details that we can…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Grower's Reserve Paso Robles Organic Zinfandel 2020-TJ's $5.99 Organic Zin At 12.5% alcohol, it is too light-bodied to be my kind of Zinfandel, I like them bold, but balanced. But an organic Paso Robles Zinfandel for $5.99 is crazy. If you love wine you need to give t a…
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The Fancy Flock Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is a 3.99 Aldi exclusive wine imported from Spain. Aldi is THE value wine destination in Europe. In the US, Trader Joe’s has the bargain wine reputation, with American Aldi’s having a much smaller wine selection. The Fancy Flock Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is produced by Felix Solas, a family-owned…
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Send us Fan Mail Fancy Flock Sauvignon Blanc 2020-Aldi $4 Sauv Blanc From Spain-Any Good? Contrary to popular belief, people in places in Europe who traditionally drink wine with every meal drink cheap local wine. Wine marketing wants you to think that no wine under $20 could belong on the dinner table. In practice that…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Chalone Pinot Noir 2020 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The interesting part of the last sentence was the reference to the Chalone AVA. The Chalone AVA is perched about 1,200 to 2,300 upon a plateau in the Monterey coastal mountains. There are only 300 acres of vines planted with only…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Chalone Pinot Noir 2020- The Best Ten Dollar Pinot Noir #2 Chalone is a 300-acre AVA 1,300 to 2,300 feet up in the Monterey coastal mountains. The soil is closer to Burgundy, France than California and the climate is all it's own. Pinot Noir from the Chalone AVA…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Sonoma Valley Merlot 2020 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive sourced from grapes farmed in the Sonoma Valley AVA and produced for TJ’s by William Knuttel Winery. They make their own high-end wine along with custom wine for folks like Trader Joe’s. Tj’s Fearless Flyer mentions William Knittel Winery as one…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Sonoma Valley Merlot 2020-Don't Look Sideways At This $9.99 Merlot Ok, Merlot is awesome. Just because some guy in a movie about screwed up drunk people said otherwise is no excuse for you not drinking merlot. (see the movie Sideways) Merlot is one of the Great grapes of…
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The Don Rodolfo Mendoza Pinot Noir 2019 is a wine sourced mainly from the Lujan de Cuyo Valley inside the greater Mendoza region of Argentina. The Don Rodolfo Winery was founded in 1870. The Lujan de Cuyo Valley is located in western-central Mendoza and the vineyards are situated 3,300 to 5,000 feet. Lujan de Cuyo…
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Send us Fan Mail Don Rodolfo Mendoza Pinot Noir 2019-The Best $10 Pinot Noir? A value-priced Pinot Noir from the Lujan de Cuyo region of Mendoza in Argentina. The leading wine reviewer gave this ten buck Pinot 90 points. There isn't anything about this wine that would suggest it is an excellent wine, but it…
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The Loveblock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is an estate-grown, sustainably farmed wine from Kim and Erica Crawford’s New Zealand winery. Yes, that Kim Crawford, from the brand that is almost synonymous with New Zealand wine. The Crawfords sold their brand back in 2004 and stayed with the company for a few years before starting Loveblock….
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Send us Fan Mail Loveblock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020-Love NZ Sauvignon Blanc? Kim Crawford is synonymous with New Zealand wine. The only problem is he sold the company in 2004. Loveblock is his new (newish) project with his wife Erica. This Sauvignon Blanc is delicious! For all the details check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or listen to…
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The Chocolate Cellar Red sells for $7.99 at Aldi but is available on the web at other wine outlets. This is a non-vintage Red wine (they do not mention the grape or grapes used) with added chocolate flavors. Aldi seems to be the go-to location for flavored wines. They have a wine-based chocolate drink from…
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Send us Fan Mail The Chocolate Cellar Red-Aldi $8 Valentine's Day Chocolate Red Wine Eight bucks at Aldi's. Smells like an ice cream sundae. Tastes like a chocolate bar. What else could you ask for? Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast for all the details. Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us…
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The Curious Beasts Chardonnay 2019 is a supermarket wine, it is made for Safeway, Albertsons, Jewel/Osco, and a host of other stores in the chain. It is produced exclusively for them the same way Trader Joe’s, Aldi’s, and Costco have their wines made for them. The Curious Beasts brand has been around for several years…
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Send us Fan Mail Curious Beasts Chardonnay 2019-Never had a Skeleton Label Wine I Didn't Like I went to the local Supermarket looking for a wine with hearts on the label and love in the name and could not find a single wine. So, I bought the wine with Day of The Dead Skeletons on…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2020 s a $12.99 TJ’s exclusive. The 2020 vintage is the 12th edition of this Pinot Noir, here is a link to a CWF review of the 1st edition, it was ten bucks then. Every Carneros Grand Reserve is Lot #23, so it seems all 12 vintages…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2020-$12.99…Worth Buying? Most 2020 vintage Carneros Pinots sell in the $20 to $40 range. This TJ's Pinot Noir has been sourced from a steady Carneros supplier for 12 years. There are no bad vineyards in Carneros and therefore there are no bad wines Trader…
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