The Sunshine Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is a $7.99 Aldi exclusive. The grapes are sourced from Estate vineyards in the Wairau Valley of New Zealand’s South Island. The Wairau Valley is the Northernmost grape-growing region in Marlborough and follows a river that runs the island’s width. The back label mentions Estate vineyards but does…
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Russian River Chardonnay-A Seriously Good $12.99 Chardonnay We have gotten used to Trader Joe's Reserve wine over the years. Sometimes they are remarkable bargains and sometimes they are puzzling. This time it is a remarkable wine at a crazy value price. A boutique Napa winery is involved with the bottling. It…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Russian River Chardonnay is a $12.99 Trader exclusive produced with grapes from the Russian River Valley AVA in Sonoma County. The back label says this wine was “vinted and bottled by”Aril WInes of Oakville, Napa. They are a small boutique high-end winery with winemakers from Turley and Silver Oak. Vinted…
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Kirkland Signature Sonoma Old Vine Zinfandel- Costco's excellent $10 Zin The winemaker is Zach Long who has worked at Kunde Family Wiery for the last 10 years. Kunde is a 5th generation winery that has been around for 117 harvests. Zach is also involved with Vintage Wine Estates which has a first-class portfolio. This Old…
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The Kirkland Signature Sonoma Old Vine Zinfandel 2021 is a 9.99 Costco exclusive made for them by Zach Long Of Kunde Estates. Zach Long has 20 years of experience as a winemaker with the last 10 of those as the winemaker at Kunde Family Winery and Vintage Wine Estates. The Kunde Family has farmed this…
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Kirkland Signature Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio-$5+Costco=Good Should a $5 wine from Italy be this good? I remember the days when sub-ten-dollar wines were an adventure. Today, all bets are off. Bargain wines are getting better and better. For all the info check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the best value wine PODCAST! Check us out at…
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The Kirkland Signature Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 2022 is a $4.99 Costco exclusive sourced from grapes in the Friuli Grave region of far northeastern Italy near the Alps. This area has a very cool climate that allows the grapes to ripen slowly. The word “Grave” translates to gravel. The soil in the vineyards is heated…
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Aldi California Heritage Chardonnay-$5 Chardonnay For You And Your Mom The California Heritage brand is Aldi's new $4.95 line of wines. They do not drink like 5 buck wines. This is a crowd-pleasing Chardonnay, it may be your $% go-to wine. Wine snobs will hate it, but everyone else will be happy. For more info…
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The Aldi California Heritage Chardonnay is a non-vintage $4.95 Aldi wine exclusive made for them by a division of E & J Gallo the largest family-owned winery in the US. Normally a non-vintage, $5 store brand would be a wine to avoid, but I have previously tried the California Heritage Pinot Noir and Brut Bubbly,…
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Loudenotte Pays D'Oc Pinot Noir 2022-Trader Joe's $6.99 French Pinot How can you sell a wine grown in southwest France and for sale in the US for less than $7? It has always been a mystery to me. But value Trader Joe's wines have been around long enough to be a fact, not a mystery….
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The Loudenotte Pays D’Oc Pinot Noir 2022 is a $.6.99 Trader Joe’s wine, it is $12 in places that TJ’s does not cover. D’Oc indicates that this wine is from the Languedoc in France. This wine has been available at Trader Joe’s for several vintages. Here is a link to the 2018 version. The Languedoc…
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Trader Joe's Reserve SLO County Chardonnay 2022- SLO=Real Good This is a San Luis Obispo County wine, Paso Robles, Edna Valley, arroyo Secco, and San Luis Obispo Coastal AVA are some of the Central Coasts best. This is a $9.99 New World Chardonnay is a crowd-pleaser wine. SLO County is a “HOT” growing region that…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve SLO County Chardonnay 2022 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive produced for them by Miller Family Wine Company. The SLO in the title is San Luis Obispo which is in the middle of California’s Central Coast AVA, inside the SLO AVA in Paso Robles, Edna Valley, Arroyo Secco, and the San…
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve San Luis Obispo Coast Pinot Noir 2022-A $13 SLO Pinot Noir San Luis Obispo County which included Paso Robles, Edna Valley, and Arroyo Secco AVAs got repositioned. The San Luis Obispo Coast AVA was organized in 2022 and included Edna Valley and Arroyo Secco, these are some of the coolest temperatures…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve San Luis Obispo Coast Pinot Noir 2022 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The San Luis Obispo Coast AVA is new, founded in 2022, and includes the Edna Valley AVA and the Arroyo Secco AVA. These are all cool climate AVAs. Paso Robles is more inland and specializes in warm-weather…
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Epicuro Puglia Primitivo 2021-Trader Joe's $7 Italian Every Day Red Is $6.99 too cheap for an imported Red wine? The answer is NO! This $6.99 wine from the Bootheel of Italy is a solid wine that drinks well. Primitivo and Zinfandel are the same grape to find out more check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the…
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The Epicuro Puglia Primitivo 2021 is a $6.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive. The grapes were sourced from the Apulia region of Puglia in southeast Italy. Epicuro is one of the 10 brands from FeMar a third-generation family-owned winery. They produce a wide variety of Italian and Sicilian wines, several of which are available at Trader…
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Aldi's California Heritage Brut Sparkling Wine- The Best $4.95 Bubbly? We are named Cheap Wine Finder but we were always about the best value-priced wine, not the cheapest. There is a major difference between the best and the cheapest. Aldi came out with their California Heritage line of wines selling for $4.95 and we had…
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The Aldi’s California Heritage Brut Sparkling Wine is a $4.95 Aldi exclusive sourced from grapes grown in California. The back label shows that a part of E & J Gallo produced this Bubbly. Neither Aldo nor E & J Gallo offer any production details on this wine. The wine was produced with the Charmat Method,…
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Substance Cs Cabernet Sauvignon 2021- The Best $14 Cabernet Sauvignon? This is a wine from the House of Smith or Charles Smith wines. They produce wines that sell for $150 and get 100 points and they sell 90-point value-priced wine. This wine received between 90 and 93 points for the 2021 vintage. I said in…
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The Substance Cs Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a wine I found selling for $13.99 it is sourced from the Goose Ridge, Painted Hills, Badger Mountain, and the Sportfisher vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. This is a wine brand from The House of Smith wines (Charles Smith) whose stated goal for this wine…
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Kono Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023- A Conversation With Kono Winemaker Bruce Taylor Talking NZ Sauv Blanc and Much, Much, More! Ok, You like New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, why wouldn't you? But what do you know about those wines? Well, let Bruce Taylor tell you about the usual NZ offerings and the esoteric. Check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of…
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Along with a PODCAST interview with Kono winemaker Bruce Taylor talking about New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and much more. The Kono Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is a wine I found at a local wine shop selling for $13.99. Kono is Mauri owned. The Wakatū Incorporation comprises 250 Mauri families who descended from the original land…
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Aldi's California Heritage Pinot Noir-Aldi's New $4.95 Wine Brand! I expected nothing from this $5 wine and I got more than I bargained for. Is this a great wine? No. But is it well worth the price? Yes I would not normally choose a non-vintage Pinot Noir, for a variety of reasons, but this $4.95…
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The Aldi’s California Heritage Pinot Noir is a $4.95 non-vintage wine sourced, at least for now, from California’s Central Coast AVA. This brand is produced by International Wine Merchants who make Burlwood and Moiselle wines for Aldi. They are a division of E & J Gallo make Winking Owl and Hwy 5 Aldi wines. All…
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