Send us Fan Mail Mumm Sparkling Brut Prestige (2025) GH Mumm has been in Champagne for almost 200 years, and Mumm has been in California for over 50 years. That kind of Sparkling wine know-how is hard to find. Mumm's style is a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, with the Pinot slightly in the…
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The Mumm Sparkling Brut Prestige (2025) is a wine I found on sale, selling for $8.99. GH Mumm has been a French Champagne House since 1827 and has had a California outpost since the 1970s. The Story Mumm has been in Napa and Sonoma for 50 years. Their Estate vineyard is located in Carneros, where…
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Send us Fan Mail Stringtown Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023 100% Pinot Noir, no oak, from multiple Willamette Valley AVAs. I found it for $13.99, which is crazy good. Conditions are right for bargains (listen to the Podcast). Quality Pinot Noir at a bargain price! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]
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The Stringtown Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023 is a wine I found selling for $13.99; the typical price is more toward $20. The Story The wine industry had declining sales in 2024 and 2025. I read that 40,000 acres of vines have been pulled up in California. There is a surplus of wine, and prices…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut Rosé (2025) $9.99. This Bubbly was available at Trader Joe's last year, too. TJs recently dropped the Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Napa Valley Brut Rosé, selling for $14.99. How does this Bubbly at 33 and 1/3 less stack up? The answer is the Platinum is…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve North Coast Brut Rosé (2025) is a $9.99 wine available year-round. It is produced by Rack and Riddle for Trader Joe’s. The Story The Trader Joe’s Reserve North Coast Brut Rosé (2025) is a Sparkling wine that has been available at Trader Joe’s for the last couple of years. We reviewed…
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Send us Fan Mail Cecilia Beretta Treviso DOC Extra Dry Prosecco A Champagne Cocktail Special! Drinks fine on its own, but add some orange juice, or peach or blueberry, and you've got something going on. Tastes great, a quality sipping Bubbly. But something festive will bring this to life. Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or…
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The Cecilia Beretta Treviso DOC Extra Dry Prosecco is $10.99 at Trader Joe’s, though it looks to be available at places that don’t have a Trader Joe’s. The Story The Treviso region is in northeast Italy near Venice. It is where the DOC-designated vineyards are located. There are also the Valdobbiadene and Asolo regions nearby,…
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Send us Fan Mail Peaks & Tides Sonoma County Chardonnay 2023 This Chardonnay has an array of fruit and citrus flavors. The French oak adds vanilla creme, but not butter. Well-balanced and flavorful, this Chardonnay punches above its price point! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]
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The Peaks & Tides Sonoma County Chardonnay 2023 is a $10.99 Aldi exclusive. This wine was previously sourced from the Sonoma Coast. The Story Aldi typically owns the brand names of their wines and then contracts with a winery to make the wine. The Sonoma Coast version of this wine was made by Delicato (Gnarly…
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Send us Fan Mail Aldi's Landkastel Mosel Riesling 2024 1) This wine sells for $6.99 2) The grapes are sourced from the Mosel region of Germany, the Premier Riesling growing region. 3) It is designated as a quality wine, Germany's middle classification. 4) It is well-made and tastes great! 5) It will pair with both…
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The Aldi Landkastel Mosel Riesling 2024 is a $6.99 Aldi exclusive. Aldi owns the trademark to the Landkastel name, but a winery named St. Gisbertus is mentioned on the back label. The Story Mosel in Germany is the premier Riesling growing region in the world; some say it is the greatest wine region over Napa,…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Meritage Paso Robles 2023 A Bordeaux blend with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Carmenere, and Malbec. All sourced from vineyards in the Paso Robles AVA. It has some oak conditioning with flavors of chocolate, vanilla, and spice on display. A wine with dark fruit, but balanced….
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Meritage Paso Robles 2023 is a $9.99 wine from Trader Joe’s. The back label indicates that it was produced and bottled by Barrel 29 Wine Company, which had previously been a label of McPrice Myers Winery, also located in Paso Robles. The Story The Barrel 27 brand was founded in 2002…
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Send us Fan Mail This is a good quality, tasty, $7.99 Sonoma County Zinfandel. It has a dark berry flavor, spice, mocha, and chocolate. It is an easy-to-drink wine, but not boring. Rich and dark, with a little spice for interest. I think this is a sipping wine, but it will pair with comfort food!…
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The Sonoma Grove Zinfandel 2022 is a wine I found at Trader Joe’s, selling for $7.99. It is wine from the Navigator Wine Collection, which, up until recently, was known as Precision Wine Company. They have made many wines for Costco and Trader Joe’s. The Story The label says the grapes are sourced from Sonoma…
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Send us Fan Mail Aldi Specially Selected Douro Doc Reserva Red 2022 Douro is the region in Northern Portugal that is famous for making Port. This Aldi wine is made for them by Van Zellar, who are the oldest family Port Producer in Portugal (1620). This is a Field blend, which means multiple grapes are…
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The Aldi Specially Selected Douro Doc Reserva Red 2022 is a $9.99 Aldi exclusive. The Specially Selected line of Aldi wines is a curated line that features affordable wines from the world’s greatest growing regions. The Story This red blend is produced and bottled by Van Zeller and Company, the oldest Port wine producer in…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2023 Carneros is the Pinot Noir growing region of Napa. Carneros is also famous for Chardonnay; multiple AVAs in Napa grow killer Chardonnay. It is not typical for quality Carneros Pinot Noir to sell for $14.99. But then again, Trader Joe's is not your…
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The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2023 is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. Not to be mistaken for the Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir, which has been a Trader Joe’s staple for 15 years. We reviewed the 2021 Platinum Caneros Pinot Noir. This is the 9th year for this offering. The…
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Send us Fan Mail This is a Pinot Noir Bubbly from Napa, probably Carneros grapes. At $14.99, it is a reasonably priced Sparkling wine that can hold its own against Bubbly selling for much more. It is well-made, tastes great, and is affordable. What more do you want from an excellent Sparkling wine? Champagne prices…
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The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Napa Valley Brut Rosé is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. It is produced and bottled by Rack and Riddle, located in Healdsburg, California. The Story The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Napa Valley Rosé Brut is made entirely from 100% Pinot Noir. If this wine were not a Rosé, it would…
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Send us Fan Mail This Chardonnay started as a restaurant-only wine, but its popularity caused the winery to offer it to retail wine shops. It quickly became the #1 wine in its price point. The reason is that it is an excellent half-California, half-Burgundian Chardonnay. Balance with flavor. Not that French Chardonnay does not taste…
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The Sonoma-Cutrer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2023 is a wine I found on sale for $15.99; it typically sells for $20 or more. The Sonoma-Cutrer winery is part of the Duckhorn family of wines. The Story The Sonoma-Cutrer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2023 is their “entry-level” Chardonnay. It is 100% Chardonnay sourced from 4 sustainably farmed estate…
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Send us Fan Mail This is a $9.99 Cabernet Sauvignon from a single vineyard in the Yakima Valley of the Columbia Valley. The vineyard is under the control of the wine company that is responsible for this wine. Not exactly an estate wine, but close. It tastes like a legit West Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, not…
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