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Cheap wines that hover right around twenty bucks

ranga.ranga. Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

ranga.ranga. Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

August 24, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White, Sauvignon Blanc 0 Comments

The ranga.ranga. Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 is a single vineyard (Waverley Vineyard) located in the bluffs overlooking Blind River in the Awatere Valley in southwest Marlborough on New Zealand’s South Island. Barker’s Marque Wines is an independently owned winery that produces ranga.ranga, their “old school” Sauvignon Blanc. ranga.ranga is the Maori word for “gentle breeze”…

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Angels and Cowboys Sonoma Rosé 2022

Angels and Cowboys Sonoma Rosé 2022

August 21, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Grenache, Red Blend, Rosé, Syrah/Shiraz 0 Comments

The Angels and Cowboys Sonoma Rosé 2022 is a wine I found on sale for $11.99 and a quick check of the web showed prices from $14 to $17. Angels and Cowboys is a brand from Share a Splash Wine Company which also has Cannonball and Astrolabe brands. This is a Rosé made with a…

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Doña Paula Estate Blue Edition Velvet Red Blend 2021

Doña Paula Estate Blue Edition Velvet Red Blend 2021

August 18, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Red Blend 0 Comments

The Doña Paula Estate Blue Edition Velvet Red Blend 2021 is $10.99 at Costco and $14 to $29 elsewhere. This wine is a blend of 60% Malbec, 30% Pinot Noir, and 10% Bonarda sourced from the Doña Paula Estate El Alto Vineyard (3,445 feet up in the Andes foothills of the Ugarteche sub-region of the Luján…

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Doña Paula Estate Blue Edition Velvet Red Blend 2021
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2021

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2021

August 10, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Zinfandel 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2021 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The Dry Creek Valley first planted Zinfandel vines in the 1870s, phylloxera hit the California vineyards in the 1890s and destroyed most of the vines. The vineyards were replanted and several of those ancient (by grapevine standards) are still…

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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2021
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Mumm Napa Brut Prestige

Mumm Napa Brut Prestige

August 6, 2023 Domaine Dave Bubbly (blanc de blancs), Bubbly (blanc de noirs), Chardonnay, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White, Cheap Wine Blog, Other White Grapes, Pinot Noir 0 Comments

The Mumm Napa Brut Prestige is a blend of 45% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir, and the other 10% is a mix of Pinot Gris (White) and Pinot Meunier (Red). This Bubbly is produced in the Traditional Method or Champagne style. The second fermentation or triage lasted for a minimum of 18 months. GH Mumm started…

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19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red 2021

19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red 2021

July 30, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Merlot, Petite Sirah, Zinfandel 0 Comments

The 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red 2021 is a wine I found at a local big box wine shop selling for $11.99. Most 19 Crimes wines feature wine from Australia, but the Snoop Dogg line and the Martha Stewart Chardonnay are sourced from California and this Red is from the Lodi AVA. The blend…

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19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red 2021
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Amuse Bouche Pet-Nat 2022

Amuse Bouche Pet-Nat 2022

July 24, 2023 Domaine Dave Bubbly (blanc de blancs), Bubbly (blanc de noirs), Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White, Cheap Wine Blog, Other White Grapes, Sparkling Rosé 0 Comments

The Amuse Bouche Pet-Nat 2022 is a $11.99 Trader Joe’s wine made for them by Pierre and Antonin who produce natural wines in the Languedoc region of France. Pet-Nat is short for Pétillant Naturel which is a very old method of producing Sparkling wine. It is also called the Ancestral Method. A simple explanation of…

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Kirkland Signature Series Columbia Valley Red Wine 2021

Kirkland Signature Series Columbia Valley Red Wine 2021

July 15, 2023 Domaine Dave Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Merlot, Syrah/Shiraz 0 Comments

The Kirkland Signature Series Columbia Valley Red Wine 2021 is a $16.99 Costco exclusive. The grapes are sourced from high-end vineyards in the Walla Walla AVA, the Waluke Slope AVA, and the Horse Heaven Hills AVA. The blend is Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah. The Kirkland Signature Series wines are unique. The concept is simple,…

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McClean Vineyards Love Red Blend

McClean Vineyards Love Red Blend

July 12, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Merlot, Petite Sirah, Red Blend, Syrah/Shiraz, Zinfandel 0 Comments

The McClean Vineyards Love Red Blend is a non-vintage Red Blend that sells for $13.89 at Costco. The price on the internet varies from $15 to $27. McClean Vineyards no longer has a webpage and they have not updated their social media in 6 months to over a year. This wine seems like a close-out…

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The Federalist Ben Franklin Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The Federalist Ben Franklin Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

June 30, 2023 Domaine Dave Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog 0 Comments

The Federalist Ben Franklin Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a wine I found for $10.99 and the prices on the internet range from $10 to $20. This wine is over 90% Cabernet Sauvignon with small amounts of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Sirah, and Sangiovese added. This is a brand from Terlato WInes which is the company…

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The Federalist Ben Franklin Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
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Oyster Bay Rosé 2022

Oyster Bay Rosé 2022

June 27, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Pinot Noir, Rosé 0 Comments

The Oyster Bay Rosé 2022 is made from Pinot Noir grapes from grapes farmed in the Wairau Valley of the Marlborough region on the South Island of New Zealand. This is a wine found on sale in Chicago for $10.99 while the average price on the internet is $14. When New Zealand wine first broke…

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Cecilia Beretta Millesimato Valdobbiadene Prosecco 2021

Cecilia Beretta Millesimato Valdobbiadene Prosecco 2021

June 16, 2023 Domaine Dave Bubbly (blanc de blancs), Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White 0 Comments

The Cecilia Beretta Millesimato Valdobbiadene Prosecco 2021 is an $11.99 Trader Joe’s wine though it is available at a higher price elsewhere. Cecilia Beretta is a brand and winery owned by the Pasqua family since the early 1980s and they have a history in wine starting in the 1940s. Millesimato means that this is a…

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Cecilia Beretta Millesimato Valdobbiadene Prosecco 2021
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Firesteed Oregon Pinot Noir 2020

Firesteed Oregon Pinot Noir 2020

June 10, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Pinot Noir 0 Comments

The Firesteed Oregon Pinot Noir 2020 is produced from grapes from several growing Oregon regions. Willamette Valley is the most well-known, but there are 23 AVAs, including Rogue Valley and Umpqua Valley. The Firesteed Winery (founded in 1992) is located in Dundee, Oregon. This is their entry-level offering with their wines focusing on different areas…

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Firesteed Oregon Pinot Noir 2020
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Bar Dog Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Bar Dog Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

June 7, 2023 Domaine Dave Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog 0 Comments

The Bar Dog Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot, 2% Petite Sirah, and 1% Merlot sourced from vineyards in California. Bar Dog is one of the family of wine brands from Vintage Wine Estates that has an excellent assortment of brands, they have high-end wines, affordable, and specialty wines. I like…

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Woop Woop Shiraz 2020

Woop Woop Shiraz 2020

May 31, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Syrah/Shiraz 0 Comments

The Woop Woop Shiraz 2020 is an Australian Red wine you should be able to find in the $12 range. In the early 2000s value-priced Aussie Shiraz wines were the rage and Woop Woop was always a bang-for-the-buck bargain. Here is a link to a write-up on the 2013 vintage, the last time we featured…

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Cloudline Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021

Cloudline Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021

May 23, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Pinot Noir 0 Comments

The Cloudline Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021 is 100% Pinot Noir sourced from several vineyards in the Willamette Valley AVA of Oregon, about an hour south of Portland. Cloudline is a brand (this is its 20th year) from Domaine Drouhin in collaboration with their importer Dreyfus, Ashby, and Co. The Drouhin Family has one of…

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Sainte Celine Chablis 2022

Sainte Celine Chablis 2022

May 21, 2023 Domaine Dave Chardonnay, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White, Cheap Wine Blog 0 Comments

The Sainte Celine Chablis 2022 is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s import wine. It is produced for trader Joe’s by Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard a noted Chablis producer (since 1973) who has made some of the first organic and bio-dynamic wines in Chablis and Burgundy. Chablis is the northernmost growing region in Burgundy and Champagne is north…

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Sainte Celine Chablis 2022
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

May 14, 2023 Domaine Dave Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $12.99 TJ’s exclusive. The back label says it was vinted and bottled by Ashford Court, which is a faux winery. These Trader Joe’s Reserve wines are negociant wines; negociants never tell where they got their wines. The Alexander Valley is the upper half…

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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
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Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021

Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021

May 10, 2023 Domaine Dave Chardonnay, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White, Cheap Wine Blog 0 Comments

The Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021 is 100% Chardonnay sourced from sustainably farmed Kendal Jackson Estate vineyards in Santa Barbara County, The Santa Maria County AVA (the northern boundary of the Santa Barbara AVA and Monterey County. To show Santa Barbara on the label 75% of the grapes have to be grown…

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Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021
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Rabble Paso Robles Red Blend 2020 Costco

Rabble Paso Robles Red Blend 2020 Costco

April 22, 2023 Domaine Dave Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Malbec, Merlot, Petite Sirah, Red Blend, Syrah/Shiraz, Tempranillo 0 Comments

The Rabble Paso Robles Red Blend 2020 Costco is $10.89 at Costco and between $15 and $20 elsewhere. The blend seems to be Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Tannat, Tempranillo, and Malbec sourced from “carefully selected vineyards in Paso Robles.” The reason I say that seems to be the blend is that…

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Land of the Saints Central Coast Pinot Noir 2021

Land of the Saints Central Coast Pinot Noir 2021

April 5, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Pinot Noir 0 Comments

The Land of the Saints Central Coast Pinot Noir 2021 is 100% Pinot Noir sourced from three vineyards one in the Edna Valley AVA, the next in Arroyo Grande AVA, and the Santa Maria Valley all located inside San Luis Obispo County. For reference, Paso Robles is also inside San Luis Obispo County. It is…

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Hahn Appellation Series Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2020

Hahn Appellation Series Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2020

March 27, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Cheap Wine Blog, Pinot Noir 0 Comments

The Hahn Appellation Series Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2020 is sourced from a single Estate vineyard the Ste—Philippe in the Arroyo Seco AVA inside the Monterey AVA again inside the Central Coast AVA of California. Arroyo Seco translates to “dry creek” and is south of the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA. Hahn Estate Wines was founded…

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Hahn Appellation Series Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2020
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Charme de Loire Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Charme de Loire Sauvignon Blanc 2021

March 25, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - White, Cheap Wine Blog, Sauvignon Blanc 0 Comments

The Charme de Loire Sauvignon Blanc 2021 is a wine from Domaine Jean-Marie Reverdy and Fils, a 4th generation family wine estate located near the town of Sancerre in the Loire Valley of France. Their estate wines are Sancerre (the leading Sauvignon Blanc growing area in the Loire Valley). The Charme de Loire Sauvignon Blanc…

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Charme de Loire Sauvignon Blanc 2021
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Highland 41 Black Granite Paso Robles Red 2020

Highland 41 Black Granite Paso Robles Red 2020

March 14, 2023 Domaine Dave Cabernet Sauvignon, Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Malbec, Merlot, Red Blend, Syrah/Shiraz, Zinfandel 2 Comments

The Highland 41 Black Granite Paso Robles Red 2020 was picked as the #1 wine in Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Value Wines ($15 and under) of 2022. It is widely available but Costco has it for $11.99. It is a blend of 45% Zinfandel, 20% Petite Sirah, 15% Malbec, 10% Syrah, and 10% Merlot all…

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Kim Crawford Hawke's Bay Rosé 2021

Kim Crawford Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2021

March 3, 2023 Domaine Dave Cheap Wine +/- $20, Cheap Wine - Red, Merlot, Rosé, Sauvignon Blanc 0 Comments

The Kim Crawford Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2021 is 70% Merlot and 30% Sauvignon Blanc sourced from vineyards in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand’s North Island. Kim Crawford has been a wine brand since 1996 and was started in Marlborough on New Zealand’s South Island. The majority of the wines Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot…

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