(and the cheap WHITES we’re diggin’ on lately)
The André Brunel Cuvée Bécassonne Cotes-Du-Rhone 2025 is a White wine I found selling for $12.99, it is sourced from a vineyard just outside the Chateaunuef-du-Pape region of the Southern Rhone Valley in France. The Story The Brunel family have been a fixture in the Chareaunuef-du-Pape region since the 1700s. The blend is 40% Roussanne,…
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The Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Blanc 2024 is priced at Costco at $6.99 and it received 91 points from America’s leading wine critic. The Story The Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Blanc 2024 is produced for Costco by Chåteau Petit-Freylon. They are located in the Entre-deux-Mers region of Bordeaux. It is an area known for White wines. This wine…
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The Gruet Blanc de Noirs is an American Sparkling wine I found selling for about $16. The reason it is an American wine is the grapes are sourced from Washington, California and New Mexico. The Story Gilbert Gruet who owned a winery in Champagne, France started a Sparkling wine winery in New Mexico in 1984….
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive, produced for them by Rack and Riddle, a huge Sparkling wine producer with several location in California. The Story Trader Joe’s Reserve line of Sparkling wines, have multiple veriations of Northern California Bubbly. There is Diamond Reserve, Platinum Reserve, and…
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The Aldi’s William Walker Monterey Chardonnay 2024 is a $9.49 Aldi exclusive. It is produced for Aldi by Plata Wine Group, a large private label and bulk wine company. The Story Aldi typically owns the trademark for the wine brand name so the can, if necessary, change producers and keep their brand. Before Willam Walker…
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The Le Beau Sud Sauvignon Blanc-Vermentino 2025 is a $8.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive, a 50/50% blend from the Pays D’OC region of southeast France. The Story Le Beau Sud translates to the Beautiful South. The vineyards are in the IGP Pays D’OC region of the Languedoc growing region of France. The Languedoc is France:s largest…
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The Andre Goichot Saint-Véran Chardonnay 2024 is $12.99 at Costco, though the internet shows prices elsewhere from $18 to $30. The Story Andre Goichot is a family owned negotiant wine business founded in 1947. A Negociant îs a French wine business with strong ties to the local wineries that purchases wine from the wineries and…
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The Marqués de la Concordia Cava MM Special Selection Brut 2022 is a Costco $12.99 import, Sparkling wine from Eastern Spain. The Story The Marqués de la Concordia has been in business since 1882 and has holdings in both Rioja and the Penedes (Cava). Their Estate in the Penedes, in the town of San Sadurni…
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The Aldi’s Specially Selected Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is a $7.99 import exclusive. Touraine is located in the middle section of the Loire Valley in France. The Story Aldi’s Specially Selected series of wines are carefully chosen wines from some of the world’s best grape growing regions. You may think that Sauvignon Blanc is originally…
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The Tazmin Breeze Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 is a Trader Joe’s $4.99 import exclusive, The Story The Tazmin Breeze Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 is imported by an entity of Delicato Family Wines of Lodi, California. They have many brands including Stoneleigh Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. There is no indication if there is any relationship or connection…
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The Babich Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is a wine I found at Trader Joe’s, selling for $12.99, which is a typical price for this wine. The Story Babich is a family-owned winery that started in New Zealand in 1906. One of the advantages of being one of the early wineries is that they had their…
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The Loveblock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is a wine I found selling for about $15. It is from Kim Crawford, yes, that Kim Crawford. The Story The Loveblock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 typically scores 90+ points from wine reviewers. Kim and Erica Crawford, she handles the vineyard, he does the winemaking, sold Kim Crawford wines…
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The Côté Mas Sauvignon Blanc Vermentino 2024 is a wine I found at Trader Joe’s, selling for $11.99. Trader Joe’s price is in the ballpark with prices from other stores. The Story Côté Mas is Jean-Claude Mas of Domaine Paul Mas. The family has had vineyards since the 1890s, but more recently Jean-Claude has brought…
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The Trader Joe’s Brut California Sparkling Wine is an $8.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. It is produced by Rack and Riddle who make most of TJ’s California Bubbly. The Story The Trader Joe’s Brut California Sparkling Wine is not a Reserve or Grand Reserve wine, but a plain old Trader Joe’s wine. We already have North…
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The Bear Bros California Chardonnay 2024 is a $7.55 Aldi exclusive. Aldi owns the Trademark on the name and has had different wineries make each Bear Bros vintage. The Story The Bear Bros California Chardonnay 2024 looks like it was produced by a division of Trinchero Family Wines and Sutter Home. Trinchero Family is a…
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The 90+ Cellars DOC Prosecco Lot 50 is a Sparkling wine I found selling for around $10. It is a Bubbly sourced from vineyards near the town of Salgareda in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. The Story 90+ Cellars started its business by purchasing excess wine from established, highly rated wineries. It is common…
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The Ruta 49 Albarino 2024 is selling for $9.99 at Trader Joe’s and between $15 and $20 in areas not served by a Trader Joe’s store. The Story The Ruta 49 Albarino 2024 is a wine produced by Viña Cartín, a family-owned winery in the Rías Baixas wine region in Northwest Spain. This is the…
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The Honey Moon Viognier 2024 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive; it has kept the $5.99 price since at least the 2019 vintage. The Story The Honey Moon Viognier 2024 is produced for Trader Joe’s by some faction of Delicato Family Wines, which also makes Gnarly Head and recently purchased Coppola Wines. They make the…
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The Cambalala Chenin Blanc 2025 is a $5.99 Aldi wine from the West Cape growing area of South Africa. The Story The Western Cape wine region comprises almost all of South Africa’s wine country. The leading White grape cultivated there is Chenin Blanc. Chenin Blanc is best known as originating in the Loire Valley of…
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The Dry Creek Vineyards Sonoma Fume Blanc 2023 is a wine I found selling for $12. Dry Creek Vineyards has been family-owned and operated since the early 1970’s. The Story The first thing I need to explain is what Fume Blanc is. The Sauvignon Blanc grape originated in France, and there are two types of…
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The Thesis Russian River Chardonnay 2024 is selling for $9.99 at Costco, but $35 to $50 on the internet. This wine is produced by Fior di Sole, a family-owned Napa winery, though the Russian River is located in Sonoma. The Story The Thesis Russian River Chardonnay 2024 was a surprise. A ten-dollar Chardonnay from Costco…
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The Viale Antica Asolo Prosecco DOCG is an $8.99 Italian Bubbly sold at Trader Joe’s. It is an Extra Dry (a little sweet), and Asolo is a tiny top-rated Prosecco appellation. The Story The Prosecco region is huge, and most of the vineyards are DOC-designated. Asolo is a DOCG region with the vineyards situated around…
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The Bread & Butter Chardonnay 2024 is a wine I found on sale at a local wine store for $7, but is more likely to be found selling between $12 and $15. The Story Bread & Butter Chardonnay is a brand from WX Brands whose wines include Chronic Cellars and Trapiche (Argentina). Bread & Butter…
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The Campo Viejo Cava Brut is a wine I found selling for $7.99, but it should be available around 10 most places. Campo Viejo is one of the brands in the Pernod Richard portfolio. The Story The Campo Viejo winery is located in the Rioja region of Spain, near the border with France. This Cava…
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The Specially Selected Single Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is an Aldi $8.69 import exclusive. The single New Zealand wine estate is Lismore Wines. The Story Lismore Wines is a family-owned winery that looks like they export much of their wine to China; they have a webpage written in Chinese. Since this is an estate…
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