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Hey , welcome Domain Dave here from CheapWineFindercom With another podcast for a wine review that we wrote up on the CheapWineFindercom website . Check it out . This is a cheapie . This is a Trader Joe's wine . It's $5.99 for a red wine , which is kind of crazy . But it's the Originals Washington State Syrah 2022 .
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Now , this is a wine that kind of has a long history . It was originally part of Charles Smith Wine Company out of Washington DC . That's a whole story there . I think it was part of their house brand of wines which was sold off to the wine group way back when . And now Precept , which is the largest family-owned or privately-owned winery in the Northwest , they own the brand . So it's been around a while and it's still going . I think it's always been . I don't think it was $5.99 when still going . I think it's always been . I don't think it was $5.99 when it started . I think it was a little more expensive . There is Charles Smith wines . I also had a wine with similar labels . This one is black lettering with white background and the other brand , which has a similar grapes but a little bit slightly more upscale , a lot more upscale . It's probably about ten bucks cheaper . That's where I was . Boom , boom sir . Ah , they had kung-fu girl Riesling . They had Eve Chardonnay , because it just like apples . So this is from a family of wines that Charles Smith sold off . He's now making high-end wines and other wines he wants to do . It's what you do . You have these hot brands , you sell to somebody else and make hundreds and hundred million dollars and you go do what you want . So what we have here is a very inexpensive wine from Washington State . You used to see wine all the time saying that was Columbia Valley , which it is , but they started putting their name on it as Washington State . There's only one like small AVA outside of the Columbia Valley , but I guess it's time for Washington to take ownership of what they are doing . So we have this from somewhere in Washington . Back in the day , charles Smith used to tell you everything that was going on with the wine . He probably lists the vineyards he got it from . Nowadays you don't know anything . It's just Washington wine and at $5.99 , you know , you don't ask too many questions . If it sips well and it does sip well I'm going to take a sip . This is the kind of wine you have for Taco Tuesday . Or you got a really good frozen pizza , and there are really good frozen pizzas nowadays . There used to be a time when they all were cardboard with cheese . Not anymore . There's some pizzas out there that are actually pretty worth eating in a pinch . It's that kind of wine . You know you're not going to take it to the fancy BYOB place where you can bring your own bottle . You're probably not going to have it for a steak , though you probably could . But it really doesn't have that kind of tannins , that kind of thing going for it for really beef-type things or meatier dishes . This is more soft and smooth and sleek , which is fine . Siraj it's still plump and juicy , like Siraj should be . Shiraz is originally from the Rhone Valley . The northern Rhone is all Shiraz . The southern Rhone blends Shiraz , grenache and about 12 other grapes they can toss in there . It's a Chateau , noctu-pope and all those things . It's a very good grape from there . It was the Alder Rage in Australia Shiraz in the first part of the century and it's fallen off and Washington State's still holding on . I mean there's still a place to go If you're looking for it . I mean they're not the only place to go , but there's a ton of highly rated Shiraz wines from Washington State because they do that rounded thing but still have structure . And even at $5.99 , this thing is rounded and still has structure . It's not a bad wine at all . Take one more sip and then we're going to talk about something else . Yeah , I mean , it's $5.9999 . It's a solid wine , it's . It's a . It's got got the acidity , it's it . Tannins are soft and smooth . It drinks pretty well . The flavors are decent . You know it's not the most delicious wine or has doesn't have the most depth , but it drinks well . Which brings me to a whole other subject about value price wine . Last year France was off 10% in their exports . Wine across the board was down by 8% . There are a bunch of vineyards who had contracts canceled because people who were planning on having a new wine brand decided not to because it wasn't the right time . So there's an excess of grapes in the higher end right now , which means that it's probably not showing up quite yet . But before too long you want to be watching Costco , trader Joe's and Aldi , because they're going to be getting higher-end grapes for their wines at lower prices because they need to sell them and they will sell at a lower price just to move them this time , and Trader , I and these store brands are the ones that are fastest on their feet in order to take advantage of it . In retail wines , you'll find brands that you never heard before , and until the wine picks up , it'll last one , two years and then disappear , because it'll , too , take the grapes from the better places . So , like you know , like Trader Joe's Grand Reserve and those kind of things , they're actually going to be Grand Reserves . You know , that's something to start looking for . Keep your eye out . I've seen some single vineyard wines right now for under $115 , $120 . So there you go , it's out there . I'll keep an eye out for you . This is Domain Dave CheapWineFightercom . This is the originals of Washington Syrah 2022 . It was good , so keep it cheap , stay warm , and I'll be talking to everybody in a couple of days . Adios , bye-bye .
