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Speaker 1
0:03
Hey
,
domain
Dave
,
cheapwinefindercom
Another
wine
review
podcast
.
We
write
them
up
on
the
CheapWineFindercom
website
three
times
a
week
Value
price
wines
.
This
one
is
$7.99
from
Trader
Joe's
.
It's
the
Starpoint
Yakima
Valley
Chardonnay
2023
.
$7.99
,
pretty
good
.
Speaker 1
0:28
Yakima
Valley
is
in
the
southern
part
of
Columbia
Valley
and
it's
the
first
AVA
in
the
Northwest
,
which
means
Washington
and
Oregon
back
in
1983
.
They
almost
produce
a
third
of
all
the
wines
in
Columbia
Valley
.
There
is
an
upper
Yakima
Valley
and
a
lower
Yakima
Valley
and
there's
four
different
sub-AVAs
inside
of
there
and
every
time
there
is
a
sub-AVA
there's
a
region
inside
there
that
has
something
unique
about
it
that
makes
it
stand
out
from
the
rest
.
But
this
is
just
what's
labeled
,
just
a
Yakima
Valley
.
The
thing
about
that
,
especially
with
these
inexpensive
wines
they
might
have
got
the
grapes
from
a
single
vineyard
you
don't
know
that
Maybe
,
maybe
not
in
a
sub-ABA
,
but
they
don't
have
to
put
that
on
there
and
they
might
not
want
to
put
that
on
there
because
that
vineyard
doesn't
want
to
know
that
their
$40
wines
has
grapes
from
from
um
$8
wine
,
but
it's
from
Yakima
Valley
,
which
is
a
really
good
place
,
um
,
in
the
Columbia
Valley
in
Washington
state
.
It's
cooler
,
uh
,
than
the
rest
of
the
Columbia
Valley
and
the
alcohol
content
for
this
one
is
12.4
and
the
warmer
it
gets
,
the
higher
the
alcohol
comes
.
So
it
looks
like
it's
one
of
the
cooler
areas
,
maybe
the
upper
region
or
I
don't
know
,
maybe
the
lower
region
,
I
don't
know
.
I'm
going
to
take
a
sip
.
It's
an
un-oaked
Chardonnay
,
but
it's
still
nicely
rounded
.
I
prefer
my
Chardonnays
to
have
a
little
bit
of
oak
and
some
malolactic
fermentation
.
This
one
doesn't
have
that
and
it
tastes
really
good
.
This
thing
,
for
a
$7.99
Trader
Joe's
brand
wine
,
can
pretty
much
stand
up
to
any
store
brand
in
the
$15
range
.
It's
a
really
good
wine
.
Speaker 1
2:32
Dna
Cellars
are
the
people
behind
this
.
Their
main
headquarters
is
Napa
and
they
own
a
vineyard
in
Mendocino
and
in
the
Russian
River
.
They
don't
own
a
vineyard
in
the
Yakima
Valley
.
They
got
those
grapes
somewhere
else
.
Dennis
Spattin
is
the
D
.
He's
been
in
the
business
for
probably
40
years
,
been
making
these
private
labels
for
15
years
,
and
the
A
is
Andrea
Silverstein
.
She's
got
25
years
.
So
these
are
people
who
know
what
they
are
doing
.
They're
not
the
winemaker
,
but
they
know
who
to
get
,
who
to
talk
to
to
find
the
grapes
.
They
have
their
own
winemaker
who
makes
their
wines
for
them
,
and
if
you
go
to
their
website
,
dna
Vineyards
,
they
have
a
whole
bunch
of
labels
from
Trader
Joe's
wines
.
You
know
,
the
Dearly
Beloved
Day
of
the
Dead
Ones
is
one
of
theirs
,
that
Pinot
Noir
.
That
is
a
courtroom
with
animals
as
the
judge
and
jury
.
Only
the
animals
are
wearing
head
things
of
other
animals
.
So
the
fox
is
a
pig
and
the
goat
is
a
cow
,
that
kind
of
thing
it's
really
.
I
bought
it
because
of
that
and
it
was
really
good
anyway
.
Oh
,
they've
been
making
.
They
have
some
of
my
favorite
Trader
Joe's
brands
.
Dna
Vineyards
has
been
making
them
.
So
what
we
got
here
is
a
fuck
.
Speaker 1
3:55
Chardonnay
,
unoaked
from
a
really
good
AVA
.
Washington
is
a
really
good
place
,
especially
for
value
,
price
,
but
even
expensive
wines
too
.
But
there's
a
roundness
to
the
fruit
.
And
take
another
sip
.
Yeah
,
this
wine
didn't
need
to
be
oaked
or
malolactic
.
There
is
some
tartar
flavors
in
there
,
some
more
citrusy
things
and
a
really
good
acidity
,
but
it
doesn't
need
any
help
.
It
doesn't
need
to
be
rounded
off
.
Speaker 1
4:30
This
is
a
tasty
Chardonnay
$7.99
from
a
single
AVA
.
Who
knows
it
might
be
even
better
than
a
single
AVA
.
Who
knows
it
might
be
even
better
than
a
single
AVA
?
I'm
made
by
people
with
a
ton
of
experience
.
There's
apple
in
there
,
there's
lemon
,
there's
peach
and
pear
,
there's
a
dried
pineapple
,
there's
nectarine
.
Yeah
,
it's
good
.
I
mean
sometimes
,
sometimes
un-oaked
chardonnays
can
get
a
little
sharp
for
me
,
not
this
one
.
This
one's
just
got
good
flavor
and
that's
all
there
is
to
it
.
So
there
you
go
.
Speaker 1
5:08
This
is
the
Starpoint
.
Oh
,
you
might
have
known
the
Starpoint
label
before
,
because
DNA
Vineyards
has
made
for
Trader
Joe's
the
Starpoint
Sauvignon
Blanc
,
which
also
had
10%
Semillon
.
So
that
Sauvignon
Blanc
Semillon
.
That's
the
Bordeaux
style
.
90
Chardonnay
,
10%
Semillon
.
That's
kind
of
typical
.
So
they
have
made
Bordeaux
wines
out
of
this
area
,
which
is
again
the
cooler
climates
where
they
got
the
grapes
from
.
That's
more
like
Bordeaux
and
that
was
a
really
good
one
to
a
Bordeaux
style
Semi
on
from
Washington
State
.
That
was
also
eight
bucks
.
So
the
star
point
wines
is
definitely
worth
sinking
out
and
it
tastes
great
.
It
,
like
I
said
,
it'll
run
and
gun
with
wines
twice
the
price
.
That's
it
with
me
.
Domain
Dave
,
cheapwinepartnercom
.
Again
the
Starpoint
,
yakima
Valley
Chardonnay
2023
.
Eight
bucks
,
well
,
well
worth
it
.
So
,
adios
,
keep
it
cheap
,
stay
warm
and
I'll
be
talking
to
everybody
in
a
couple
days
.
Bye-bye
.
