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Hey,
Domain
Dave,
cheapwinefighter.com.
Again,
like
always.
And
today
we've
got
actually
a
new
wine
from
Trader
Joe's.
They're
kind
of
been
uh
slacking
on
new
wines
lately.
I
show
up
and
they
had
a
couple.
So
this
is
the
$12.99
Trader
Joe's
Grand
Reserve
Sonoma
County
Brute
Rose
Bubbly.
Now,
you
probably
already
know
that
they
have
the
Platinum
North
Coast
and
the
Platinum
Diamond
Um
Napa
bubbly
and
the
Diamond
Carneros
bubbly
and
just
the
Sonoma
Counties
for
two
different
kinds
of
uh
diamond
and
reserves
and
whatever.
Even
though
there's
maybe
25
variations,
I'm
I'm
exaggerating.
This
is
the
first
uh
Trader
Joe's
Grand
Reserve
Sonoma
County
Brute
Rose
that
I
can
find.
I
went
back
in
our
archives
and
normally
I
write
these
up
and
do
podcasts.
So
here
we
are.
$12.99.
Uh
uh
Brute
Rose
means
that.
First
of
all,
there's
very
um
Champagne
France,
and
this
is
California
Sonoma,
is
very
regulated.
And
there's
certain
grapes
they
can
use
and
certain
ways
they
can
do
everything.
California
has
none
of
those
regulations.
So
this
is
supposed
to
be
a
Champagne
style
wine,
but
there's
no
regulation.
So
I
am
assuming
that
the
the
well,
actually,
it's
more
amber.
The
the
color
of
the
rose
comes
from
Pinot
Noir,
and
that
it's
mixed
with
uh
Chardonnay,
and
maybe
a
little
bit
of
Pinot
Mune,
which
is
a
red
grape,
but
uh
is
traditionally
one
of
the
one
of
the
grapes
used
in
champagne
wines.
Like
I
said,
there
is
nothing
in
California
that
makes
them
do
that.
And
it
says
it's
uh
traditional
method,
which
is
the
champagne
method.
Though
in
champagne
that's
very
regulated
in
here,
who
knows?
It's
made
by
Rack
and
Riddle.
And
I'm
you
know,
I
don't
want
to
downplay
everything.
Rack
and
Riddle
is
a
uh
huge
California
sparkling
wine
producer.
They
have
four
locations.
This
one
I
think
is
Healdsburg
and
Sonoma.
For
a
long,
long
time,
champagne
was
made
with
a
lot
of
labor
and
a
lot
of
time.
Took
forever,
but
I
mean,
this
still
has
the
second
fermentation,
it
still
takes
a
decent
amount
of
time,
but
the
other
parts
that
were
um
you
know
labor
intensive
had
all
been
technology
has
all
reduced
that.
So
you
can
make
it
fairly
easily
with
fewer
people.
I
mean,
it's
just
isn't
technology
fun.
We'll
take
a
sip.
Nice
and
crisp.
Um,
this
is
a
tasty
little
bubbly,
it's
a
little
bit
more
relaxed.
Um,
it's
more
California
style
bubbly
than
um
champagne-style
bubbly.
I
just
went
last
Tuesday
to
a
champagne
seminar
where
we
had
five
different
champagnes,
four
or
five,
and
you
know,
I
was
drinking
like
a
2012
champagne
and
you
know,
a
sweeter
champagne
and
all
these
things,
and
those
are
tighter
in
terms
of
how
the
flavors
are
focused.
And
this
one's
a
little
bit
more
relaxed,
a
little
easier
to
get
your
head
around.
And
in
my
opinion,
more
people,
you
know,
who
just
who
aren't
really
into
the
whole
champagne
thing.
I
mean,
uh
don't
want
to
be
spending
$80
for
a
bottle,
but
prefer
this
to
an
actual
champagne.
I
mean,
paying
$12
for
it
and
getting
a
nice
bubbly,
you
might
actually
enjoy
it
better
than
uh
a
wine
you've
spent
$65.70
on.
I
mean,
it's
I
mean,
it
doesn't,
it's
not
necessarily
that
waste,
and
it's
not
that
the
um
the
more
expensive
stuff
is
is
bad
in
any
way.
No,
it's
it's
excellent.
Truly
excellent.
It's
just
that
this
stuff
isn't
that
bad.
I
mean,
this
Rack
and
Riddle
knows
how
to
make
wine.
And
this
is
a
a
well-made
bubbly
with
Sonoma
grapes.
There's
Sonoma
Coast,
there
is
Sonoma
Particaneros,
there's
Russian
River.
There's
a
lot
of
locations
in
Sonoma
where
you
can
get
Chardonnay
and
Pinot
Noir
that
are
very
good
quality.
Vineyards
and
in
excellent
locations,
um
being
managed
by
people
who
know
what
they're
doing.
So
you're
not
really
losing
anything
too
much,
especially
with
the
price
differential,
from
France
to
Sonoma.
It's
just
a
value
luxury
wine.
So
here
we
go.
I'm
taking
another
sip.
So
here
we
go
into
the
conspiracy
theory
part
of
this
review.
Typically,
Trader
Joe's
has
released
their
um
their
their
sparkling
wines
around
the
holiday
season,
November,
the
end
of
October,
November,
December.
Because
that's
where
a
lot
of
bubbly
is
sold.
And
here
we've
got
a
June
um
release
of
sparkling
wines.
And
I
was
thinking,
okay,
maybe
it's
for
the
4th
of
July,
250th
anniversary,
but
nope.
The
label's
a
new
label
for
Trader
Joe's.
I
mean,
in
terms
of
color,
it's
very
black
and
gold.
It's
actually
looks
very
nice
that
black
and
gold
look
great,
but
that's
not
too
4th
of
July.
So
there's
a
lot
of
um
wines
being
canceled,
there's
grape
vineyards
being
pulled
up,
there's
all
sorts
of
tragic
kind
of
things
happening
in
California
since
the
wines
aren't
selling
like
they
used
to
sell.
So
is
this
a
because
it's
in
June?
And
this
is
another
one
of
their
57
different
uh
Trader
Joe's
Diamond
Reserve,
North
Coast,
this
and
that.
Is
this
somebody's
hey,
we
got
some
wine
left
over?
Can
you
use
it?
And
Trader
Joe
said,
yeah,
we
saw
a
lot
of
sparkling
wine.
So
this
might
be
somebody's
more
expensive
bubbly,
because
it
does
taste
great.
It
is
really
well
made.
Rack
and
riddle
does
a
really
good
job.
And
I
don't
know
this
to
be
true,
but
I'm
just
putting
two
to
two
together
because
this
kind
of
thing
has
been
happening.
Is
this
actually
maybe
somebody's
more
expensive
sparkling
wine
that
they
decided
they
weren't
going
to
put
on
the
shelves
because
they,
you
know,
they
they
weren't
getting
orders
from
stores?
Or
they
needed
to
cut
their
uh
losses.
Maybe
they
didn't
sell
it
last
year
and
they
still
have
it
and
they
needed
to
make
some
money
out
of.
They
couldn't
sit
on
another
and
wait
till
next
November.
So
maybe
this
is
a
more
expensive
than
a
$12.99
bubbling,
and
maybe
we're
getting
a
bargain.
Still
a
bargain,
but
maybe.
So
there
you
go,
it's
the
Trader
Joe's
Grand
Reserve
Sonoma
County
Brute
Rose.
It
tastes
great.
I
think
there's
also
just
a
straight
up
brute,
not
rose,
which
is
probably
more
Chardonnay.
But
I'll
try
that
in
a
couple
of
couple
of
days.
We'll
do
that
because
if
we're
getting
a
bargain
of
wine,
we
want
to
know
about
it.
So
adios
keep
it
cheap.
Uh
all
my
speculation
is
just
me
talking.
I
don't
know
anything
about
it,
but
there
you
go.
So
adios,
keep
it
cheap.
This
is
uh
Trader
Joe's
Grand
Reserve,
Sonoma
County
Brute
Rose,
Dave
Cheap
Wine
Fighter.
Adios,
bye
bye.