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Speaker 1
0:07
Welcome
it's
Domain
,
dave
,
chief
of
Winefindercom
.
With
the
first
review
of
2025
,
year
16
for
us
.
Yeah
,
we've
been
drinking
a
lot
of
wine
and
we're
starting
out
the
Trader
Joe's
wine
,
out
the
Trader
Joe's
wine
For
old
time's
sake
.
Trader
Joe's
in
the
early
days
,
and
in
the
middle
days
too
,
were
some
of
the
best
places
to
find
wine
.
They
seem
to
have
fallen
off
lately
,
but
they
have
.
Today
we
got
the
Trader
Joe's
Grand
Reserve
Russian
River
Pinot
Noir
2023
.
This
is
a
release
that
comes
out
every
so
often
.
I
think
I
left
a
link
for
the
2020
vintage
,
which
we
reviewed
.
Speaker 1
0:50
That
was
a
different
um
producer
who
made
that
for
them
.
This
,
this
one
,
is
dna
sellers
.
Dna
sellers
has
made
a
lot
of
trader
joe's
wines
over
the
years
still
make
them
,
but
they
had
a
list
of
all
the
wines
they
made
on
their
website
.
I
got
a
link
to
that
on
the
website
and
I
was
like
,
oh
my
,
some
of
my
favorite
Trader
Joe's
exclusive
brands
were
from
DNA
Cellars
,
that's
DNA's
Dennis
and
Andrea
.
They
have
40
years
experience
.
Well
,
dennis
has
40
years
,
andrea
has
25
.
And
they've
been
making
wine
for
you
know
,
ever
.
And
I
think
they
actually
own
a
vineyard
in
the
russian
river
valley
,
though
I
don't
think
this
is
theirs
.
Theirs
is
a
certified
organic
or
no
certified
.
It's
a
family
farm
.
There's
no
,
there's
no
certification
on
the
bottle
,
so
so
this
must
be
.
What
must
this
be
?
It
says
cellared
and
bottled
by
DNA
Vineyards
.
Cellared
and
bottled
by
basically
means
they
bottled
it
and
then
they
set
it
aside
for
a
while
,
because
after
you
bottle
the
wine
,
it
comes
out
of
the
barrel
,
into
the
machine
,
pumped
into
it
,
needs
to
calm
down
,
but
who
made
it
is
a
whole
other
story
.
So
I
don't
know
.
It
comes
out
of
the
barrel
into
the
machine
,
pumped
into
the
.
It
needs
to
calm
down
,
but
who
made
it
is
a
whole
other
story
.
So
I
don't
know
.
They've
been
there
forever
,
they've
been
in
the
region
,
they
know
everybody
.
Is
this
a
negotiant
wine
?
Did
he
buy
a
finished
wine
from
somebody
else
,
the
leftover
,
and
then
put
their
own
label
on
it
?
Is
this
grapes
they
purchased
and
they
made
it
?
Then
that's
not
what
the
label
says
,
because
it
has
DNA
Vineyards
.
Does
it
have
another
brand
that
does
the
making
of
these
Trader
Joe's
wines
?
I
don't
know
.
Speaker 1
2:37
Russian
River
is
an
AVA
that
runs
along
the
coast
parallel
.
It
goes
north-south
or
south-north
,
I
think
it
didn't
used
to
.
It
used
to
be
an
east-west
river
,
but
a
long
,
long
time
ago
some
coastal
activity
that
they
have
out
there
changed
the
whole
direction
.
Now
it
runs
along
the
coast
.
It
is
a
river
valley
.
The
lower
part
of
it
is
cool
and
is
great
for
Pinot
Noir
and
Chardonnay
.
When
you
do
,
it's
more
Burgundian
.
If
you
get
the
French
style
of
wines
,
it
comes
from
the
cooler
section
.
The
northern
section
is
a
little
warmer
and
you
get
different
grapes
up
there
.
I'm
not
sure
where
the
actually
I
don't
know
.
It's
not
that
I'm
not
sure
.
I
have
no
clue
where
the
vineyards
were
located
.
Just
for
reference
,
there
is
an
AVA
in
Sonoma
which
is
in
Sonoma
.
That
is
further
west
.
It's
along
the
coast
of
Sonoma
Coast
AVA
and
that
one's
in
the
river
.
Speaker 1
3:44
Rugged
river
valleys
,
mountain
river
valleys
or
mountain
valleys
along
the
coast
,
and
they're
again
,
again
a
pinot
noir
and
chardonnay
area
,
another
really
good
,
high-end
one
.
And
then
so
we
have
the
russian
river
.
Russian
river
is
a
great
place
for
pinot
noir
and
what
do
we
got
here
?
I'm
gonna
take
a
sip
of
it
.
It
is
you
could
read
through
this
.
I
mean
you
could
.
You
could
read
your
on
your
phone
through
this
thing
.
It's
so
clear
.
Got
a
nice
nose
.
It's
got
that
kind
of
cherries
and
mushrooms
and
autumn
leaves
crushed
up
,
autumn
leaves
,
that
kind
of
nose
to
some
kind
of
exotic
spices
.
The
flavor's
smooth
and
sleek
up
front
with
the
cherries
and
maybe
plum
Touch
of
vanilla
,
I
think
.
I'm
not
sure
.
Mid-palate
has
some
exotic
spices
on
it
,
little
rougher
edges
,
which
is
really
nice
with
the
smoothness
up
front
.
It's
not
super
complicated
but
it's
complicated
enough
to
catch
your
attention
.
Speaker 1
5:01
This
isn't
just
a
sip
and
forget
wine
.
You
can
kind
of
pay
attention
and
go
back
to
each
sip
.
On
this
one
you
don't
have
to
.
It's
$12.99
.
You
can
just
have
fun
with
it
.
But
it's
got
a
little
more
to
it
.
Speaker 1
5:23
I
took
another
sip
.
Yeah
,
it's
really
easy
to
drink
that
smooth
and
that
combination
of
yin-yang
.
It's
smooth
and
a
little
rougher
part
of
it
.
There's
cranberry
,
there's
tart
,
there's
nice
rounded
fruit
.
It's
not
sweet
at
all
but
if
the
fruit
has
anything
to
it
it's
like
nectar
,
sweet
,
like
biting
into
a
plum
or
something
,
that
kind
of
sweetness
which
isn't
sugar
sweetness
,
and
it's
fine
.
The
tannins
are
sweet
.
The
acidity
allows
it
to
have
some
decent
length
.
That's
$12.99
at
Trader
Joe's
from
Russian
River
.
It's
not
a
bad
wine
at
all
and
it's
only
$13.1
.
Speaker 1
6:01
On
the
alcohol
Lately
I've
been
seeing
14.5
all
the
time
on
Pinot
Noir
,
and
you
know
that's
a
little
bit
too
much
.
This
should
be
a
light
.
You
know
light
to
medium
bodied
wine
and
you
know
winemakers
now
know
how
to
let
it
carry
that
wine
or
that
alcohol
with
it
.
But
if
it
doesn't
have
it
,
it's
probably
even
better
.
So
that's
it
for
me
.
This
is
a
decent
little
number
here
.
The
Trader
Joe's
Grand
Reserve
Russian
River
Pinot
Noir
2023
.
It's
worth
drinking
.
If
you
like
Pinot
Noir
,
it's
worth
having
.
So
,
adios
,
keep
it
cheap
.
We've
got
a
whole
year
of
wine
ahead
of
us
,
so
stay
warm
and
I'll
be
talking
to
everybody
in
a
couple
of
days
.
I'm
not
quite
sure
where
we're
going
we
just
started
the
year
off
,
but
we'll
go
.
So
hang
in
there
,
keep
it
cheap
.
Bye-bye
.
