Trader Joe’s Summer Sipper-Sea Dream Mediterranée White 2025

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Hey there, uh Domain Dave again, cheapwinefighter.com, again. And we have a cheap Trader Joe's wine, but I can't remember how just how cheap, under 10 bucks. I think about $8.99. But this is a white blend from the south of France. It's actually called the Mediterranean IGP, is where it's from, which is kind of a new one for me. Um, they're supposedly they're trying to take this um IGP and get rid of the Vin de Pazes, just put everything under one banner. But the right now it's kind of centered around Marseille, it's in the south of France. Girard Bertrand is a um huge wine producer in the south of France. Again, they're they're pioneers in biodynamic wines. That's the one where they do everything by the phases of the moon. They put cow horns, uh, cowhorn in cow poop over the winter, and it's a whole thing. Um they they have you know plants that uh attract bugs that kill the insects that bother the plants. This is the biodynamic goes organic and then times 10. They've been he's been around since 1975, but this wine is from his uh daughter Emma, and she's in her 20s. She's been in the business for a while, but this is her brand, and she has a brand of light, easy wines, also biodynamic, too, not just enjoyable. It's South of France, everything's meant to have fun. I'm gonna take a sip. Emma Bertrand is in her 20s, low 20s. And this is one of her wines, which is kind of cool. Um, like I said, Bertrand's been around forever, they make great wines, and this is kind of like a new chapter, which I think they need. I think they need younger winemakers just to bring new life into wine and get new people into wine, but that's a whole nother story. So, what do we have here? We have this uh sea dream, I think I didn't say what it was. Sea dream Mediterranean, which is uh Mediterranean with uh two E's and one of the E's has a slash 2025. It's uh 50 Grenache Blanc, 30 Chardonnay, and 20 Sauvignon Blanc, all from the south of France. Now, Grenache Blanc might be the one that's a little bit uh you might not know, um, but you know Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, and when you put them all together, it's fine. And actually, Grena Grenache Blanc is one of those white wines you see a lot of down in this area. So it's it makes sense. These are very popular grapes and plentiful grapes, which if you want a value priced wine, you want. You want grapes that are widely planted, so you can pick out the best of what you get rather than get something that's kind of uh upscale because there's of supply and demand. Take another sip. This is crisp, light, great nose on it. The the aromas kind of jump out of your glass of glass from a foot away, and it tastes it's light and delicious. It's crisp, but not too crisp. It doesn't overdo the acidity. The flavors, even though you might not ever had a Grenache Blanc, uh, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc blend before, it's something that if you taste it, you're you're gonna understand every single one of those flavors. And it's really beautiful, and it's kind of made to put a chill on you. Either get an ice bucket or put it in the refrigerator for an hour before you pull it out, so it's it holds the holds the chill. And you can sip this thing, it drinks really easy, and it and it's a nice enough wine. It's a well-made wine, it's just not a it's not a summer sipper. You could have this with um fancy salads, um cold shrimp, um spicy Thai. This this would cool down noodles uh pretty well. It'd be actually fit nicely with that type of food. So this is a versatile food, you know, light summer, small plate type of thing. Pears and nectarines and lemons and some um some tropical fruit. Really nice. Nothing, nothing crazy, but just really a nice, simple, easy-to-drink wine from the south of France that doesn't cost a lot of money. It's got a blue bottle, got a cool name, Sea Dream. It's from a a cool, a Mediterranean uh growing area from um from a well-known, well-respected French family. And I think it's $8.99, but there you go. It's it's inexpensive. Anything under $10 is a wine you gotta take a chance on. I mean, if it's $25, eh, maybe I'll wait till I find out if it's any good. $8-9, buy it, try it. If you like it, you're ahead of the game. So audios keep it cheap. This is Domain Dave. This is a summer, a summer sipper, Sea Dream Mediterranean White 2025. I liked it, it's a good summer wine. And this is summer, so this is what is needed in summer. I've got a Grenache from Paso Robles coming up, and I think that one's like six bucks. So we'll see how good that one is. So adios, keep it cheap. Uh, we'll have wines coming all summer. I've been trying to keep it light because it's so hot and sticky outside, but we'll see, and I'll be talking to everybody in a couple days. Adios, keep it cheap, bye bye.