Skull Red Wine 2021-Organic-Bespoke+Skulls I have never had a bad Skulls/Skeleton wine. This is a Red Blend from a famous Sommelier and one of the leading Syrah wine producers in California. It is a small-production wine that is essentially hand-made and I found selling for $15. Not all value-priced wine is factory wine. For more…
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The Skull Red Wine 2021 is organic and blends 60% Zinfandel, 30% Petite Sirah, and 10% Mission sourced from Mendocino and Santa Barbara vineyards. This brand is from Patrick Cappiello (who owns Monte Rio Cellars) and Pax Mahle (Pax Wines). Patrick Cappiello is an ex-skate punk, hence the Skull imagery, and an award-winning Sommelier who…
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022 Lot 124-$13 and Real Good This is a Pinot noir from someone with 50 years of experience in the Oregon Wine Industry. He was one of the first people to plant vines. He owned one of the best-selling wineries. Today he is a custom label winery…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022 Lot 124 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. Unlike most Trader Joe’s Reserve wines, we know who produced this Pinot Noir. The back label says this wine was: Produced and Bottled” by DW Hinman Cellars. Doyle Hinman planted his first grapes in 1972 and by…
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Elouan Oregon Chardonnay 2020-From The Man Who Brought You Meiomi Pinot Noir This is an Oregon Chardonnay from Joe Wagner, a member of the Wagner family who is 6th generation in Napa Valley, they are best known for Caymus wines. Joe Wagner is one of the sons and he is known for Meiomi Pinot Noir…
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The Elouan Oregon Chardonnay 2020 is one of the brands from Copper Cane, the wine company owned by Joe Wagner who is part of the Wagner family of Caymus fame. Joe Wagner is the son and you should know him from Meiomi wines which he founded and sold for 1/3 of a billion dollars. The…
Read MoreTrader Joe's Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2021- The Best $15 Pinot Nour? There was a Trader Joe's Platinum Carneros Pinot Noir 2020 which was not too far off from the 2021 vintage. Carneros does not do value-priced wine, it is a high-end growing region. The Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve wines are hitting well above…
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The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2021 is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. There was a 2020 Vintage TJ’s Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot which also sold for $14.99. This seems to be a reoccurring Thanksgiving wine. The Carneros AVA is located on the San Pablo Bay, east of Oakland, and about half of…
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Trader Joe's Reserve Santa Ynez Valley GSM 2022-Rhone Valley By Way of Santa Barbara California A GSM wine and this is an MSG wine, is a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre. It is the classic Red Blend of the Southern Rhone Valley in Southern France. This version is from Santa Barbara County AVA about…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Santa Ynez Valley GSM 2022 is a Trader Joe’s $9.99 exclusive. The blend is 47% Mourvedre, 34% Syrah, and 19% Grenache, so it is an MSG blend. The Santa Ynez Valley is located in southern Santa Barbara County, between 2 mountain ranges. The western part of the valley gets cool Pacific…
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Burlwood Brut Sparkling Wine-Aldi-The Best 5 Buck Bubbly-Give a Listen This is a $4.95 wine from Aldi, E & J Gallo makes it. they also make Andre's Champagne (not really) and Barefoot Bubbly. Five buck bubbly can't possibly be any good, well check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the podcast and find out! Check us out…
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The Burlwood Brut Sparkling Wine is a $4.95 Aldi exclusive made by some part of E & J Gallo Winery, any time you see Modesto, California on the back label you can bet that Gallo made the wine. Gallo also produces Andre Champagne and Barefoot Bubbly lines, all in the same general price range. The…
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Cameron Hughes Russian River Pinot Noir 2018 Lot 947-$60 Selling For $19, List To This! Cameron Hughes Wines says this is a Pinot Noir purchased from a company that discontinued their high-end Pinot Progam! Cameron Hughes is a negociant listen to the Podcast for all the details, If you want high-end wine for less this…
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The Cameron Hughes Russian River Pinot Noir 2018 Lot 947 is a Nogociant wine, you should be able to find it for around $19. A negociant is a French wine company that goes to wineries and makes a deal to buy excess wine. It is all very hush-hush, nobody is to know who the winery…
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Aldi Specially Selected Alto Adige Pinot Grigio 2022-Alto Adige Is The Money Pinot Grigio There are over 300 White wine grapes in Italy. They are all delicious, especially when enjoyed with the region's cuisine. All most people know about Italian White wine is Pinot Grigio, but Pinoy Grigio is the White grape of far northern…
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The Aldi Specially Selected Alto Aldige Pinot Grigio 2022 is a $9.99 Aldi exclusive and is part of the ten wine Specially Selected series of wines released in the fall of 2023. These are wines from top-rated growing regions worldwide being sold at bargain prices. Alto Adige, in far northern Italy, is the home to…
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Mumm Napa Blanc de Blanc-It Is Time To Talk About Holiday Bubbly This is C H Mumm's Napa outpost of their Champagne House. C H Mumm has been around for almost 200 years, Napa about 40 years. The Napa version is the Blanc de Blanc which is a White wine from White grapes. This is…
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The Mumm Napa Blanc de Blanc is a Bubbly that lists at $26 but should be available for under $20 during the holiday season. Mumm Napa is the California division of C.H. Mumm, a Champagne house founded in 1827. In 1983 they started producing Sparkling wines in Napa under the Domaine Mumm name which was…
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2021- A $13 Modern Pinot Noir In California, there are two competing styles of Pinot Noir, the Burgundian style and the modern Meiomi style which is rich and full. I am old school, I dig the Burgundian style, but I am well aware that the new…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2021 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. In January of 2022, Trader Joe’s offered the Platinum Reserve SLH Pinot Noir. That wine sold for $14.99 and if you click on the link you will find that we thought it had too much alcohol and wasn’t…
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VINTJS Sonoma County Chardonnay 2021-Trader Joe's Excellent $9 Everyday Chardonnay This VINTJS Sonoma County Chardonnay is a delightful oaky Chard! You do not expect an oak-conditioned Chardonnay to sell for $8.99. While this Chardonnay has an oak influence has a balanced oak influence, which results in excellent flavor, It is not your typical $9 CHardonnay….
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The VINTJS Sonoma County Chardonnay 2021 is an $8.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive if you wish to know which winery produced this wine head to the TTBGov California Cola Registry and type VINTJS into the search box. I usually hesitate to name the producer since they are producing wine to Trader Joe’s specifications and not always…
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VINTJS Redwood Valley Zinfandel 2021-Give it a Try This is a Trader Joe's $9.99 wine. In the past VINTJS wines were $6.99, but in the last few years were wine from the Sonoma Coast AVA. Wines from the Sonoma Coast do not sell for $6.99, maybe $26,99 and up, but not the lessor. VINTJS skipped…
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The VINTJS Redwood Valley Zinfandel 2021 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. Trader Joe’s seems to have taken a break from the VINTJS house brand. We last reviewed a VINTJS wine for the 2019 vintage, which was a $6.99 wine. The last VINTJS wine we reviewed was a 2019 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir which you…
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Prayers Of Sinners Washington Red Blend 2020-Skeletons Make Good Halloween Wine! This is a blend of 80% Syrah and 20% Merlot from a brand associated with Chateau Ste Michelle from Washington State. The front label has a half skeleton half man in suit being attached by octopus tentacles. When you turn the lights out the…
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