Bar Dog Wines is having a contest where folks can send in a photo of their very good dog in the month of May (2023). They will pick 10 finalists and then on Pet Appreciation Week (June 4th to the 10th), there will be a vote for the cutest/best in the whole world dog. The…
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The Codorniu Limited Edition Cava Brut Reserva is a Spanish Sparkling wine I found on sale for $8.99. Codorniu is the oldest winery in Spain with a history going back to 1551. This was way before Cava wines very started. In 1872 Josep Raventos brought the Champagne Sparkling wine methods to Spain and Cava was…
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19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Blanc 2021-Sippin' On Sauvignon Blanc Who knew that Snoop Dogg's Sauvignon Blanc from 19 Crimes is the perfect Patio Pounder wine of the summer of 2023? This wine is rated Medium-Sweet, but it has enough acidity to balance the sugar. This is a Sau Blanc that drinks well and anyway…
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The 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Blanc 2021 is California Sauvignon Blanc, Cali Blanc is simply Snoop’s name for it. There is a history of calling this grape something other than Sauvignon Blanc. In the 1960s Robert Mondavi tried selling high-end Sauv Blanc and nobody was buying. In those days Sauvignon Blanc was the cheap…
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Read MoreKirkland Signature K Vine Syrah 2021- 10 Bucks of Delicious This is a. $9.99 Costco wine made for them by K Vintners/Charles Smith Wines. If you don't know they have made multiple 100-point Syrah wines. And now they are making a ten-buck Costco Syrah. Syrah Masters making a $10 wine is a very good thing!…
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The Kirkland Signature K Vine Syrah 2021 is a $9.99 Costco exclusive produced especially for them by House of Smith/Charles Smith Wines from Washington State. This wine is sourced from a single vineyard, Frenchman Hills Vineyard, located in the newly formed Royal Slope AVA (2020). K Vintners has a history of making 100-point Syrah wines,…
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Rabble Paso Robles Red Blend 2020 Costco-Real Good Real Cheap Costco is the largest Wine Retailer in the US according to Buzzfeed with $4,000,000,000 in annual sales. The Rabble Red Blend is a sustainably produced wine that is 1/3 to 1/2 cheaper at Costco than at other wine stores. Check out www .cheapwinefinder.com for all…
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The Rabble Paso Robles Red Blend 2020 Costco is $10.89 at Costco and between $15 and $20 elsewhere. The blend seems to be Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Tannat, Tempranillo, and Malbec sourced from “carefully selected vineyards in Paso Robles.” The reason I say that seems to be the blend is that…
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Esteban Martin Garnacha Syrah 2021-$5 @ Costco Uptown $14 Elsewhere This is a wine that received 92 points from James Suckling for its 2019 vintage. That means this winery knows how to make Garnacha Syrah wines. While every vintage is different, the know-how stays the same. For more information check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of course, listen to…
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The Esteban Martin Garnacha Syrah 2021 is a $4.99 wine at Costco, it sells for as high as $13.99 elsewhere with the average on the web being closer to $8 or $9. Esteban Martin was founded in 2003 with a partnership of Miguel Esteban and Asuncion Martin in a winery located near the town of…
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Kirkland Carneros Pinot Noir 2021-An Excellent $10 Pinot From Costco Ten bucks for a good Pinoy Noir is a bargain no matter what the circumstance. A rocking ten-buck Carneros Pinot is a major bargain. The alcohol is 14,5% which is a bit high but the wine can handle it, it does not taste “hot”. For…
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The Kirkland Carneros Signature Pinot Noir 2021 is a $9.99 Costco exclusive by winemaker Alison Crowe. Alison is the Director of Winemaking at Plata Wine Partners, which owns 60 vineyards and farms 18,000 acres of grapes. They supply grapes for 34 of the top 30 wine companies and make wine brands. This seems to be…
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Trader Joe's Reserve Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2021-I Like This Chardonnay Over the 15 years we have been doing CWF we have learned a few things. One of those things is that I like Santa Barbara Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah. I learned most of this by drinking Trader Joe's Reserve wines along with some…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2021 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The back label says it was made by Ashford Court who also made Trader Joe’s perennial favorite, Cotillion Pinot Noir. The actual producer of Cotillion is Plata Wine Partners of Napa, California. You may have not heard of Plata Wine…
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Trader Joe's Grower's Reserve Red Wine 2021- $6 Organic Red Trader Joe's literally gives us less than no information about this wine. Ok, maybe literally is the wrong word, but the origin is California, and it is a Red wine, not even a Red blend. We do know it is $5.99 and made from organically…
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The Trader Joe’s Grower’s Reserve Red Wine 2021 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. This wine is produced for Trader Joe’s by ASV Wines who have been in business since 1982 and own several sustainably farmed vineyards in the Central Coast AVA and an organic vineyard in southern Monterey County where they grow Cabernet Sauvignon…
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Epicuro Puglia Aglianico 2021-TJ's $5.99 Import-The G's are Silent You do not expect a $5.99 Red wine that had to travel all the way from Italy to be good. But somehow you are wrong! This is a well-balanced, good-tasting wine. For more information check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of course, listen to the wonderful PODCAST!!! Check us…
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The1 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s wine though it is available in other countries. This is an IGP-designated wine, the top rating is DOCG followed by DOC. IGP wines have less stringent growing and producing regulations and are often sourced from vineyards in more generic growing regions. Aglianico is said to be one of the…
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Vino Columbia Valley Pinot Grigio 2020-My Favorite Pinot Grigio In The Last 2 Years This is a wine from Charles Smith Wines this time it is under the CasaSmith Label. I am a fan of these wines and have been for over ten years. This is a single-vineyard Pinot Grigio wine that routinely gets 90…
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The Vino Columbia Valley Pinot Grigio 2020 is a wine that should be found for around $10, I saw prices as high as $13 and I found it for $8.99. It is a brand from Charles Smith/House of Smith Wines. The full name of this wine is Vino CasaSmith and these wines are Italian varietals…
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Land of the Saints Central Coast Pinot Noir 2021-Just In Time For Easter The Land of the Saints line of wines is a collaboration between 3 winemakers. The Land of the Saints comes from California having 30 to 40 placenames that have Santa or San in the name. This is a classic old-school pinot noir…
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The Land of the Saints Central Coast Pinot Noir 2021 is 100% Pinot Noir sourced from three vineyards one in the Edna Valley AVA, the next in Arroyo Grande AVA, and the Santa Maria Valley all located inside San Luis Obispo County. For reference, Paso Robles is also inside San Luis Obispo County. It is…
Read MoreWoodleaf Ranch Russian River Chardonnay 2020- 2020 $9.99 Aldi Goodness Is a Ten Buck Russian River AVA Chardonnay a bargain? It is if it's good. Is this Aldi wine good? Yes, it is well worth drinking, For more information check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of course, listen to the best wine PODCAST!!! Check us out at…
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The Woodleaf Ranch Russian River Chardonnay 2020 is a $9.99 Aldi exclusive. I checked the California wine labeling website COLA and it showed that Rack and Riddle cellared and bottled this Chardonnay. Cellared and bottled means just that, they aged the wine for a certain amount of time and bottled it, but the named producer…
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