Graham Beck Brut Rosé-You Don't Need To Pay Champagne Prices For Champagne Quality This is a South African Bubbly sourced from the Western Cape region. Fun Fact: Champagne has limestone subsoil, and so does the Western Cape. This is a Bubbly intended to compete with Champagne, but at a lower price (check out the Podcast…
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The Graham Beck Brut Rosé is a blend of 66% Pinot Noir and 34% Chardonnay sourced from Estate and contracted vineyards in the Western Cape growing region of South Africa. Graham Beck has been producing Sparkling wine, which they call Cape Classique, since 1983. They produce and cellar this Bubbly at their Estate. This is…
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La Crema Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2021-An Excellent Estate Chardonnay When the Holidays are near Cheapwinefinder starts to go upscale. Sometimes a more expensive wine is called for, but you still want value. Drinking a wine that is expensive just because it costs more makes no sense. That is where we come in handy!!! Check out…
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The La Crema Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2021 is one of the brands from the Jackson Family Wines (think Kendall-Jackson) that offer wines from all over California, Oregon, and the world. They have an impressive portfolio of wines there is a link to their website above. The La Crema brand showcases Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines…
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Dearly Beloved I Thee Red 2020-With An Excellent Day of the Day Skull Label It is indoor party season. Halloween is the start of the 2022 Holidays. The Holidays for the last few years needed to be approached with caution this year I hope we can go back to just having fun. This is a…
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The Dearly Beloved I The Red 2020 is a $7.99 Trader Joe’s wine sourced from vineyards in California’s Central Coast AVA. There are 3 wines in the Dearly Beloved line, another Red with a different blend of grapes from California and a North Coast Chardonnay. These wines are made by Precept Wine, the largest privately…
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Valdo Numero 10 DOCG Prosecco Metodo Classico 2019-Prosecco Made Like Champagne! I like Prosecco. I like Champagne. Both are Bubbly's but made with two very different production methods. I doubt if you will ever find Champagne made in the Charmat Method (Prosecco) But the Valdo #10 is a Prosecco made in the Champagne style. It…
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The Valdo Numero 10 DOCG Prosecco Metodo Classico 2019 is not your typical Prosecco. The grapes are sourced in the hills surrounding the winery in the Valdobbiadene DOCG section of the Prosecco region. The winery and estate were founded in 1926 and are one of the oldest Prosecco producers and the oldest in the Valdobbiadene…
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Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017-Another Satisfying Trader Joe's Reserve Wine First of all, it is a 2017 vintage which gives this wine 5 years of age. Drink-it-now wines do not need that extra time. This $12.99 Shiraz is a cellar-worthy wine! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the Podcast for all the…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The back label indicates that this Shiraz was bottled by Orbach Family Wines ( established in 2001). Bottled by means just that, they only bottled the wine. But, Orbach sells their wines under the Side Gate label and Side Gate…
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Yalumba Y Series Viognier 2020-Different But Really Good Yalumba has been a family-owned and operated winery for over 170 years and they specialize in Viognier. Viognier is originally a White grape that is a blending grape in the Rhone Valley and one of the few White Grapes that are added to White wine. This is…
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The Yalumba Y Series Viognier 2020 is from the entry-level line of wines from the Yalumba Family WInemakers who planted their first vineyard in Australia in 1849. Yalumba is the Hill-Smith family, and Sam Smith was the founder 173 years ago. They are still family owned and operated which is rare for a wine business…
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Substance CH Chardonnay 2020-A 93 Point Value-Priced Wine! I am a fan of Charles Smith's House of Smith line of wines. Everything from Expensive 100-point wines to value-priced wine. This wine I found on sale for $12.99 received 93 points, 93 points are no joke!! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the excellent podcast for…
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The Substance CH Chardonnay 2020 is a brand in winemakers Charles Smith’s House of Smith family of Washington State wines. Those wines span from fairly expensive 100-point wines to value-priced wines. The CH Chardonnay lists for $17, but I found it for $12.99. The Substance CH Chardonnay 2020 was sourced from three vineyards, 70% Frenchmen…
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Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Paso Robles Cabernet Franc 2021-Another TJ's Reserve Bargain Trader Joe's Reserve wines have been some of the best bargains in value-priced wine. Wines from some of the best AVAs on the West Coast and made by top-notch producers and sold for bargain prices. What is there not to like? Check out…
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The Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Paso Robles Cabernet Franc 2021 is a Trader Joe’s limited release exclusive. It is produced for Trader Joe’s by the Miller Family Wine Company which also makes Trader Joe’s Lazy Bones Cabernet Franc, also from Paso Robles grapes. The Miller Family Wine Company also owns the Central Coast Wine Warehouse…
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Exquisite Collection Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 This is an Aldi $13.99 exclusive wine. The Exquisite Collection is roughly the equivalent of Trader Joe's Reserve line of wines. Wines from elite growing regions selling for bargain prices. Is it any good? Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast for all the details!!! Check us…
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The Exquisite Collection Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $13.99 Aldi wine exclusive. The Exquisite Collection is essentially Aldi’s version of the Trader Joe’s Reserve wines. Wines from the high-end growing regions at a bargain price. Paso Robles is located inside California’s Central Coast AVA and is halfway between Los Angeles and San Fransico….
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19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Gold-Sipping On Cali Gold I kind of like that of all the celebrity wine Snoop Dogg consistently delivers. Most celebrity wines are pretty good there are too many agents and handlers to allow a bad wine to slip thru. But these 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, too, consistently…
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The 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Gold is a Sparkling wine made from a blend of 36% mixed White grapes, 28% French Colombard, 26% Reisling, and 10% Muscat Alexandria. This is not your typical Sparkling wine grape blend. Muscat Alexandria is the oldest known grape varietal, Reisling is commonly used in German Sekt Sparkling wine,…
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Colby Red Blend 2017-Wine with a Heart There is a story here. Daryl Groom was the chief winemaker for Penfolds where he was in charge of the production of The Grange, the #1 wine from Australia. His son Colby had 2 open heart surgeries before he was ten. He asked his Dad when he was…
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The Colby Red Blend 2017 is a wine with a unique story. The name in the name is the winemaker, Daryl Groom’s son. Daryl Groom was the winemaker for Penfolds and was responsible for producing their legendary “The Grange” blend as well as being chief winemaker at several other high-end wineries. Colby Groom had two…
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Don't Mind If I Do Sparkling Wine-ALDI-$10 Diet Bubbly-A Dream Come True? An Aldi $9.99 exclusive, 85 calories, 9% alcohol, zero sugar, and gluten-free. A diet Bubbly with no downside!! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the companion PODCAST for all the details !!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com
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The Don’t Mind If I Do Sparkling Wine is a $9.99 ALDI exclusive. ALDI owns the brand name and the still wines in this line are made by a family-owned winery in Monterey, California. The Sparkling wine has been made by a family-owned winery, since 1938, located in Lodi, California. They are the largest Sparkling…
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Sebastopol Oaks California Chardonnay 2019 Chardonnay is the #1 selling White wine in the world! In the value-price range (that is our thing) there is plenty of competition. Winemakers have to pull out all the stops to get you to notice their Chardonnay. That is a very good thing. For more information check out www.cheapwinefinder.com…
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