The Doña Paula Estate Blue Edition Velvet Red Blend 2021 is $10.99 at Costco and $14 to $29 elsewhere. This wine is a blend of 60% Malbec, 30% Pinot Noir, and 10% Bonarda sourced from the Doña Paula Estate El Alto Vineyard (3,445 feet up in the Andes foothills of the Ugarteche sub-region of the Luján…
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Send us Fan Mail Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Chardonnay 2022- Costco $8 Bargain Quality Wine There are 19 AVAs in Sonoma. This Chardonnay is sourced from more than one of them. Costco has major price advantages over retail wines. This is a delicious Costco Chardonnay. For all the details check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to one of…
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The Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Chardonnay 2022 is a $7.99 Costco exclusive. Kirkland Signature wines typically name the winery or the winemaker involved in the production, but not here. The back label mentions Grape and Grain Imports as having vinted and bottled this Chardonnay. Grape and Grain Imports is the custom wine brand branch of…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Aix Provence Rosé 2022- Aix You Shall Receive When is the last time you had an Estate produced Provence Rosé for $7.99? Well, that is what you get if you buy Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Aix Provence Rosé. Aix is one of the most beautiful places on…
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The Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Aix Provence Rosé 2022 is a $7.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive. The Coteaux d’ Aix-en-Provence is the second-largest AOC in Provence, the largest is Côtes de Provence, producing 75% of the wine in the region. Aix is located to the far west in Provence and if you have ever seen…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2021-My Kind of $12.99 Zinfandel TJ's wine selection has been stagnant since March, nothing has been added or subtracted. On my most recent visit, there were maybe 1o, maybe more new wines! CWF talks about Dry Creek vs Lodi and what gets our…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2021 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The Dry Creek Valley first planted Zinfandel vines in the 1870s, phylloxera hit the California vineyards in the 1890s and destroyed most of the vines. The vineyards were replanted and several of those ancient (by grapevine standards) are still…
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Send us Fan Mail How Low Can You Go #2 Two Buck Chuck Vs Lindeman's Bin 65 Chardonnay Champion Nick and Domaine Dave put Charles Shaw Chardonnay and Lindeman's Bin 65 Chardonnay thru their paces to see which wines win the taste test challenge. Two Buck Chuck is the plucky hero of How Low Can…
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Champion Nick and Domaine Dave taste tested two very inexpensive Chardonnay for the How Low Can You Go #2 Two Buck Chuck Vs Lindeman’s Bin 65 Chardonnay challenge. Both wines were purchased for $3.99, the Charles Shaw is from California and the Lindeman’s is from Southeastern Australia. The Two Buck Chuck Chardonnay (actually $4) bested…
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Send us Fan Mail Mumm Napa Brut Prestige-Do You Really Want French Champagne? This is the Mumm Napa's House style. All their other bottling are informed by this wine I found for $15.99. The French Champagne version of the House-style sells for $45. Should you like the Napa Bubbly better than the Champagne Bubbly? That…
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The Mumm Napa Brut Prestige is a blend of 45% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir, and the other 10% is a mix of Pinot Gris (White) and Pinot Meunier (Red). This Bubbly is produced in the Traditional Method or Champagne style. The second fermentation or triage lasted for a minimum of 18 months. GH Mumm started…
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Send us Fan Mail How Low Can You Go… Two Buck Chuck ($3.99) Vs Aldi Hwy 5 Chardonnay Champion Nick and Domaine Dave decided to see just how good are the least expensive wine. We pitted Two Buck Chuck Chardonnay ($3.99) against the Aldi exclusive Hwt 5 Chardonnay $4.99. We were surprised by the results,…
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How Low Can You Go… Two Buck Chuck ($3.99) Vs Aldi Hwy 5 Chardonnay with a name like Cheap Wine Finder people expect us to write about cheap wine, but we don’t. We write about good affordable wine…. bargains. Value-priced wines have never been available with the quality and drinkability of modern wines. We have…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Santa Barbara Pinot Noir 2021-$10 Quality Wine Santa Barbar is my 2nd best place for Pinot Noir wine, my favorite is Willamette Valley. The top Pinot Noir wines from Burgundy are so over-priced That I don't figure them into the equation. This Trader Joe's Pinot Noir is a…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Santa Barbara Pinot Noir 2021 is a $9.99 TJ’s exclusive. This wine was “produced and bottled by” Bozzano and Company. That indicates that they actually made the wine and used grapes from their vineyards or contracted grapes they control. They produce several brands seen on Trader Joe’s shelves. It is rare…
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Send us Fan Mail 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red 2021-A CWF Favorite The 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg wines (Along with Martha Stewart Chardonnay) are the Australian 19 Crimes California wines. They are affordably priced and delicious, The Snoop Dogg line of wines includes a Rosé. a Sauvignon Blanc, and a Sparkling wine. They are…
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The 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red 2021 is a wine I found at a local big box wine shop selling for $11.99. Most 19 Crimes wines feature wine from Australia, but the Snoop Dogg line and the Martha Stewart Chardonnay are sourced from California and this Red is from the Lodi AVA. The blend…
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Send us Fan Mail Columbia Crest Grand Estates Chardonnay 2021-$8 Tasty & Interesting Columbia Crest is the second label from Chateau Ste. Michelle, the largest winery in Washington State. Columbia crest is a second label, but a 2nd label with history! Check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ for all the details and, of course, listen to the top wine…
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The Columbia Crest Grand Estates Chardonnay 2021 is a wine I found for $7.99 at a local wine shop. Columbia Crest is the second label from Chateau Ste. Michelle is by far the largest wine produced in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. Though Columbia Crest is a 2nd label it has an excellent history….
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Send us Fan Mail Amuse Bouche Pet-Nat 2022-Trader Joe's $11.99-What Is Pet-Nat? Pet-Nat is the trendy name for Ancestral-style Bubbly. That is a method for Bubbly where the wine is fermented once and before the fermentation is complete the wine is bottled. For more information on the whole process check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the podcast…
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The Amuse Bouche Pet-Nat 2022 is a $11.99 Trader Joe’s wine made for them by Pierre and Antonin who produce natural wines in the Languedoc region of France. Pet-Nat is short for Pétillant Naturel which is a very old method of producing Sparkling wine. It is also called the Ancestral Method. A simple explanation of…
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Send us Fan Mail Revelation Pays D'Oc Chardonnay 2021 Pays D'Oc indicates the grapes were grown in the Languedoc region. The Languedoc is the largest growing region in France and the place where value-priced wine drinkers get their wines. If it is good enough for French wine drinkers, who love their wine, maybe, it is…
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The Revelation Pays D’Oc Chardonnay 2021 is $7.99 at Trader Joe’s in the US and is widely available in other countries. Badet Clement is the producing winery. That is a project by two winemakers who make affordable wines with grapes from the Rhone Valley, Burgundy, and the Languedoc, and about 2/3rds of their wines are…
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Send us Fan Mail Noble Vines 181 Merlot 2020-Attack of the 181 Clones The importance of Clones in Grape Varietals cannot be overestimated. Except for value-priced wines, where quality grapes regardless of the clone are King. High-priced Pinot Noir is all based on the proper clone being used. There are vineyards in Bordeaux that have…
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The Noble Vines 181 Merlot 2020 is $7.99 at Costco, anywhere from $8 to $14 online. Nobles Vines is a Delicato Family Vineyards brand that started in Lodi and expanded to Napa Valley and recently purchased Coppola wines in Sonoma. The 181 in the title refers to the number of the Merlot Clone they planted…
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