Cheap Wine Reviews

Outlander Meritage Paso Robles 2021

The Outlander Meritage Paso Robles 2021 is a $7.99 Aldi exclusive. The Meritage in the name indicates that this is a Bordeaux blend, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, and Malbec grapes. To be a Meritage wine a license is purchased from the Meritage Alliance. They are an industry group promoting education and working on…

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Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-Just What Is A Grand Reserve Wine?

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-Just What Is A Grand Reserve Wine? This is a $12.99 Trader Joe's exclusive wine. I have read that the Grand Reserve wines are equal to wine at twice the price, are they? Check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of course, listen to the BEST wine Podcast…

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Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $12.99 TJ’s exclusive. The back label says it was vinted and bottled by Ashford Court, which is a faux winery. These Trader Joe’s Reserve wines are negociant wines; negociants never tell where they got their wines. The Alexander Valley is the upper half…

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Kirkland Signature Cotes de Provence Rosé 2022-(Costco) 8 Bucks Well Spent

Send us Fan Mail Kirkland Signature Cotes de Provence Rosé 2022-(Costco) 8 Bucks Well Spent Provence is the home of Rosé wines. Costco sells this one for $7.99 and it is excellent! Check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and of course, listen to the best wine PODCAST for more details. Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]

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Kirkland Signature Cotes de Provence Rosé 2022

The Kirkland Signature Cotes de Provence Rosé 2022 is a $7.99 Costco exclusive. It is produced for Costco by Oliver Sumeire (winemaker) for Famille Sumeire a winemaking family with roots in Provence that go back to the 1200s, though the history of the modern wine business dates to the 1880s. The Cotes de Provence is…

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Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021-Expensive Taste Value Price (Costco)

Send us Fan Mail Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021-Expensive Taste Value Price (Costco) The Kendal Jackson Vintners Reserve Chardonnay has been the #1 selling CHardonnay in the US for 30 years! They are doing something right. The Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021 is the tip 7% of the 2021…

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Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021

The Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2021 is 100% Chardonnay sourced from sustainably farmed Kendal Jackson Estate vineyards in Santa Barbara County, The Santa Maria County AVA (the northern boundary of the Santa Barbara AVA and Monterey County. To show Santa Barbara on the label 75% of the grapes have to be grown…

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Don’t Mind If I Do Pinot Grigio 2022-No Sugar Wine Never Tasted So Good

Send us Fan Mail Don't Mind If I Do Pinot Grigio 2022-No Sugar Wine Never Tasted So Good This is a $7.99 Aldi wine if you don't live near an Aldi Sunny with a Chance of Flowers is extremely similar. The Don't Mind If I Do brand of wines is No Sugar, 85 Calories, 9%…

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Don’t Mind If I Do Pinot Grigio 2022

The Don’t Mind If I Do Pinot Grigio 2022 is Vegan-friendly. You might ask how can something made from fruit not be ok with vegans? It is the fining process, fining is where the solids, grape skin residue and spent yeast are removed from the wine after aging and before bottling. They have traditionally used…

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Caretaker Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2021-Trader Joe’s Cook Out Cab

Send us Fan Mail Caretaker Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2021-Trader Joe's Cook Out Cab This is a $9.99 Trader Joe's wine. It is well-made. It tastes like a real-deal California Cabernet Sauvignon. And what more do you want? For more information check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the best wine podcast!!! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or…

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Caretaker Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The Caretaker Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive bottled for them by Miller Family Wines. Bottled for them means just that, they officially bottled the wine, and who knows who did the rest. Miller Family Wines are the parent company of the Central Coast Wine Warehouse which 10 to 15…

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Codorniu Limited Edition Cava Brut Reserva-Mimosa’s Anyone?

Send us Fan Mail Codorniu Limited Edition Cava Brut Reserva-Mimosa's Anyone? Codorniu Winery has been around since the 1500s, they are part of the Raventos family of wines that invented CAva in the 1970s. They know a few things about Spanish Bubbly. Add in this sub ten buck Cava has a second fermentation that lasts…

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Does Your Dog Have What It Takes To Be On A Bar Dog Wine Label?

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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Codorniu Limited Edition Cava Brut Reserva

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

Send us Fan Mail 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…

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19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Blanc 2021

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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Kirkland Signature K Vine Syrah 2021- 10 Bucks of Delicious

Send us Fan Mail Kirkland 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…

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Kirkland Signature K Vine Syrah 2021

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

Send us Fan Mail 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…

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Rabble Paso Robles Red Blend 2020 Costco

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

Send us Fan Mail 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…

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Esteban Martin Garnacha Syrah 2021

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

Send us Fan Mail 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…

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Kirkland Signature Carneros Pinot Noir 2021

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

Send us Fan Mail 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…

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