Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Paso Robles Meritage 2021-A Quality 10 Buck Red Blend A Meritage Blend uses the grapes approved for Bordeaux Red Wines. Meritage is a California Organization that promotes Bordeaux grapes, funds studies for vineyard advances, and educates wine drinkers. Wineries must pay a fee to use Meritage on the…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Paso Robles Meritage 2021 is a $9.99 TJ’s exclusive. The back label says this Red was “vinted and bottled by Healdsburg Wine Cellars.” That is a division of Delicato Family Wines, they make Gnarlyhead wines, along with many other brands. They recently purchased Coppola WInes and also have holdings in Napa….
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Send us Fan Mail Woop Woop Shiraz 2020-Shiraz Reconsidered This wine was one of the best bang-for-the-buck Australian Shiraz wines of the 2000s. The 2008 worldwide economic meltdown hit Australia worse than most places. Ben Riggs was the winemaker bake in 2013 and he has returned in 2023. The Woop Woop Shiraz was a bargain…
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The Woop Woop Shiraz 2020 is an Australian Red wine you should be able to find in the $12 range. In the early 2000s value-priced Aussie Shiraz wines were the rage and Woop Woop was always a bang-for-the-buck bargain. Here is a link to a write-up on the 2013 vintage, the last time we featured…
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Send us Fan Mail Angeline California Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2021-On The List Of Best Value Sauv Blanc Of 2023 This is a Sauvignon Blanc that I found in Chicago for $7.99, but received 92 points from James Suckling the Worlds leading Wine Reviewer. Typically I don't get why cheap wine got big scores, but I…
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The Angeline California Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2021 is a wine I found on sale for $7.99 (Binny’s Chicago area), this vintage received 92 points from James Suckling, the leading wine reviewer. Angeline is an affordable line of wines from Martin Ray Winery (family owned since 1990) a high-end winery located in the Russian River AVA…
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Send us Fan Mail Kirkland Signature Extra Dry Prosecco Rosé 2021-Costco 8 Buck Summer Bubbly Most Prosecco is non-vintage. Regular Prosecco features the Glera Grape. Extra Dry means is a little bit sweet but not with Prosecco. Want to have all that explained then check out the PODCAST! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email…
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The Kirkland Signature Extra Dry Prosecco Rosé 2021 is a 7.99 Costco exclusive. The traditional Prosecco grape, Glera, and Pinot Noir are used for additional flavor and color. This is an Extra Dry or slightly sweet wine, which is the way the Italians prefer it. The natural acidity balances the extra sugar, so this is…
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Send us Fan Mail Cloudline Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021- Legit Under $20 Pinot Noir After 15 years of writing CheapWineFinder.com, I have figured out that my favorite wines are Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. Hey, your CWF why are you promoting expensive Boutique Pinot? Because years of drinking Trader Joe's, Aldi's, and Costco wines have…
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The Cloudline Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021 is 100% Pinot Noir sourced from several vineyards in the Willamette Valley AVA of Oregon, about an hour south of Portland. Cloudline is a brand (this is its 20th year) from Domaine Drouhin in collaboration with their importer Dreyfus, Ashby, and Co. The Drouhin Family has one of…
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Send us Fan Mail Sainte Celine Chablis 2022-Trader Joe's Excellent $15 French Chardonnay Chablis equals Chardonnay. This Trader Joe's is a single vineyard estate wine from a quality Chablis winery. They were founded in 1973 and were one of the first Burgundian wineries to offer organic and bio-dynamic wine. This is a legit wine from…
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The Sainte Celine Chablis 2022 is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s import wine. It is produced for trader Joe’s by Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard a noted Chablis producer (since 1973) who has made some of the first organic and bio-dynamic wines in Chablis and Burgundy. Chablis is the northernmost growing region in Burgundy and Champagne is north…
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Send us Fan Mail Outlander Meritage Paso Robles 2021- Meritage = Bordeaux Blend This is a $7.99 Aldi exclusive wine. They recently changed producers and it still rocks. The grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, and Malbec all grown in Paso Robles instead of along a river in Bordeaux. For 8 bucks this Red…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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