The Chateau Ste Michelle Sauvignon Blanc 2021 is sourced from multiple vineyards throughout the Columbia Valley AVA, using both estate and contracted vineyards. Chateau Ste Michelle (founded in 1954) is the largest winery in Washington. Eight of the top ten best-selling labels of Washington wine are owned by them and almost 2/3rds of the grapes…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé This is a $14.99 TJ's Sparkling wine. The Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut is $9.99. Is this worth the extra five bucks? Read the review at https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us…
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The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive produced for them by Rack and Riddle from Sonoma, California. Rack and Riddle is a custom Sparkling wine producer making Bubbly in the Traditional Method (Champagne-style). The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé is mostly Pinot Noir and…
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Send us Fan Mail Intermingle Red Blend 2020- A $6.99 Aldi Inflation Beater An inexpensive Red blend (Zinfandel, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon) at a good price. It is soft and smooth and drinks well. Read all about it at https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!!! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us…
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The Intermingle Red Blend 2020 is a $6.99 Aldi wine, a blend of Zinfandel, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from multiple vineyards in California. Aldi trademarks the Intermingle name, but the wine seems to be produced by Sutter Home wines which is part of Trinchero Family Estates and this is an award-winning wine. I don’t…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut-Bargain Bubbly $9.99 for a Champagne-style Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier Bubbly for the North Coast AVA (Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake) This Bubbly delivers value! Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the PODCAST to get all the details!!! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve North Coast Brut is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive non-vintage Sparkling wine produced for them by Rack and Riddle out of Healdsburg, California. Rack and Riddle is a large operation specializing in Traditional Method (Champagne-style) Sparkling wines. They make plenty of Bubbly that shows other wineries’ labels, you may not be…
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Send us Fan Mail Red Cloak Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2021- An Aldi $11.99 Pinot This wine confused me, it was not the fruit-forward, but smooth and balanced Pinot Noir I was expecting. The flavors were more earth than fruit, more brewing coffee than cherries. Check out the write-up on https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the PODCAST for…
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The Red Cloak Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2021 is an $11.99 Aldi exclusive made for them by a winery located in Greenfield, California (Monterey County). Arroyo Seco translates to dry creek, (there is also a Dry Creek AVA in Sonoma). It is part of the Salinas River Valley which runs north/south along the Pacific Coast….
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Send us Fan Mail Laurent Perrachon Beaujolais Villages 2020 A Family-owned winery in business since 1877. The 5th and 6th generation work for the company. This is a Villages AOC wine from two Villages. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the Podcast for all the details!!! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]
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The Laurent Perrachon Beaujolais Villages 2020 is sourced from vineyards surrounding two small towns, La Chapelle de Guinchay (70%) and Lancié. One village has sandy soils and granite the other has clay and limestone. The villages are not far apart but offer very different soil. The grape is 100% Gamay. Beaujolais is located just south…
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Send us Fan Mail Gruet Blanc de Blanc- Excellent New Mexico Bubbly Is a $40 French Champagne better than a $14 New Mexico Bubbly? That is not an easy question to answer. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the Podcast for answers!! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]
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The Gruet Blanc de Blanc Brut is 100% Chardonnay sourced from grapes grown in New Mexico, Washington, and California. Gilbert Gruet founded his first vineyard in the Bethon district of Champagne in 1952. By 1967 he started Gruet et Fils (and sons) a Champagne House specializing in Chardonnay Bubbly. In 1984 the younger Gruet family…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Monterey Pinot Noir 2020 Is a $7.99 wine worthy of the Thanksgiving feast? Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ for all the details. Hint, the answer is YES! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected]
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The Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Monterey Pinot Noir 2020 is a $7.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive wine. The Petit in the name indicates a limited supply of this wine, though all Trader Joe’s Reserve wines are one-off wines. They may return the next vintage but not necessarily by the same producer. The Fearless Flyer does not…
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Send us Fan Mail Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2021-5 Buck Wine Worthy Of Thanksgiving There was a time when a $4.99 (Trader Joe's) was the kind of rot-gut booze that old Bluesmen sang about. Not anymore, this is a very respectable German Riesling that has a place on your Thanksgiving table. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to…
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The Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2021 is a $4.99 Trader Joe’s imported wine from the Rheinhessen region of Germany. Both Trader Joe’s and Aldi are German companies that are famous for their European value wine selection. Trader Joe’s knows German wine. If you think that $4.99 is too cheap for a decent bottle of wine…
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Send us Fan Mail Burlwood Cellars Brut Rosé-Aldi $5 Bubbly-Holiday 2022 Bubbly #2 Five-dollar Bubbly should be atrocious. But this Aldi Sparkling wine isn't. It sells for between $10 to $12 in states that do not have an Aldi. So it is only an inflation-buster wine in states that have Aldi stores. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and…
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The Burlwood Cellars Brut Rosé is a $4.99 Sparkling wine from Aldi. It is produced by a wine company from Modesto, California which would seem to strongly suggest that some entity of E & J Gallo was involved. This a five-buck Bubbly that sells for $10 to $12 in states without Aldi stores. I don’t…
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Send us Fan Mail Los Dos Brut Cava-CWF Holiday Bubbly Selection #1 The 2022 Holidays are rapidly approaching and this is the time of year when quality Bubbly is essential. Champagne is great, if pricey. But excellent Bubbly is readily available and we are here to help. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the podcast for…
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The Los Dos Brut Cava is a traditional blend of Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada sourced from independent family-owned vineyards in the Penedes DO in Northeast Spain. Penedes is located in the Catalonian region of Spain where the central city is Barcelona. Cava is produced in the same way as Champagne though its history in Spain…
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Send us Fan Mail Cycles Gladiator Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-Buy It For The Label, Drink It Because It Is Good Cycles Gladiator wine has received 20 Best Buy awards since 2005. The same winemaker has been in charge since 2005. For more info click here https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ And check out the world's greatest Podcast (well maybe the…
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The Cycles Gladiator Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petite Verdot, and 8% Merlot sourced from vineyards in the 58% Paso Robles AVA and 42% Lodi AVA. This is a Bordeaux blend. Cycles Gladiator is a project from winemaker Adam LaZarre started in 2005. The brand is part of the Wine Hooligans’ stable…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2020-Your Turkey Will Thank You This is a $14.99 sent Pinot Noir from the Carneros AVA. It is an upscale Pinot/Chardonnay growing region. The Pinots from this AVA typically sell from $15 to $70 and beyond. Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the awesome…
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The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2020 is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. To confuse things, there is also a Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2020 that sells for $12.99. Trader Joe’s seldom issued much information concerning their Reserve line of wines, so the differences between and Grand Reserve and a…
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