Send us Fan Mail Coppola Diamond Collection Chardonnay- A Tasty Classic California Chardonnay Every California winery and Washington too for that matter, have their own take on the classic New World Chardonnay. No 2 are the same. The Coppola Diamond Collection Chard is a crowd-pleasing Chardonnay with ripe tasty fruit flavors and a well-balanced French…
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The Coppola Diamond Collection Chardonnay 2019 is sourced from grapes grown in coastal vineyards. It may be confusing but there seem to be three Diamond Collection Chardonnays, a black-label Sonoma Coast Chardonnay, a Monterey Chardonnay, and a California Chardonnay. The last two both have an orange label. This Chardonnay lists for $16 on the Coppola…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229-Try It You'll Like It I like Trader Joe's Reserve wines from the Petit Reserve to the Platinum Reserve. They source grapes from elite-growing regions where wine can sell for hundreds of dollars and sell them to us for as much…
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The Trader Joe’s Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The Sta. Rita Hills AVA (pronounced Santa Rita Hills) is located inside the Santa Ynez Valley AVA which is inside the Santa Barbara County AVA which is part of the Central Coast AVA. It is called the…
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Send us Fan Mail Pleiades White Blend 2019-Most Interesting & Unique Wine You Never Had Ancient texts and lost knowledge. Well not so lost. Sean Thackery read books from 2,400 years ago and books from Renaissance France and Italy on how to make wine. He never learned the standard modern methods. His wines were never…
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The Pleiades White Blend 2019 is a wine from a recently formed wine company that is an extension of Sean Thackery Wines. Who is or sadly was Sean Thackery (he passed away in May 2022)? Well, that is a long and exciting story. Sean Thackery was an art dealer and curator (he collected ancient books)…
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Send us Fan Mail Bear Bros Rosé 2021-An Enjoyable-Cheap Rosé From Aldi This could very well be the cheap Rosé of the summer. An Aldi wine selling for $7.99. It reminds me of a Provence Rosé. It is good, cheap and very tasty!!! For more information check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST!! Check…
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The Bear Bros Rosé 2021 is a $7.99 Aldi exclusive sourced from vineyards in California, but probably most, if not all, from the Monterey AVA. Bear Bros’ line of wines is made for Aldi by Scheid Family Vineyards which have multiple vineyards spread out over 70 miles of the Salinas Valley. Scheid is known for…
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Send us Fan Mail Josephine Pays D'Oc Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 A $6.99 Red wine from the Languedoc region in France. How can it be any good? A $6.99 California wine just needs a truck ride to get to your local TJs. A French wine needs a French wine needs a truck ride to the docks,…
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The Josephine Pays D’Oc Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $6.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive sourced from vineyards in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southwest France located between the Mediterranean Ocean and the Pyrenees and the Black Mountains. It is a region known for single-varietal wines, though blends are also allowed. The Josephine Pays D’Oc Cabernet Sauvignon…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's French Brut Rosé-It Sure Doesn't Taste Like $6.99 Bubbly Where were the grapes grown? They didn't say. What is the grape blend? They punted on that one. Is it a Blanc de Blanc or a Blanc de Noir? They were kind of hazy on that one. So what is…
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The Trader Joe’s French Brut Rosé is a $6.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive sourced from vineyards on the French coast near the Mediterranean Sea. This bottle is simply a French wine and does not have an AOC or IGP designation, making this a Vin de France or the lowest classification of French wine. Trader Joe’s does…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2020-Real Good For 8 Bucks Santa Barbara is just north of Los Angeles, which should be very warm during the summer months but due to a geological anomaly is one of California's coolest grape-growing regions. We talk about Jess Parker, TV's Davey Crocket,…
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The Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2020 is a $7.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive made for TJ’s by ABJ Wines from Geyserville, California. According to the California Wine COLA, ABJ Wines is August Briggs, Jr. There is an August Briggs WInery in Napa that August no longer owns, it looks like this is…
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Send us Fan Mail Wonderwall Edna Valley Pinot Noir 2019-Drink Like The Cool Kids This is a wine with a story to tell. It is an excellent Pinot Noir that costs less than it should. I could retell the story here or you can check out: http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for all the…
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The Wonderwall Edna Valley Pinot Noir 2019 is sourced from three vineyards, Morro View, Greengate, and Jesperson, in the Edna Valley AVA just north of the town of Arroyo Grande, a few miles away from the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast AVA. Wonderwall is a brand from Andrew Jones of the Field Recordings WInery….
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Send us Fan Mail Ava Grace California Sauvignon Blanc 2020- A Value Priced lifestyle Sauv Blanc The Ava Grace is a brand from The Wine Group the 2nd largest wine company in the US and 3rd in the world in terms of volume. They know value-priced wine. This is a lifestyle wine, the marketing is…
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The Ava Grace California Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is one of the many brands from The Wine Group, the second-largest US wine company and the third in the world in terms of volume. Ava Grace has a full line of wines and the winemaker is Andrea Brambila. The Ava Grace California Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is a…
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Send us Fan Mail La Ferme Julien 2020-TJ”s Good-Cheap-French Rosé Ok, I could write six paragraphs but it would all come down to Good-Cheap-French Rosé. If you want an excellent Rosé wine and you want to spend $5.99, this is your wine! Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the world's best wine podcast for all…
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The La Ferme Julien 2020 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s Rosé wine made for them by Famille Perrin a large wine company based in the Southern Rhone Valley of France. Perrin has a similar Rosé named La Vielle Ferme Ventoux Rosé. The TJs and the Perrin wine are sourced from the Ventoux appellation. The Trader…
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Send us Fan Mail Plungerhead Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel 2018-New Label-Same Great Taste The label no longer has a man with a toilet plunger on his head. Now it is a scantily clad woman diving into a roiling sea. Still tastes real good. For more information check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast! Check…
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The Plungerhead Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel 2018 is 84% Zinfandel, 11% Petite Sirah, 2% Mourvèdre, 2% Tempranillo, and 1% Merlot. Most of the Zinfandel was sourced from 3 vineyards in the Mokelumne River Basin of Lodi, the Grand Vin Lands Vineyard, the Mettler Family Vineyard, and the Manna Vineyard. The Petite Sirah came from the Mettler…
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Send us Fan Mail Tilia Malbec 2020-Under $10 and a 90 Point Wine This is one of those wines that is just good. It is a wine that is made with intentionality. It is the first Argentinian wine that is certified sustainably farmed. And it tastes great. A top quality affordable Malbec. For all the…
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The Tilia Malbec 2020 is the first Argentinian-certified sustainably farmed wine. This is a wine that is sourced from various family farm vineyards in the eastern Mendoza Valley and the Uco Valley of Argentina. Since this is not a single estate wine and several privately owned vineyards the coordination to achieve the sustainable certification was…
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Send us Fan Mail Don't Mind If I Do Rosé 2021- No Sugar-85 Calories-9% Alcohol Diet wine has to suck. right? Glad you asked. As it turns out, you can have your cake and eat it too. I never knew what that actually meant until now. This is a Rosé wine with low calories, low…
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